When Magdalena Rife was born in 1764, in Edom, Rockingham, Virginia, United States, her father, John Martin Reiff, was 40 and her mother, Anna Elizabeth Garber Reiff, was 39. She married Abraham Beery Jr. on 28 September 1786, in Harrisonburg, Rockingham, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She died in 1790, in Rockingham, Virginia, United States, at the age of 26, and was buried in Rockingham, Virginia, United States.
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Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
"""At the end of the Second Continental Congress the 13 colonies came together to petition independence from King George III. With no opposing votes, the Declaration of Independence was drafted and ready for all delegates to sign on the Fourth of July 1776. While many think the Declaration was to tell the King that they were becoming independent, its true purpose was to be a formal explanation of why the Congress voted together to declare their independence from Britain. The Declaration also is home to one of the best-known sentences in the English language, stating, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."""""""
On April 18, 1780 Richmond became the capital of Virginia. It was the temporary capital from 1780-1788.
Americanized form of German Reiff .
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