Margaret Kepler was born on 17 March 1799, in Erie, Pennsylvania, United States as the daughter of Peter Kepler and Elizabeth Argabright. She married Richard Shreve on 15 February 1821, in Union Township, Erie, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Harrison Township, Wayne, Indiana, United States in 1850. She died on 21 December 1879, in Union Township, Erie, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Union City, Erie, Pennsylvania, 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.
Historical Boundaries 1800: Erie, Pennsylvania, United States
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.
German: occupational name for a maker of cloaks and hoods, from an agent noun from Middle High German kappe ‘hooded cloak’ (see Kapp ).
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