Samuel Willard Temple

Male27 April 1808–10 July 1887

Brief Life History of Samuel Willard

When Samuel Willard Temple was born on 27 April 1808, in Sunderland, Bennington, Vermont, United States, his father, Palmer Columbus Temple, was 36 and his mother, Rhoda King, was 30. He married Jane Martha Hill on 5 March 1829, in Vermont, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 10 July 1887, in Pittsfield, Pike, Illinois, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Pittsfield, Pike, Illinois, United States.

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Family Time Line

Samuel Willard Temple
1808–1887
Jane Martha Hill
1811–1891
Marriage: 5 March 1829
Adelia D. Temple
1830–
Palmer Columbus Temple
1832–1896
Samuel Willard Temple
1834–1912
Sarah Jane Temple
1836–1868
Orville Everett Temple
1838–1900
Mortimer F Temple
1842–1864
Adeline Jane Temple
1845–1931
Amelia Temple
1855–1907

Sources (15)

  • Willard Temple, "United States Census, 1850"
  • S W Temple, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Samuel Willard Temple - birth-name: Samuel Willard Temple

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    5 March 1829Vermont, United States
  • Children (8)

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    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (12)

    +7 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1812

    Age 4

    War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.

    1820

    Age 12

    Historical Boundaries: 1820: Madison, Illinois, United States 1821: Pike, Illinois, United States

    1830 · The Second Great Awakening

    Age 22

    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 (northern England and London), Scottish, and French: from Middle English, Old French temple ‘temple’ (from Latin templum), denoting a religious house or manorial estate of the Knights Templar. The surname may be a metonymic occupational name for someone who lived or worked at such an establishment, or a habitational name from a place so named, such as Temple in Cornwall (Midlothian). The Knights Templar were a crusading order, so named because they claimed to occupy in Jerusalem the site of the old temple. The order was founded in 1118 and flourished for 200 years, but was suppressed as heretical in 1312.

    English: nickname given to foundlings baptized at the Temple Church, London, so called because it was originally built on land belonging to the Templars.

    Americanized form of North German or Dutch Tempel 1.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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