Brief Life History of Rutha
When Rutha Canady was born in 1813, in Maury, Tennessee, United States, her father, Isaac T. Canady, was 29 and her mother, Sarah "Sally" Pritchett, was 29. She married Walter M. Thedford on 8 July 1838, in Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Gibson, Gibson, Tennessee, United States in 1850. She died in October 1862, in Gibson, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 49.
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- Martha Hudford, "United States Census, 1850"
- Ruthee Canady, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
- Isaac Canady Will - Tennessee, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1779
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1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
1820 · Making States Equal
The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
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.
Name Meaning
Altered form of Irish and Scottish Kennedy . Compare Canada , Canaday , and Kanady .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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