When Moses Woodburn was born on 10 July 1797, in Cherry Valley, Otsego, New York, United States, his father, Naphtali Woodburn, was 28 and his mother, Rebecca Lewis, was 21. He married Esther E Whitney about 1818, in Wysox, Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. He died on 18 February 1843, in Wysox, Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 45, and was buried in Wysox Township, Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States.
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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.
France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
Historical Boundaries 1810: Ontario, Pennsylvania, United States 1812: Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States
English and Scottish: habitational name from Woodburn in Corsenside (Northumberland), Woodburn (Ayrshire, Kincardineshire, Midlothian), or Woodburn in Oakford (Devon). The placenames all derive from Old English wudu ‘wood’ + burna ‘spring, stream’, i.e. a stream flowing through a wood.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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