Brief Life History of Levi
When Levi Stearns Jr. was born on 15 December 1802, in Lunenburg, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Ensign Levi Stearns, was 37 and his mother, Elisabeth Goodrich, was 34. He married Direxa Jewett on 5 October 1826, in Townsend, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. He died on 21 September 1885, in Townsend, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Townsend, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.
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- Levi Stearns, "United States Census, 1870"
- Levi Stearns, "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915"
- Levi in entry for Solomon J. Stearns and Elvira Davis Shattuck, "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920"
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1803
France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
1803 · The U.S doubles in size
The United States purchased all the Louisiana territory (828,000 sq. mi) from France, only paying 15 million dollars (A quarter trillion today) for the land. In the purchase, the US obtained the land that makes up 15 US states and 2 Canadian Provinces. The United States originally wanted to purchase of New Orleans and the lands located on the coast around it, but quickly accepted the bargain that Napoleon Bonaparte offered.
1825 · The Crimes Act
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Stearn , with post-medieval excrescent -s (see Stern ).
History: In 1646 Charles Stearns was admitted as a freeman of Watertown, MA.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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