Brief Life History of Silas
When Silas Howe was born on 13 January 1777, in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States, his father, Silvanus Howe, was 28 and his mother, Sarah Gleason, was 28. He married Abigail Fisk in 1796. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Randolph, Indiana, United States for about 10 years and Posey Township, Switzerland, Indiana, United States for about 10 years. In 1835, his occupation is listed as tanner in Switzerland, Indiana, United States. He died on 6 November 1859, in Patriot, Posey Township, Switzerland, Indiana, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Patriot, Posey Township, Switzerland, Indiana, United States.
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- Silis Howe, "United States Census, 1820"
- Silas Howe, "Find A Grave Index"
- How in entry for William and Jane Ruddell, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
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1781 · The First Constitution
Serving the newly created United States of America as the first constitution, the Articles of Confederation were an agreement among the 13 original states preserving the independence and sovereignty of the states. But with a limited central government, the Constitutional Convention came together to replace the Articles of Confederation with a more established Constitution and central government on where the states can be represented and voice their concerns and comments to build up the nation.
1793
Founded in 1793
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
Name Meaning
English: topographic name pronounced to rhyme with hoe, who, or how, from Middle English hoʒe ‘spur of a hill, steep ridge, or slight rise’. Hoʒe comes from a late variant, hōge, of the dative case of the Old English root word, hōh, literally ‘heel (of a person) or hock (of an animal)’, a common placename element. The regular Old English dative singular, hō, is the source of the placenames Hoo and Hoe and the surname may also be habitational name from a placename consisting of this word, for example Hoe (Norfolk), Hoo (Kent), Hooe (Devon, Sussex), or either of two places called The Hoo in Great Gaddesden and Saint Paul's Walden (Hertfordshire). Hose (Leicestershire) comes from the plural form of the word (see Howes ). Howe may also be from Old Norse haugr ‘mound, hill’, for without other evidence, this cannot be distinguished from howe ‘spur of a hill’ and is certainly the origin of Howe (Norfolk) and Howe Hill in Kirkburn (East Yorkshire). See also Hough .
English: variant of Hugh , pronounced to rhyme with who or how.
Americanized form of one or more similar (like-sounding) Jewish surnames.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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