Brief Life History of William M.
When William M. McVey was born in September 1826, in West Virginia, United States, his father, Samuel Paxton McVey, was 32 and his mother, Margaret Stephens, was 24. He married Eliza Snyder on 30 April 1856, in Edgar, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He lived in Charleston Township, Coles, Illinois, United States in 1900. He died after 1880, in Fort Spring, Greenbrier, West Virginia, United States.
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- William Mc Vey in household of Samuel D Mc Vey, "United States Census, 1880"
- Legacy NFS Source: William M. McVey - Government record: birth: about 1827; Virginia, United States
- William M. Mcvey, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
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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
Historical Boundaries: 1830: Coles, Illinois, United States
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Bheatha ‘son of life’, i.e. ‘man of religion’. Compare Scottish McBeth .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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