When Harvey Edward Delph was born in 1827, in Grayson, Virginia, United States, his father, Jacob Delph, was 22 and his mother, Mary C. Baker, was 19. He married Mary Rebecca Catherine Erwin about 1848, in Hancock, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Big Creek, Clay, Kentucky, United States in 1880 and Magisterial District 8 Otter Creek, Clay, Kentucky, United States in 1910. He died in 1915, in East Bernstadt, Laurel, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in East Bernstadt, Laurel, Kentucky, United States.
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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.
The Louisville and Portland canal opened in 1830. It was a 2 mile canal. It helped with the barrier caused by the Falls of the Ohio River at Louisville by making a route around them.
According to the 1850 census Kentucky was the 8th most populated state with 982,405 people.
English (Norfolk and Cambridgeshire): variant of Delve, itself a topographic name from Middle English delf, delphe, delve (Old English (ge)delf) ‘pit, quarry, canal, ditch’, denoting someone who lived by a pit, quarry, or excavation, or, in some instances, an occupational name for a ditcher, digger, or quarrier (Middle English delver(er)).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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