When Mary Bowman Stephens was born on 4 April 1795, in Warren, Kentucky, United States, her father, Isaac Stephens, was 32 and her mother, Mary Jane Wright, was 27. She married Gabriel Jones Stephens on 15 September 1817, in Warren, Knox, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 7 daughters. She lived in Marquand Township, Madison, Missouri, United States in 1860. She died on 24 April 1865, in Fredericktown, Louisiana Territory, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Stephens Cemetery, Marquand Township, Madison, Missouri, 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: 1803: Louisiana Purchase, United States 1805: Cape Girardeau District, Louisiana Territory, United States 1812: Cape Girardeau, Missouri Territory, United States 1819: Madison, Missouri Territory, United States 1821: Madison, Missouri, United States
The western part of Kentucky purchased by Andrew Jackson from the Chickasaw Indians in 1818. It became known as the Jackson Purchase. This included land that wasn't originally part of Kentucky when it became a state.
English: variant of Stevens .
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