Brief Life History of Abigail
When Abigail Woods was born on 16 May 1810, her father, Samuel Woods, was 57 and her mother, Mary Ann McCoy, was 39. She married William Scott about 1830, in Waynesburg, Greene, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Franklin Township, Greene, Pennsylvania, United States for about 10 years and Pennsylvania, United States in 1870. She died on 10 August 1880, in Waynesburg, Greene, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Waynesburg, Greene, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Abigail Scott, "United States Census, 1880"
- Abigail Woods Scott, "Find A Grave Index"
- Abigail Scott in entry for James Thomas and Leah Margaret Scott, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"
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World Events (8)
1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
1812 · Harrisburg Becomes the State Capital
Harrisburg had important parts with migration, the Civil War, and the Industrial Revolution.
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
English: variant of Wood with plural or post-medieval excrescent -s.
Irish: adopted as a translation of Ó Cuill ‘descendant of Coll’ (see Quill ), or in Ulster of Mac Con Coille ‘son of Cú Choille’, a personal name meaning ‘hound of the wood’, which has also been mistranslated Cox , as if formed with coileach ‘cock, rooster’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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