When Ephraim Jackson McCleary was born on 31 March 1808, in Tuscarawas, Ohio, United States, his father, William McCleary, was 36 and his mother, Rachel Johnson, was 33. He married Rachel Colyar on 3 May 1832, in Cass, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Wayne Township, Kosciusko, Indiana, United States for about 10 years and Indiana, United States in 1870. He died on 16 May 1880, in Warsaw, Wayne Township, Kosciusko, Indiana, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Warsaw, Wayne Township, Kosciusko, Indiana, United States.
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Zanesville becomes the new state capital.
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
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 (northern) and Scottish:
Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac an Chléirigh (Irish), or Mac a'Chléirich (Scottish) ‘son of the cleric’. See Cleary .
Anglicized form of Mac Giolla Arraith ‘son of the servant of Arraith’, or possibly (since there is no saint Arráith) of Mac Giolla an Ráith ‘son of the prosperous youth’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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