Brief Life History of Frances Evaline
When Frances Evaline Yager was born on 24 February 1827, in Madison, Virginia, United States, her father, Alfred M Yager, was 28 and her mother, Martha T Ford, was 22. She married Boyd Merrill McCrary on 25 August 1842, in Howard, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 7 daughters. She lived in Chariton Township, Howard, Missouri, United States in 1870 and Fayette, Howard, Missouri, United States in 1880. She died on 4 March 1909, in Howard, Missouri, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Howard, Missouri, United States.
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- Evaline Mc Crary in household of B M Mc Crary, "United States Census, 1870"
- Francis E. Yager, "Missouri Marriages, 1750-1920"
- Frances Evaline Yager McCrary, "Find A Grave Index"
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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.
1844 · Lumpkin's Jail
In 1844 when Robert Lumpkin bought land in Virginia, this would be the spot of the Infamous Slave Jail (or Lumpkin’s Jail). The slaves would be brought here during the slave trade until they were sold. Lumpkin had purchased the land for his own slave business.
1861 · The Battle of Manassas
The Battle of Manassas is also referred to as the First Battle of Bull Run. 35,000 Union troops were headed towards Washington D.C. after 20,000 Confederate forces. The McDowell's Union troops fought with General Beauregard's Confederate troops along a little river called Bull Run.
Name Meaning
Americanized form of German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) Jäger (see Jaeger ), German, Dutch, and Slovenian Jager , Slovak and Czech Jáger and Jágr, all meaning ‘hunter’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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