Brief Life History of Letitia
When Letitia Stevenson was born on 6 March 1828, in Champaign, Ohio, United States, her father, James Stevenson, was 23 and her mother, Arabella Hullinger, was 24. She married Nathan Baker Smith on 21 April 1846, in Allen, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Bloom Township, Morgan, Ohio, United States in 1850 and Perry Township, Logan, Ohio, United States for about 10 years. She died on 29 August 1897, in Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in North Greenfield, Perry Township, Logan, Ohio, United States.
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- Lettie Smith in household of Nathan Smith, "United States Census, 1870"
- Legacy NFS Source: Lelitia Stevenson - birth-name: Letitia Stevenson
- Lentitia Stevenson, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
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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.
1836 · Kirtland Temple Dedicated
On March 27, 1836, the Kirtland Temple was dedicated.
1860 · Ohio supports the Union side of the Civil War
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.
Name Meaning
English: from the Middle English and Older Scots personal name Steven, Stephen (see Steven ) + -son. This surname is also very common in northern Ireland (especially Antrim and Down), where it has been interchangeable with Steenson and Stinson . In North America, this surname has also absorbed various European cognates, such as Danish, Norwegian, and North German Steffensen or Stephensen ; see also Stevens .
Scottish: variant of Stevenston, a habitational name from Stevenston (Ayrshire), Stevenson in Newlands (Peeblesshire), or Stevenson in Haddington (East Lothian). The placename in each case derives from the personal name Steven + Older Scots toun ‘farmstead, settlement’.
English: habitational name from Stevenstone (Devon), meaning ‘Stephen's farmstead’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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