Brief Life History of William
When William Warden was born on 3 August 1809, in Kentucky, United States, his father, Joseph Warden, was 40 and his mother, Sarah Ashby, was 38. He married Manervia Jane Morton on 31 January 1842, in Ohio, Kentucky, United States. He lived in Centertown, Ohio, Kentucky, United States in 1880. He died on 21 April 1889, in Ohio, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Centertown, Ohio, Kentucky, United States.
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- William Warden, "United States Census, 1860"
- William Warden, "Find A Grave Index"
- Wm. Warden in entry for C. Lee Warden, "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1965"
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1810
Historical Boundaries: 1810: Ohio, Kentucky, United States
1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
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.
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: occupational name for a watchman or guard, from Anglo-Norman French wardein, Old French gardein ‘one who keeps guard, a warden’, i.e. a gate-keeper, porter, or sentinel.
English: habitational name from any of various places, for example in Bedfordshire, County Durham, Kent, Northumerland, and Northamptonshire, called Warden, from Old English weard ‘watch’ + dūn ‘hill’. Compare Wardlaw and Wardle 2.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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