When Silas Easterling was born about 1812, in Russell, Virginia, United States, his father, Rev Thomas Joshua Easterling, was 63 and his mother, Rebecca Vicars, was 43. He married Arta Anna Morris on 18 June 1834, in Scott, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Floyd, Kentucky, United States in 1850 and Greenup, Kentucky, United States in 1860. He died on 21 May 1879, in Jackson, Jackson, Ohio, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Marshfield, Waterloo Township, Athens, Ohio, United States.
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War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
The Monumental Church was built between 1812-1814 on the sight where the Richmond Theatre fire had taken place. It is a monument to those that died in the fire.
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.
Americanized form of North German Oesterling or Dutch Oosterling (see Osterling ), cognates of 2 below.
English: from Middle English ester(n) ‘pertaining to the east, eastern’ + the suffix -ling. The name was originally used to denote someone from eastern Germany or the Baltic coasts and was in use in England as early as 1253.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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