When Nancy Kingsbury was born on 14 September 1798, in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States, her father, James Kingsbury, was 30 and her mother, Eunice Waldo, was 29. She married Caleb Baldwin on 7 December 1814, in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 7 daughters. She lived in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States in 1839 and Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1850. She died on 12 September 1883, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, 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.
Ohio became the nation's 17th state on March 1, 1803.
A United States law to provide financial relief for the purchasers of Public Lands. It permitted the earlier buyers, that couldn't pay completely for the land, to return the land back to the government. This granted them a credit towards the debt they had on land. Congress, also, extended credit to buyer for eight more years. Still while being in economic panic and the shortage of currency made by citizens, the government hoped that with the time extension, the economy would improve.
English: habitational name from any of several places, for example in northwest London (formerly Middlesex), Somerset, Hertfordshire and Warwickshire. These are mostly named in Old English from Old English cing ‘king’ (genitive cinges) + burg ‘fortress’. The Warwicks placename derives from the Old English personal name Cyne (genitive Cynes) + Old English burg.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesIn 2016 I compiled a history of my great, great, great grandparents, Caleb Baldwin and Nancy Kingsbury. To read this story, look under Caleb Baldwin, "Documents."
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