Brief Life History of Andrew Nelson
Andrew Nelson Cleaver was born on 4 December 1783, in Pennsylvania, United States as the son of Joshua Cleaver and Margaret Nelson. He married Hannah M Clever on 7 March 1810, in Clearfield, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 7 daughters. He died on 8 January 1840, in Curwensville, Clearfield, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 56, and was buried in Friends Cemetery, Grampian, Clearfield, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Andrew Cleaver, "Find A Grave Index"
- Andrew Clever in entry for Caleb Way, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Marriage Records, 1512-1989"
- Andrew Clever in entry for William Clever, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Marriage Records, 1512-1989"
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1786 · Shays' Rebellion
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.
1787 · Second State to Ratify U.S. Constitution
On December 12, 1787, Pennsylvania ratified the U.S. Constitution.
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
English (South Midlands and Oxfordshire): from Middle English clevere ‘one who cleaves’ (a derivative of Old English clēofan ‘to split’), hence an occupational name for someone who split wood into planks using a wedge rather than a saw, or possibly for a butcher. Alternatively, on occasion possibly a topographic name from Middle English cleve ‘bank, slope’ (from the dative of Old English clif) + the suffix -er, denoting an inhabitant.
Americanized form of German and Dutch Klever , and perhaps also of German Kliewer .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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