Brief Life History of Dorothe
When Dorothe Stump was born on 30 January 1796, in Moorefield, Hardy, Virginia, United States, her father, Leonard Stump Jr., was 28 and her mother, Elizabeth Catherine See, was 23. She married John G. Neff II on 3 June 1813, in Hardy, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 15 October 1826, in Franklin, Ohio, United States, at the age of 30, and was buried in Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, United States.
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- Dorothy Stump, "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970"
- Leonard Stump Jr in the U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
- Michael Stump Sr. of Virginia 1709 - 1768, Colonial - Records IV
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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.
1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
Name Meaning
English and German: from Middle Low German stump ‘tree stump’ (borrowed into Middle English), hence a topographic name for someone who lived by a prominent tree stump, or else a nickname for a short, stocky person.
German: nickname from Middle High German stumpf ‘maimed, mentally incompetent’ for a dull or inexperienced person.
German (mainly northern and central): variant of Stumm .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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