Brief Life History of Charles
When Charles Mowry Sr was born on 12 July 1777, in North Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island, United States, his father, George Mowry, was 20 and his mother, Susan Hawkins, was 25. He married Mary Richmond on 30 March 1812, in Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 29 July 1838, in Meshoppen, Wyoming, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 61, and was buried in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Charles Mowry, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"
- Charles Mowry, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Deaths and Burials, 1856-1971"
- HISTORY: Benjamin Jordan, in Commemorative Biographic Encyclopedia of Dauphin County
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1781 · The First Constitution
Serving the newly created United States of America as the first constitution, the Articles of Confederation were an agreement among the 13 original states preserving the independence and sovereignty of the states. But with a limited central government, the Constitutional Convention came together to replace the Articles of Confederation with a more established Constitution and central government on where the states can be represented and voice their concerns and comments to build up the nation.
1785
Historical Boundaries 1785: Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States
1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment
The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.
Name Meaning
English: probably from a variant of the Anglo-Norman French personal name Mory, a short form of Amaury (see Amery , Morey ).
History: Roger Mowry (c. 1612–66) emigrated from England to MA before 1634, when he married Mary Johnson in Roxbury, Suffolk County, MA.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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