Brief Life History of Thomas Dixon
When Thomas Dixon White was born on 23 August 1826, in Grand Isle, Vermont, United States, his father, Timothy Deuel White, was 39 and his mother, Abigail Dixon, was 29. He married Lura Celinda Clark on 29 August 1854, in Clayton, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Farmersburg, Clayton, Iowa, United States for about 5 years and Sperry Township, Clayton, Iowa, United States in 1900. He died on 23 July 1900, in Volga, Clayton, Iowa, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in National Cemetery, National, Clayton, Iowa, United States.
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- Thomas White in household of Timothy D White, "United States Census, 1850"
- Thomas D. White, "Iowa Marriages, 1809-1992"
- Thomas Dixon White, "Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951"
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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.
1837
Historical Boundaries: 1837: Clayton, Wisconsin Territory, United States 1838: Clayton, Iowa Territory, United States 1846: Clayton, Iowa, United States
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
English: from Middle English white, wit (Old English hwīt ‘white’), hence a nickname for someone with white hair or a pale complexion. In some cases it is perhaps from a Middle English survival of the Old English personal name Hwīta, a short form of names in Hwīt- (from hwīt ‘white’). The name may also be topographic, referring to someone who lived by a bend or curve in a river or road (from Old English wiht ‘bend’), the source of the placename of Great Whyte in Ramsey, Huntingdonshire (compare Wight ). This name is also a variant of Wight . The surname White is also very common among African Americans.
Irish and Scottish: adopted for any of several Irish and Scottish Gaelic names based on bán ‘white, fair’ (see Bain 1, McElwain ) or fionn ‘fair’ (see Finn 1). The English surname has been Gaelicized in Ireland as de Faoite.
Americanized form (translation into English) of various European surnames meaning ‘white’, for example German Weiss , French Blanc , Polish Białas (see Bialas ), Slovenian Belec , or any other synonymous Slavic surname beginning with Bel-, Bev-, Biel- or Bil-.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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