Brief Life History of James Parry
When James Parry Hollenbeck was born on 14 August 1826, in Lexington, Lexington Township, Scott, Indiana, United States, his father, Henry Hollenback, was 22 and his mother, Margaret "Peggy" C. McFadden, was 24. He married Parthenia Jane Horner on 11 September 1851, in Jefferson, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 20 September 1863, in Lexington, Lexington Township, Scott, Indiana, United States, at the age of 37, and was buried in Chickamauga, Walker, Georgia, United States.
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- James P Hollenbeck, "United States Census, 1860"
- Legacy NFS Source: James Parry Hollenbeck - birth-name: James Perry HOLLENBECK
- James P Hollenbeck, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
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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.
1836
Historical Boundaries: 1836: Walker, Georgia, United States
1838 · Orders No. 25 Removes Cherokees
A small group of Cherokees from Georgia voluntarily migrated to the Indian Territory. The remaining Cherokees in Georgia resisted the mounting pressure to leave. In 1838, U.S. President Martin Van Buren ordered U.S. troops to remove the Cherokee Nation. The troops gathered the Cherokees and marched them and other Native Americans from North Carolina, Tennessee, and Alabama along what is now known as “The Trail of Tears.” Approximately 5,000 Cherokees died on their way to Indian Territory.
Name Meaning
North German: habitational name from a place so named near Hamburg or from Hollenbek near Ratzeburg.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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