Brief Life History of John
When John Warnock was born on 15 December 1803, in Kentucky, United States, his father, Michael Warnock, was 52 and his mother, Nancy Walker, was 43. He married Helena Dorr on 24 March 1840, in Porter, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He lived in Clinton Township, LaPorte, Indiana, United States for about 10 years and Indiana, United States in 1870. He died on 21 August 1890, in Westville, New Durham Township, LaPorte, Indiana, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Westville Cemetery, Westville, New Durham Township, LaPorte, Indiana, United States.
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- John Warnock, "United States Census, 1870"
- John Womack, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
- John Warnock, "Indiana Death Index, 1882-1920"
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1804
Lewis and Clark set out from St. Louis, MO to explore the West.
1812 · Kentucky Bend Created
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.
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.
Name Meaning
Scottish (Lanarkshire) and northern Irish: shortened form of Mac Warnock, an Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Giolla Mhearnóg ‘son of the devotee of Saint Mearnóg’, a hypocoristic form of Earnóg. Saint Mearnóg ‘My Earnóg’ is the patron saint of Kilmarnock in Scotland, and can be identified with Earnán or Tearnóg ‘Thy Earnóg’ of Kilnasaggart in south Armagh. As a sept of the Grahams in Scotland, the surname might also be replaced by Graham . Compare Warnick .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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