Brief Life History of Josiah Silas
When Josiah Silas Sutton was born in December 1828, in Logan, Kentucky, United States, his father, Thomas Deloach Sutton, was 32 and his mother, Nancy Browning, was 32. He married Marinda Terrell on 22 March 1847, in Martin, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Spice Valley Township, Lawrence, Indiana, United States for about 30 years. He died in 1908, in Huron, Spice Valley Township, Lawrence, Indiana, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Huron, Spice Valley Township, Lawrence, Indiana, United States.
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- Josiah Sutton, "United States Census, 1880"
- Josiahar Sutton, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
- Josiah Sutton, "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.
1859
Historical Boundaries: 1859: Lawrence, Indiana, United States
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of numerous places called Sutton, named with Old English sūth ‘south, southern’ + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’. The English surname is also common in Ireland (Wexford, Kildare), where it has been established since the 13th century and Gaelicized as de Sutún.
Jewish (from the former Ottoman Empire, including Syria): unexplained.
English: topographic name from Middle English (bi) suthentune ‘(at the place to the) south of the village’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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