Brief Life History of Mary
Mary Lowery was born about 1793, in Pendleton, Anderson, South Carolina, United States. She had at least 4 sons and 3 daughters with Elijah Shockley. She died after 1850, in California, United States.
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1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment
The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
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.
1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
Name Meaning
Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Labhradha (see Lavery ).
English (northern) and Scottish: from a pet form of Lawrence .
English (southwestern): from Lowery in Devon, named with the Old English personal name Lēofa or Lufa + Old English worthig ‘enclosure’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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