When Aaron Paxson was born on 27 May 1797, in Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Amos Paxson, was 21 and his mother, Cynthia Beal, was 23. He married Susanna Wall in June 1820, in Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 3 daughters. He died on 10 December 1884, in Beavercreek Township, Greene, Ohio, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Beavercreek Township Cemetery, Beavercreek, Beavercreek Township, Greene, Ohio, 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.
Harrisburg had important parts with migration, the Civil War, and the Industrial Revolution.
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.
English (Northumberland): patronymic from a medieval personal name, Pack + -son (see Pack ). This surname is now very rare in Britain.
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