Charity Elizabeth Teem

Brief Life History of Charity Elizabeth

When Charity Elizabeth Teem was born on 14 May 1825, in Table Rock, Burke, North Carolina, United States, her father, Peter Miles Teem, was 53 and her mother, Nancy Polly Drye, was 44. She married John Foster on 4 October 1831, in Rabun, Georgia, United States. She died about 1875, in Kansas, United States, at the age of 51.

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John Foster
1817–
Charity Elizabeth Teem
1825–1875
Marriage: 4 October 1831

Sources (3)

  • Charity E. Teem, "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950"
  • Charity E. Teem, "Georgia Marriages, 1808-1967"
  • Charity E. Teem, "Georgia, Marriages, 1808-1967"

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World Events (7)

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.

1830 · Trail of Tears

In the 1830's, President Jackson called for all the Native Americans to be forced off their own land. As the Cherokee were forced out of North Carolina many of them hid in the mountains of North Carolina.

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

Name Meaning

Americanized form of Dutch and German Thiem , Thieme .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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