Brief Life History of Sophronia
When Sophronia Browning was born on 7 October 1825, in Kentucky, United States, her father, William Browning, was 27 and her mother, Elizabeth Mooney, was 25. She married Thomas Todd on 25 January 1844, in Fleming, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 17 December 1857, in Fleming, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 32, and was buried in Locust Cemetery, Locust, Fleming, Kentucky, United States.
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- Sophrona Todd in household of Thomas Todd, "United States Census, 1850"
- Sophrone Browning, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
- Sophronia Todd, "Find A Grave Index"
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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.
1830 · Louisville and Portland Canal Opens
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.
1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
Name Meaning
English (southern): from the Middle English personal name Brouning (Old English Brūning), a derivative of the byname Brūn (see Brown ).
History: This name was brought independently to North America from England by numerous different bearers from the 17th century onward. William Browning was one of the free planters who assented to the ‘Fundamental Agreement’ of the New Haven Colony on June 4, 1639.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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