Brief Life History of Moses
When Moses Graves was born on 21 July 1798, in Leverett, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Enos Graves, was 35 and his mother, Sybil Kellogg, was 36. He married Almira March in 1823. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He lived in Greenfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States in 1850. He died on 10 January 1855, at the age of 56.
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- Moses Graves, "United States Census, 1850"
- Moses Graves, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
- Moses Graves in entry for Henry B. Graves and Mary A. Phillips, "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1925"
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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.
1803
France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
Name Meaning
English (northern and eastern England): variant of Grave , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
English: alternatively, a variant of Greaves or Grieves .
Altered form of German Greff , with the addition of excrescent -s, a common feature of Americanized surnames.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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