When Jacob George Driskell was born on 4 June 1811, in Mercer, Kentucky, United States, his father, Elijah Driskell, was 32 and his mother, Ann Springate, was 22. He married Lucinda Riley on 22 October 1832, in Mercer, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Magisterial District 2, Campbell, Kentucky, United States in 1860. He died on 3 January 1877, in Mercer, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Mercer, Kentucky, United States.
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War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
During the New Madrid earthquakes of 1811-1812, the Kentucky Bend or New Madrid Bend was created. It is located in the southwestern corner of Kentucky on the banks of the Mississippi River.
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.
Irish: variant of Driscoll .
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