When Shadrack Manard was born on 18 November 1810, in Dandridge, Jefferson, Tennessee, United States, his father, Gibson Maynard Jr., was 30 and his mother, Delilah Cate, was 35. He married Mariah Hall on 11 September 1827, in Jefferson, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Tennessee, United States in 1870 and Jefferson, Tennessee, United States in 1880. He died on 3 September 1882, in Jefferson City, Jefferson, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Shady Grove Cemetery, Dandridge, Jefferson, Tennessee, 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.
Because of the outbreak of war from Napoleonic France, Britain decided to blockade the trade between the United States and the French. The US then fought this action and said it was illegal under international law. Britain supplied Native Americans who raided settlers living on the frontier and halting expansion westward. In 1814, one of the British raids stormed into Washington D.C. burning down the capital. Neither the Americans or the British wanted to continue fighting, so negotiations of peace began. After Treaty of Ghent was signed, Unaware of the treaty, British forces invaded Louisiana but were defeated in January 1815.
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.
Americanized form of French Ménard (see Menard ).
Altered form of English Maynard .
French: from the ancient Germanic personal name Manhard (see Manhardt ).
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