When Ephraim Smedley was born on 24 March 1799, in Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States, his father, Nathan Smedley, was 49 and his mother, Phebe Doolittle, was 46. He married Sally Sherwood Moss on 23 February 1830, in North East, Erie, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 12 October 1886, in Belvidere, Boone, Illinois, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Belvidere Cemetery, Belvidere Township, Boone, Illinois, United States.
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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.
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The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
English (Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Yorkshire, and Lancashire): habitational name, mostly from Smithley in Wombwell (Yorkshire) but also from Smedley (Lancashire). The placenames probably mean ‘wood or woodland clearing of the smiths’, from Old English smitha, genitive plural form of smith ‘smith’, + lēah ‘woodland clearing’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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