When Elizabeth Shroyer was born in 1828, in Montgomery, Ohio, United States, her father, William Shroyer, was 25 and her mother, Elenor Waggoner, was 29. She died on 22 May 1901, at the age of 73, and was buried in Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, 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.
Dayton was incorporated as a city.
Although divided as a state on the subject of slavery, Ohio participated in the Civil War on the Union's side, providing over 300,000 troops. Ohio provided the 3rd largest number of troops by any Union state.
Pennsylvania German variant of Schreier or Schreyer . Compare Schroyer .
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