Henrietta Nearing

Brief Life History of Henrietta

When Henrietta Nearing was born on 2 February 1827, in Sullivan, New York, United States, her father, Ira Joseph Nearing, was 33 and her mother, Jane M Daugherty, was 21. She married Oliver Brush Brown after 1865. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Cochecton, Sullivan, New York, United States for about 25 years. She died on 7 December 1916, in Sullivan, New York, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Lake Huntington, Sullivan, New York, United States.

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Family Time Line

Oliver Brush Brown
1818–1891
Henrietta Nearing
1827–1916
Marriage: after 1865
Betsy Abigail Brown
1867–

Sources (7)

  • Henrietta Brown in household of Oliver Brown, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Henrietta Nearing - Published information: birth-name: Henrietta Nearing
  • Henrietta Nearing Brown, "Find A Grave Index"

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World Events (8)

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 · The Oregon Trail

Many people started their 2,170-mile West trek to settle the land found by Louis and Clark. They used large-wheeled wagons to pack most of their belongings and were guided by trails that were made by the previous trappers and traders who walked the area. Over time the trail needed annual improvements to make the trip faster and safer. Most of Interstate 80 and 84 cover most of the ground that was the original trail.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

Name Meaning

Americanized form of German Niering, a habitational name from a place so named in Westphalia, and possibly also of Nehring .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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