When Mary Kirtley was born in 1789, in Culpeper, Virginia, British Colonial America, her father, Thomas Kirtley, was 31 and her mother, Judith Lewis, was 27. She married John Wood Sr in 1802, in Madison, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She died in 1818, in Kentucky, United States, at the age of 29.
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George Washington elected first president of United States.
On June 1, 1792, Kentucky became the 15th state. It was the first state west of the Appalachian Mountains
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.
English (Durham): variant of Kirkley .
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