When John Milton Bernhisel was born on 23 June 1799, in Sandy Hill, Menallen Township, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Samuel Bernheisel, was 29 and his mother, Susannah Bauer, was 24. He married Julia Ann Haight on 19 December 1845, in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States in 1839 and Utah, United States in 1870. He died on 28 September 1881, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 82, 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.
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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.
Altered form of German Berntheusel or of its variant Berntheisel: habitational name from a farm or house named with the personal name Bernt + a diminutive of Haus ‘house’. Surnames Berntheusel and Berntheisel are very rare in Germany. Compare Barnhisel .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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