When Uriah Stevens was born on 5 January 1776, in Pittsford, Rutland, Vermont, United States, his father, Abel Stevens, was 22 and his mother, Eunice Buck, was 17. He married Nancy Kevil on 17 May 1805, in Livingston, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He died on 21 February 1849, in Jasper, Illinois, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Brooks Cemetery, Crooked Creek Township, Jasper, Illinois, United States.
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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.
On March 4, 1791, Vermont became the 14th state.
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.
English (London), Flemish, Dutch, and North German: patronymic from the personal name Steven . The surname of Flemish origin is also found in the Walloon part of Belgium. In North America, the English form of the surname has also absorbed some like-sounding Jewish names and various other European cognates, e.g. Greek Stefanidis , Serbian Stevanović (see Stevanovic ), Slovenian and Slovak Štefanič (see Stefanic ).
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