When Elisha Farris was born in 1767, in Charlotte, Virginia, United States, his father, Elisha Farris, was 22 and his mother, Mary Rebecca Vaughan, was 23. He married Ann Langford on 24 June 1794, in Lincoln, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He died in 1840, at the age of 73.
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Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
On April 18, 1780 Richmond became the capital of Virginia. It was the temporary capital from 1780-1788.
The Philadelphia Convention was intended to be the first meeting to establish the first system of government under the Articles of Confederation. From this Convention, the Constitution of the United States was made and then put into place making it one of the major events in all American History.
Scottish and Irish: variant of Fergus , in which the Gaelic gh sound has been dropped rather than being altered to g. Compare Farrish , Ferris .
Probably also English: variant of Farrar . The name is quite common in southeastern England.
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