When Sarah Elizabeth Becraft was born about 1828, in Owingsville, Bath, Kentucky, United States, her father, Benjamin Franklin Becraft, was 51 and her mother, Mary "Polly" Foulger, was 49. She married Oliver Perry Shultz from 1841 to 1842, in Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Kentucky, United States in 1870 and Precinct 7 Tanyard, Bath, Kentucky, United States in 1880.
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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.
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.
Kentucky sided with the Union during the Civil War, even though it is a southern state.
English (Middlesex): variant of Beecroft .
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