Brief Life History of Elizabeth
When Elizabeth Scofield was born on 17 November 1829, her father, Solomon Scofield, was 37 and her mother, Persis Allen, was 31. She married Oren Green Nevins on 23 November 1848, in Allens Grove, Walworth, Wisconsin, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Black Earth, Dane, Wisconsin, United States in 1860. She died on 24 May 1869, in Clinton, Barron, Wisconsin, United States, at the age of 39.
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- Elisa Nevins in household of Oren Nevins, "United States Census, 1860"
- Legacy NFS Source: Eliza A. Scofield - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Eliza A. Scofield
- Eliza Scofield, "Wisconsin Marriages, 1836-1930"
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1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
1836
The Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin - Sept 3, 1836 Treaty Treaty of the Cedars was concluded on the Fox River on September 3, 1836. The Menominee Nation ceded nearly 4 million acres of land for the following items every year for twenty years: $3,000 worth of food provisions, 2,000 lbs. of tobacco, 30 barrels of salt, agricultural supplies, and $500 per year. (Wisconsin Historical Society)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Schofield .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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