Samuel Dutton

Brief Life History of Samuel

When Samuel Dutton was born on 8 February 1794, in Hampshire, West Virginia, United States, his father, Kingsman Dutton, was 35 and his mother, Mary Craig, was 30. He married Nancy Brookhart on 18 January 1821, in Athens, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Ohio, United States in 1870. He died on 7 February 1883, in Troy Township, Athens, Ohio, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Hockingport Cemetery, Hockingport, Athens, Ohio, United States.

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Samuel Dutton
1794–1883
Nancy Brookhart
1800–1861
Marriage: 18 January 1821
James B. Dutton
1821–1873
Lydia E Dutton
1824–1868

Sources (10)

  • Samuel Dutton, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Samuel Dutton, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
  • Samuel Dutton, "Ohio, County Death Records, 1840-2001"

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World Events (8)

1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.

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.

1803

Ohio was the first state admitted to the Union from the Northwest Territory.

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

English (Cheshire, Lancashire, and Staffordshire): habitational name from either Dutton in Cheshire or Dutton in Lancashire. The first is named from Old English dūn ‘hill’ + tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’; the second from the Old English personal name Dudd(a) (see Dodd 1) + Old English tūn.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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