Brief Life History of Robert
When Robert Lee was born on 13 November 1776, in Killybegs, County Donegal, Ireland, his father, Hugh I Lee, was 36 and his mother, Mary E. Elliott, was 31. He married Mary Vance on 5 October 1801, in Washington, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 5 daughters. He died on 12 May 1861, in Uniontown, Belmont, Ohio, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Crabapple Cemetery, Uniontown, Belmont, Ohio, United States.
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- Robert Lee, Belmont OH "United States Census, 1840"
- Robert Lee, "Find A Grave Index"
- Robt Lee in entry for John Dawning and Elenor Lee, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
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1781 · The First Constitution
Serving the newly created United States of America as the first constitution, the Articles of Confederation were an agreement among the 13 original states preserving the independence and sovereignty of the states. But with a limited central government, the Constitutional Convention came together to replace the Articles of Confederation with a more established Constitution and central government on where the states can be represented and voice their concerns and comments to build up the nation.
1798
Battle of Antrim.
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.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Chinese Young, Sang, Jae, Jong, Jung, Sung, Yong, Kyung, Seung, Dong, Kwang, Myung.
English: topographic name for someone who lived near a meadow or a patch of arable land, Middle English lee, lea, from Old English lēa, dative case (used after a preposition) of lēah, which originally meant ‘wood or glade’.
English: habitational name from any of the many places in England named with Old English lēah ‘wood, glade’, including Lee in Buckinghamshire, Essex, Hampshire, Kent, and Shropshire, and Lea in Cheshire, Derbyshire, Herefordshire, Lancashire, Lincolnshire, and Wiltshire.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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English, Irish & American Lees
According to Judge Robert Lee of Bucyrus, Ohio on his conversation with General Robert E. Lee in 1848 at Philadelphia the following is a synopsis of the meeting which has been passed down from the Lee …
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