When Joseph Henry Conatser was born in 1796, in Fentress, Tennessee, United States, his father, Johannes Nicolaus Knartzer, was 49 and his mother, Catherine Hainline, was 46. He married Nancy Thompson in 1813, in Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Missouri Township, Pike, Arkansas, United States for about 10 years and Arkansas, United States in 1870. He died in 1878, in Pike, Arkansas, United States, at the age of 82.
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On June 1, 1796, Tennessee became the 16th state.
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.
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 a variant of German Konitzer .
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