When Phoebe Hayes was born on 16 November 1804, in Fairmont, Marion, West Virginia, United States, her father, Henry Hays, was 29 and her mother, Elizabeth Fleming, was 28. She married Henry Fleming on 15 August 1825, in Harrison, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Morgantown, Monongalia, West Virginia, United States in 1870 and Marion, West Virginia, United States in 1880. She died on 15 April 1891, in Fairmont, Marion, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Fleming Memorial Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Fairmont, Marion, West Virginia, United States.
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Atlantic slave trade abolished.
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.
Irish (Cork): shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hAodha ‘descendant of Aodh’, a personal name meaning ‘fire’. Compare McCoy . In some cases especially in County Wexford, the surname is of English origin (see below), having been taken to Ireland by the Normans.
English: variant of Hay , with post-medieval excrescent -s.
English: topographic name from the plural form of Middle English hay(e), heye, heghe ‘enclosure’ (see Hay ), sometimes used as a collective noun for a farm, especially in Devon, where it is a frequent minor placename. Compare Hain .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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