Brief Life History of Priscilla
When Priscilla Morgan was born in 1817, in Muskingum, Ohio, United States, her father, Stephen Morgan, was 37 and her mother, Priscilla Butler, was 32. She married Massom Earl Metcalf on 23 February 1836, in Wayne, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Empire Township, Andrew, Missouri, United States in 1880 and Union Star, DeKalb, Missouri, United States in 1900. She died in 1860, at the age of 43.
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- Prescilla Metcalf in household of Mapsane Metcalf, "United States Census, 1850"
- Priscilla Morgan, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
- Pressilla Metcalf in household of M E Metcalf, "United States Census, 1860"
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World Events (7)
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
Welsh (especially Glamorgan): from the medieval Welsh personal name Morgan, Morgant (Old Welsh Morcant, of uncertain etymology).
Irish: importation of the Welsh surname (see 1 above), to which has been assimilated more than one Gaelic surname, notably Ó Muireagáin (see Merrigan ).
Scottish: probably from a Gaelic personal name cognate with Welsh Morcant.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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