Brief Life History of Stephen S.
When Stephen S. Woods was born on 1 January 1803, in Pepperell, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Stephen Woods, was 28 and his mother, Asenath Shedd, was 33. He married Mary Ann Hosley on 27 September 1827, in Pepperell, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Wolcott, Lamoille, Vermont, United States for about 10 years. He died on 13 October 1879, in Pepperell, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Hyde Park, Lamoille, Vermont, United States.
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- Stephen Woods, "United States Census, 1850"
- Stephen Woods, "Find A Grave Index"
- Stephen Woods in entry for Russell D Johnson and Eliza A Woods Shepard, "Vermont, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1732-2005"
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1803
France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
1803 · The U.S doubles in size
The United States purchased all the Louisiana territory (828,000 sq. mi) from France, only paying 15 million dollars (A quarter trillion today) for the land. In the purchase, the US obtained the land that makes up 15 US states and 2 Canadian Provinces. The United States originally wanted to purchase of New Orleans and the lands located on the coast around it, but quickly accepted the bargain that Napoleon Bonaparte offered.
1825 · The Crimes Act
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Wood with plural or post-medieval excrescent -s.
Irish: adopted as a translation of Ó Cuill ‘descendant of Coll’ (see Quill ), or in Ulster of Mac Con Coille ‘son of Cú Choille’, a personal name meaning ‘hound of the wood’, which has also been mistranslated Cox , as if formed with coileach ‘cock, rooster’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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