Brief Life History of Richard
Richard Denton was born about 1830, in Sullivan, Tennessee, United States. He married Nancy Huffman on 19 September 1857, in Glasgow, Barren, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. He lived in Kentucky, United States in 1870 and Swan, Marion, Iowa, United States in 1880.
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- Richard Denton, "United States Census, 1870"
- Richard Denton, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
- Richard Denton in entry for Harvey V Barragar and Arrissia Denton Zibble, "Washington, County Marriages, 1855-2008"
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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 · Louisville and Portland Canal Opens
The Louisville and Portland canal opened in 1830. It was a 2 mile canal. It helped with the barrier caused by the Falls of the Ohio River at Louisville by making a route around them.
1861
Kentucky sided with the Union during the Civil War, even though it is a southern state.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of numerous places so called. The vast majority, including those in Cambridgeshire, Cumbria, Dumfries, Durham, Kent, Lancashire, Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Northumberland, Oxfordshire, Sussex, and Yorkshire are named from Old English denu ‘valley’ (see Dean 1) + tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’. An isolated example in Northamptonshire appears in the Domesday Book as Dodintone meaning ‘enclosure, settlement associated with Dodda or Dudda’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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