Brief Life History of Septimeus
When Septimeus Witter Jr. was born on 29 March 1797, in Peru, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Septimeus Witter, was 26 and his mother, Anna Kingsley, was 18. He married Melona Brooks on 21 June 1817, in Trumbull, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Akron, Summit, Ohio, United States for about 10 years and Ohio, United States in 1870. He was buried in Monroe Street Cemetery, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States.
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- Septimus Witter, "United States Census, 1860"
- Septimeus Witter, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Septimus Witten, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016"
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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.
1803
Ohio was the first state admitted to the Union from the Northwest Territory.
1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
Name Meaning
German: from an ancient Germanic personal name, composed of the elements wid(u) ‘wood, forest’ + hari ‘army’.
North German: occupational name for a whitewasher or plasterer, from Middle Low German witten ‘to make white’, or for a coiner, from witten ‘to determine the contents of gold or silver by boiling’.
English (Lancashire and Cheshire): variant of Whitter .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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