Brief Life History of Aaron Putnam
When Aaron Putnam Campbell was born on 24 August 1800, in Cherry Valley, Otsego, New York, United States, his father, Matthew Campbell, was 25 and his mother, Deborah Putnam, was 22. He married Jane Thompson on 14 February 1824. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Springfield, Otsego, New York, United States in 1830. He died on 10 March 1857, at the age of 56, and was buried in Cherry Valley, Otsego, New York, United States.
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- Putnam Campbell, "United States Census, 1830"
- Aaron Putnam Campbell, "New York, Births and Christenings, 1640-1962"
- Aaron Putnam Campbell, "Find A Grave Index"
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1803
France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
1803 · The U.S doubles in size
The United States purchased all the Louisiana territory (828,000 sq. mi) from France, only paying 15 million dollars (A quarter trillion today) for the land. In the purchase, the US obtained the land that makes up 15 US states and 2 Canadian Provinces. The United States originally wanted to purchase of New Orleans and the lands located on the coast around it, but quickly accepted the bargain that Napoleon Bonaparte offered.
1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
Name Meaning
Scottish: nickname from Gaelic cam ‘crooked, bent’ + beul ‘mouth’. As a result of folk etymology, the surname was often represented in Latin documents as de bello campo ‘of the fair field’, which led to the name sometimes being ‘translated’ into Anglo-Norman French as Beauchamp .
Irish (North Armagh): adopted for Gaelic Mac Cathmhaoil ‘son of Cathmhaol’ (literally ‘battle chief’): see Caulfield and Cowell .
English: variant of Camel , under the influence of the Scottish name (see 1 above).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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