When William McCoy Flesher was born on 19 October 1827, in Pendleton, Louisa, Virginia, United States, his father, John Flesher, was 40 and his mother, Mary Polly Seybert, was 42. He married Rebecca Ann Pirtle in 1850. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Illinois, United States in 1870 and Township of Money Creek, McLean, Illinois, United States in 1880. He died on 9 December 1908, in Lexington, McLean, Illinois, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, McLean, Illinois, United States.
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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.
Historical Boundaries: 1836: McLean, Illinois, United States
Historical Boundaries: 1855: McLean, Illinois, United States
English: occupational name for a butcher, from Middle English fles(c)her, flesho(u)r ‘butcher’, an agent derivative of flesh ‘meat’, or from Middle English fleshheuer, fleshewer ‘butcher’, a compound of flesh ‘meat’ + heuer ‘cutter’. This surname has sometimes been confused with Fletcher .
Americanized form of German Fleischer .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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