Samuel NixdorffAge: 78 years1745–1824
- Name
- Samuel Nixdorff
- Given names
- Samuel
- Surname
- Nixdorff
 Birth | April 14, 1745 |
 Historical Event | The French & Indian War between 1754 and 1763 (Age 8 years)Note: The French and Indian War is the American name for the North American theater of the Seven Years War, fought primarily between the colonies of British America and New France - http://goo.gl/SiIuNc |
 Military | Revolutionary War March 7, 1776 (Age 30 years) |
| Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1775 and 1776 (Age 29 years)Note: In 1775, there was an epidemic of unknown cause in North America (especially New England,) followed in 1775-1776 by what is described as one of the worst worldwide influenza epidemics - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_epidemics |
 Birth of a son#1 | Henry Nixdorff December 25, 1780 (Age 35 years) |
| Historical Event | The American Revolution from 1775 to 1783 (Age 29 years)Note: The Thirteen American Colonies broke from the British Empire and formed the independent nation, the United States of America - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolution |
| Birth of a son #2 | Tobias Nixdorff November 18, 1793 (Age 48 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic between 1793 and 1798 (Age 47 years)Note: More than 4,000 Philadelphia residents died from yellow fever - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_Fever_Epidemic_of_1793 |
| Historical Event | The Louisiana Purchase 1803 (Age 57 years)Note: Napoleon Bonaparte agrees to sell 828,000 square miles of land to the United States for $15 million - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana_Purchase |
| Historical Event | War of 1812 between 1812 and 1815 (Age 66 years)Note: War of 1812 between the Americans and the British. The Creek (or Red Stick) War in Alabama had different origins, but it coincided with the war of 1812, and the U.S. treated it as a part of the larger war, with Jackson and his forces also in charge of defeating the Creeks - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_1812 |
 Death | March 1, 1824 (Age 78 years) |
 Burial | after March 2, 1824 (1 day after death) Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Mount Olivet Cemetery |
 Last change | September 16, 2020 – 09:38:43 by: Barry Shemwell |
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Samuel Nixdorff Birth: April 14, 1745 — Pennsylvania, United States Death: March 1, 1824 — Frederick, Maryland, United States |
| son |
Henry Nixdorff Birth: December 25, 1780 35 — Frederick, Maryland, United States Death: May 4, 1839 — Frederick, Maryland, United States |
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13 years son |
Tobias Nixdorff Birth: November 18, 1793 48 — Frederick, Maryland, United States Death: September 9, 1862 — Baltimore, Maryland, United States |
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| Military | Samuel Nixdorff moved from Bethlehem, Pennsylvania to Maryland shortly after the close of the Revolutionary War with his brothers.
Although his death occurred some time after the close of the war, it was due to the infirmities of rheumatism originally incurred by hard service and exposure endured by him while in the ranks of the American Army. He enlisted in the Revolutionary War March 7th, 1776, in Capt. John Nelson's Company of Independent Riflemen.
After locating in Maryland, he engaged in the manufacture of wagons and carried on a general blacksmithing business. |
| Burial | Samuel Nixdorff moved from Bethlehem, Pennsylvania to Maryland shortly after the close of the Revolutionary War with his brothers.
Although his death occurred some time after the close of the war, it was due to the infirmities of rheumatism originally incurred by hard service and exposure endured by him while in the ranks of the American Army. He enlisted in the Revolutionary War March 7th, 1776, in Capt. John Nelson's Company of Independent Riflemen.
After locating in Maryland, he engaged in the manufacture of wagons and carried on a general blacksmithing business.
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Parents:
John George Nixdorf (1700 - 1785)
Susan Korn Nixdorf (1708 - 1800)
Children:
Henry Nixdorff (1780 - 1839)*
Tobias Nixdorff (1793 - 1862)* |