Brief Life History of Oliver Harley
When Oliver Harley Beeman was born in June 1829, in Jackson Township, Tioga, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Havilah Beeman, was 31 and his mother, Lorenda, was 24. He married Catherine Hogancamp in 1850, in Jackson Township, Tioga, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Caton, Steuben, New York, United States for about 25 years. He died on 11 November 1901, in Ovid, Seneca, New York, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Sagetown Cemetery, Southport, Chemung, New York, United States.
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- Oliver H Beeman, "United States Census, 1900"
- Oliver Harley Beeman, "Find A Grave Index"
- Oliver Beeman in entry for Lewis Beeman and Julia B English, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"
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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
Historical Boundaries 1836: Chemung, New York, United States
1862
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Name Meaning
English (Kent): occupational name for a beekeeper, from Middle English bee-man ‘bee-keeper’ (Old English bēo + mann).
English (Kent): variant of Beaumont .
Americanized form of German Biemann or of its Dutch cognate Bieman.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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