Brief Life History of Abigail
When Abigail Shaffer was born on 13 September 1786, in Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States, her father, John A. Schaffer, was 26 and her mother, Nancy Ann Hopkins, was 16. She married Joseph Henry Woolsey about 1804, in Lincoln, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 9 daughters. She lived in Fayette, Illinois, United States in 1840 and Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States in 1839. She died on 3 September 1848, in Sweetwater, Wyoming, United States, at the age of 61, and was buried in Fremont, Wyoming, United States.
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- Abagail Woolsey, "United States Census, 1840"
- Legacy NFS Source: Abagail Schaeffer (Shaffer) - School record: birth-name: Abigail Schaffer
- Legacy NFS Source: Abagail Schaeffer (Shaffer) - death: 3 September 1848; Wyoming, United States
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1787 · The Making of the U.S. Constitution.
The Philadelphia Convention was intended to be the first meeting to establish the first system of government under the Articles of Confederation. From this Convention, the Constitution of the United States was made and then put into place making it one of the major events in all American History.
1788 · The First Presidential Election
The First Presidential election was held in the newly created United States of America. Under the Articles of Confederation, the executive branch of the country was not set up for an individual to help lead the nation. So, under the United States Constitution they position was put in. Because of his prominent roles during the Revolutionary War, George Washington was voted in unanimously as the First President of the United States.
1803
France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
Name Meaning
Americanized form of German Schäffer (see Schaffer 2), Schaffer 1, or Schäfer (see Schaefer ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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History of Thomas Woolsey
HISTORY OF THOMAS WOOLSEY He was a brother of our Great-Grandfather James Hopkins Woolsey His name is on the This Is The Place Monument at Salt Lake City, Utah. I have been to his grave at Wales, …
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