Brief Life History of David
When David Farnsley was born on 27 April 1786, in Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, James Farnsley, was 26 and his mother, Margaret Ann Guffey, was 21. He married Sarah Lewis Meriwether in 1813, in Jefferson, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Jeffersontown, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States in 1820. He died on 16 June 1833, in Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 47, and was buried in Farnsley Cemetery, Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States.
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- David Farnsley, "United States Census, 1820"
- David Fainsly, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
- David Farnsley, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1787 · The Making of the U.S. Constitution.
The Philadelphia Convention was intended to be the first meeting to establish the first system of government under the Articles of Confederation. From this Convention, the Constitution of the United States was made and then put into place making it one of the major events in all American History.
1797
Historical Boundaries - 1797: Jefferson, Kentucky, United States
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: probably a habitational name; there is a Farnsley Farm in Derbyshire, or it could perhaps be from any of the three places in Yorkshire named Farnley, named in Old English with fearn ‘fern’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’. The surname seems to have died out in England.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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