When William C Rupert was born on 1 March 1819, in Mahoning, Ohio, United States, his father, Jacob O. Rupert, was 25 and his mother, Margaret Rebecca "Peggy" Oyster, was 28. He married Maria Anna Simon on 15 April 1839, in Trumbull, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 29 April 1847, in his hometown, at the age of 28, and was buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery, North Lima, Beaver Township, Mahoning, Ohio, United States.
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The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
"The United States law requiring full payment at the time of purchase and registration of any land. to help encourage sales and make land more affordable, Congress reduced the minimum price of dollar per acre and the minimum size that could be purchased. Most of this land for sale was located on the frontier which was then ""The West"". This Act was good for many Americans, but it was also over used by wealthy investors."
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.
Dutch, North German, and Slovenian: from the ancient Germanic personal name Rupert, composed of the elements hrōd ‘renown’ + berht ‘bright’. Compare Rupprecht .
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