When John Abshire was born about 1798, in Bedford, Virginia, United States, his father, Peter McGrady Abshire, was 36 and his mother, Eleanor "Nelly" Doran, was 36. He married Rhoda M Bond on 29 September 1826, in Franklin, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Franklin, Virginia, United States in 1830. He died about 1865, in Virginia, United States, at the age of 69.
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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.
The Monumental Church was built between 1812-1814 on the sight where the Richmond Theatre fire had taken place. It is a monument to those that died in the fire.
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.
Probably an altered form of English Upsher .
Possibly also an Americanized form of German Ibscher: from Middle High German überscher ‘surplus’, applied as a nickname for someone who lived on surplus land that had not been allotted during the establishment of a settlement. The surname Abshire is found mainly in LA and TX. Compare Abshear , Absher , and Abshier .
History: Lewis Abshire bought land in VA in 1637, but it is not known where he came from. — Peter Ipsher or Abshire is recorded in Augusta County, VA, in 1723. — John (Jacob) Abshire alias Jean Jacques Abcher, believed to have been born in Germany, was listed as one of Irish and German Catholic refugees who arrived in LA from PA in 1780. — Mentioned in a taxation list for Franklin County, VA, for 1786 are William, Abraham, Christian, Jacob, and Lodowick Abshire.
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