Brief Life History of Mahala
When Mahala Padget was born in 1828, in Tennessee, United States, her father, Jesse Padget, was 23 and her mother, Sarah Ellen Snodgrass, was 22. She married Henry Morris about 1846, in Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Macoupin, Illinois, United States in 1870 and Carlinville, Macoupin, Illinois, United States in 1880.
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Sources (4)
- Mahalie Marris, "United States Census, 1850"
- Mahala Pagett in entry for Margaret Jones, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"
- Mahala Smidt in household of Charles Smidt, "United States Census, 1870"
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1829
Historical Boundaries: 1829: Macoupin, Illinois, United States
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.
1862 · Battle of Shiloh
The battle of Shiloh took place on April 6, 1862 and April 7, 1862. Confederate soldiers camp through the woods next to where the Union soldiers were camped at Pittsburg Landing on the Tennessee River. With 23,000 casualties this was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War up to this point.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Padgett .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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