When Sarah Thompson was born on 25 August 1824, in Venango, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Abel Kemp Thompson II, was 39 and her mother, Catharine "Caty" Boylan, was 32. She married Lorenzo Dow Brakeman on 11 March 1846, in Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Sandy Creek Township, Mercer, Pennsylvania, United States in 1850 and Fairfield Township, Crawford, Pennsylvania, United States in 1860. She died on 4 January 1871, in York, York, Nebraska, United States, at the age of 46, and was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, York, York, Nebraska, United States.
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The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
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.
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
English: patronymic from the Middle English personal name T(h)om(me) (see Thom ) + -son ‘son of Tom’. Thomson is usually the Scottish form, that with the intrusive -p- being English. Both forms are common in Ireland. The surname Thompson is also very common among African Americans.
Americanized form of Danish, Norwegian, and North German Thomsen and of its Swedish cognate Thomsson. Compare Thomson .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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