Brief Life History of Abigail
When Abigail Grover was born in January 1799, in Maine, United States, her father, Jedediah Grover, was 35 and her mother, Hannah Wheeler, was 38. She married Elihu Bean on 23 October 1820, in Bethel, Oxford, Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She died on 24 September 1847, at the age of 48, and was buried in Skillingston Cemetery, Bethel, Oxford, Maine, United States.
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- Abigail Grover, "Maine, Marriages, 1771-1907"
- Abigail Grover Bean, "Find A Grave Index"
- Grover in entry for Lucrita Abdigail Bean, "Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951"
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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.
1805
Historical Boundaries: 1805: Oxford, Massachusetts, United States 1820: Oxford, Maine, United States
1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Indian Rakesh, Raj, Rajiv, Sanjay, Subhash, Vijay, Amrit, Atul, Harish, Naveen, Rashmi, Sunil.
North German: occupational name for a ditch or grave digger, from Middle Low German grove ‘hollow, grave’.
Americanized form of German and Swiss German Gruber .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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