When Margaret McClung was born in March 1772, in Bath, Virginia, United States, her father, John McClung, was 41 and her mother, Elizabeth Parks Alexander, was 36. She married James Musson on 10 August 1797, in Bath, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Greenfield, Madison Township, Highland, Ohio, United States in 1860. She died on 26 November 1860, in Greenfield, Highland, Ohio, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Greenfield, Highland, Ohio, United States.
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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.
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.
Scottish or Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Luinge ‘son of Lunge’, a personal name probably meaning ‘seafarer’, although the literal meaning is ‘ship’, from Latin navis longa.
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