Brief Life History of Samuel
When Samuel Shively was born in 1798, in Green, Kentucky, United States, his father, Michael Shively, was 22 and his mother, Nancy Adeline Payne, was 22. He married Mary Jane Penn on 12 February 1828, in Green, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Kentucky, United States in 1870 and Taylor, Kentucky, United States in 1880. He died on 20 September 1881, at the age of 83, and was buried in Palestine Cemetery, Campbellsville, Taylor, Kentucky, United States.
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- Samuel Shively in household of Ed Shively, "United States Census, 1880"
- Samuel Shivley, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
- Samuel Shively, "Find A Grave Index"
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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.
1801 · Cane Ridge Revival
The Cane Ridge Revival took place for six days in Cane Ridge, Kentucky. From August 6, 1801- August 12 or 13, 1801, around 20 thousand people gathered together for what was called the Second Great Awakening.
1820 · Making States Equal
The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
Name Meaning
Americanized form of Swiss German Schäubli(n) or Scheuble (see Schauble ), a nickname for a thin or scrawny person, from Middle High German shoup ‘(straw) bundle, wisp’ + the diminutive suffix -lein, -lin.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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