Brief Life History of Richard Stevens
When Richard Stevens Conover was born on 25 April 1832, in New Jersey, United States, his father, Commodore Thomas Anderson Conover, was 40 and his mother, Elizabeth Juliana Stevens, was 35. He married Sarah Jones Potter on 8 November 1855, in Princeton, Mercer, New Jersey, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Sayreville, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States in 1900 and Middlesex, New Jersey, United States in 1905. He died on 3 April 1912, in Princeton, Mercer, New Jersey, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in South Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States.
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- Richard S Conover, "New Jersey State Census, 1905"
- Historical Newspapers, Birth, Marriage, & Death Announcements, 1851-2003 for Conover, Richard Stevens
- Richard Conners, "New Jersey, Marriages, 1670-1980"
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1833
The Camden & Amboy railroad was completed in 1833. It made transportation between New York City and Philadelphia possible within a 7-hour time-frame. This advancement led to dozens of other companies opening railroad lines during the 1800's.
1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
1861
No Civil War battles took place within the state boundaries of New Jersey, but its citizens participated extensively in the war. Volunteers that were turned away ended up serving in the militias of nearby states like Pennsylvania and New York. Whenever President Lincoln requested more troops, New Jersey responded quickly. In total, the state contributed over 88,000 soldiers (6,000 of which died).
Name Meaning
Americanized form of Dutch Couwenhoven, a habitational name from the farmhouse Couwenhoven in Hoogland, Utrecht.
History: Wolfert Gerritsz. (van Couwenhoven), settled in 1624–25 as one of the first immigrants from Amersfoort to New-Netherland. By the time the descendants of original Dutch settlers on Long Island had reached western PA, the name Couwenhoven had evolved into Conover.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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