When Lovisa Eaton was born in June 1794, in Windham, Connecticut, United States, her father, Josiah Eaton Jr., was 37 and her mother, Ann Knowlton, was 35. She married Asa Farnham Snell on 6 December 1821, in Union, Windham, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 9 daughters. She died on 29 September 1848, in Fort Atkinson, Jefferson, Wisconsin, United States, at the age of 54, and was buried in Fort Atkinson, Jefferson, Wisconsin, 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.
"In 1802, brass was identified in Waterbury, Connecticut. This gave the city the nickname ""The Brass City."" Brass dominated the city and helped to create the city. The motto of the city is Quid Aere Perennius, which means What is more lasting than brass? in Latin."
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
English: habitational name from any of various places called Eaton or Eton, such as Eaton Socon (Bedfordshire), Eaton (Cheshire), or Eton (Buckinghamshire), named from either Old English ēa ‘river’ or ēg ‘island, low-lying land’ + tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’.
History: Nathaneal Eaton, born in Coventry, England, c. 1609, came to MA in 1637 and was the first head of Harvard College, in 1638–39.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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