Bethsheba Githens

Brief Life History of Bethsheba

When Bethsheba Githens was born on 12 November 1799, in Gloucester, New Jersey, United States, her father, Joseph G. Githens, was 39 and her mother, Sarah Heppard, was 32. She married John Morford on 29 December 1824, in Warren, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Attica, Logan Township, Fountain, Indiana, United States in 1860. She died on 26 July 1860, in Logan Township, Fountain, Indiana, United States, at the age of 60.

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Family Time Line

John Morford
1795–1859
Bethsheba Githens
1799–1860
Marriage: 29 December 1824
Cyrus P. Morford
1830–1898
Ira Morford
1832–
Rachel Jane Morford
1834–1917

Sources (9)

  • Bethsheba Morford in household of John Morford, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Barsheba Gittens, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
  • Bethsheba Morford, "United States Census, 1860"

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.

1804

Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr had been political enemies with intense personal differences for quite some time. Burr accused Hamilton of publicly disparaging his character during the elections of 1800 and 1804. On the morning of July 11, the two politicians went to Weehawken, New Jersey to resolve the disputes with an official duel. Both men were armed with a pistol. Hamilton missed, but Burr's shot fatally wounded Hamilton, who would die by the following day. The duel custom had been outlawed in New York by 1804, resulting in Burr fleeing the state due to an arrest warrant. He would later be accused of treason, but ultimately be acquitted.

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

Welsh: variant of Gittings .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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