Mathias Reitenauer was born on 10 March 1778, in Hagerstown, Washington, Maryland, United States. He married Polly Ridenour about 1812. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. In 1799, at the age of 23, his occupation is listed as did teaming for a living. He died before 1870, in Perry, Ohio, United States, and was buried in Lucasville, Scioto, Ohio, United States.
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In 1781, Maryland donated land to be used for part of Washington, D. C.
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.
The Revolutionary War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris which gave the new nation boundries on which they could expand and trade with other countries without any problems.
German and Austrian German: topographic name for someone living by an overgrown water meadow, from Middle High German rīs ‘undergrowth’ + ōwe ‘water meadow’; or a habitational name for someone from a place called Reisenau near Salzburg, Austria.
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