When Silas Gaddie was born on 30 March 1783, in Virginia, United States, his father, William Gaddy, was 33 and his mother, Sarah Bryant, was 31. He married Jenny McDonald on 12 October 1809, in Hardin, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Munfordville, Hart, Kentucky, United States in 1820 and London, Laurel, Kentucky, United States in 1830. He died on 18 December 1853, in Hart, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 70.
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Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
On June 25, 1788 Virginia became the 10th state.
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Scottish (Orkney): variant of Gaddy . This form is now rare in Britain.
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