Brief Life History of John
When John Harroun was born on 30 September 1795, in Genesee, New York, United States, his father, John Harroun, was 26 and his mother, Anna Smith, was 28. He married Experience Nash on 22 September 1836. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He died on 28 December 1842, in Sylvania, Lucas, Ohio, United States, at the age of 47, and was buried in Sylvania, Lucas, Ohio, United States.
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- John Harroun, "Massachusetts Town Deaths Index, ca. 1640-1961"
- John Harroun in entry for Sara Harroun Witwer, "Iowa, Death Records, 1921-1940"
- John Harroun, "Find a Grave Index"
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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.
1802
Historical Boundaries: 1802: Genesee, New York, United States
1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
Name Meaning
Altered form or an old variant of English or Irish Herron .
History: The ancestor of the Harrouns was Alexander Harroun from Northern Ireland, who settled in MA in the first half of the 18th century.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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