When William Walter Penfield was born on 19 March 1796, in Chatham, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States, his father, Zebulon Penfield, was 30 and his mother, Prudence Dixon, was 26. He married Permelia LeHommedieu Russell on 10 April 1817, in Olean, Cattaraugus, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 6 daughters. He died on 10 October 1873, in Olean, Cattaraugus, New York, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Olean, Cattaraugus, New York, United States.
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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.
Historical Boundaries 1808: Cattaragus, New York, United States
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.
English (Warwickshire, Worcestershire and Kent): habitational name from a place so called in Seal, Kent.
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