Brief Life History of Elizabeth Brown
When Elizabeth Brown Hopkins was born on 9 February 1829, in Randolph, North Carolina, United States, her father, Eli Hopkins, was 22 and her mother, Mary Cranford, was 15. She married William George Washington Kellum on 26 September 1849. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Lee, Mississippi, United States in 1880 and Guntown, Lee, Mississippi, United States in 1900. She died on 25 December 1912, in Saltillo, Lee, Mississippi, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Red Hill Cemetery, Lee, Mississippi, United States.
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- Elizabeth Kalum in household of William Kalum, "United States Census, 1860"
- Elizabeth Hopkins, "Mississippi Marriages, 1800-1911"
- Elizabeth Brown Hopkins Kellum, "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 · Trail of Tears
In the 1830's, President Jackson called for all the Native Americans to be forced off their own land. As the Cherokee were forced out of North Carolina many of them hid in the mountains of North Carolina.
1853 · First State Fair
The first state fair in North Carolina was held in Raleigh and was put on by the North Carolina State Agricultural Society in 1853. The fair has been continuous except for during the American Civil War and Reconstruction and WWII.
Name Meaning
English and Welsh (Glamorgan): variant of Hopkin with genitival or excrescent -s. In Ireland, where the name is also frequent, it is sometimes Gaelicized as Mac Oibicín.
History: Stephen Hopkins (c. 1580–1644) was a pilgrim on the Mayflower in 1620 and one of the founders of Plymouth Colony. At his death he left seven children and eighteen grandchildren.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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