Brief Life History of Peter
When Peter Babb was born on 13 February 1796, in Winchester, Frederick, Virginia, United States, his father, Abner Babb, was 28 and his mother, Susanna Robinson, was 27. He married Jane Scarff on 29 March 1819, in Frederick, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Xenia, Greene, Ohio, United States in 1850 and Spring Valley Township, Greene, Ohio, United States in 1860. He died on 25 October 1865, in Greene, Ohio, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Xenia, Greene, Ohio, United States.
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- Peter Babb, "United States Census, 1860"
- Peter Babb, "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940"
- Peter Babb, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
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.
1803
Ohio was the first state admitted to the Union from the Northwest Territory.
1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
Name Meaning
English (Devon, Somerset, and Cornwall): from the Middle English personal name Babb(e), usually no doubt a pet form of the female personal name Barbara (see Barbara ), but possibly in some cases a survival of the Old English personal name Babba, which is found in several placenames, including Babbacombe in Devon and Babington in Somerset.
English (Devon, Somerset, and Cornwall): from Middle English babe ‘infant, young child’, applied as a nickname.
Americanized form of German Bobb or of some other similar (like-sounding) surname.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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