Brief Life History of Hiram
When Hiram Pennington was born in 1798, in Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Wheeler Pennington, was 21 and his mother, Mary Elizabeth Swinney, was 22. He married Nancy Lusk on 10 June 1827, in Tazewell, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Mercer, Virginia, United States in 1850. He died in 1854, in Monroe, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 56.
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Sources (3)
- Hiram Pennington, "United States Census, 1850"
- Hiram Bennington, "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940"
- Rick Blake
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World Events (8)
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.
1812 · Harrisburg Becomes the State Capital
Harrisburg had important parts with migration, the Civil War, and the Industrial Revolution.
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 (mainly Lancashire and Cumbria):
habitational name from Pennington in Furness (Lancashire), which derives from Old English pening ‘penny’ + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’, or from Pennington in Leigh (Lancashire), which probably derives from the Old English personal name Pinna + the Old English groupname suffix -ingas (genitive -inga-) + Old English tūn.
habitational name from Pennington (Hampshire), or from Penton Grafton or Penton Mewsey (both Hampshire); see Penton . All have the same etymology as Pennington in Furness; see 1 above.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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