Brief Life History of Jehu
When Jehu Gum was born about 1780, in Virginia, United States, his father, John Leonard Gum, was 37 and his mother, Mary Wade, was 33.
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1780 · Richmond Becomes the Capital
On April 18, 1780 Richmond became the capital of Virginia. It was the temporary capital from 1780-1788.
1781 · The First Constitution
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.
1783 · A Free America
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.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Gumm 1.
German: variant of Gumm 2.
North German: nickname from Old Saxon gumo ‘man’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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