Brief Life History of Sophia Newton
When Sophia Newton Hosmer was born on 25 November 1817, in Rockport, Knox, Maine, United States, her father, Nathaniel Hosmer, was 52 and her mother, Nancy Fay, was 35. She married Ephraim Mirick Wood on 30 October 1845, in Camden, Waldo, Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Camden, Waldo, Maine, United States in 1850. She died on 29 September 1865, in Camden, Knox, Maine, United States, at the age of 47, and was buried in Mountain View Cemetery, Camden, Knox, Maine, United States.
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- Sophia N Wood, "United States Census, 1860"
- Sophia Newton Hosmer, "Maine, Births and Christenings, 1739-1900"
- Sophia N. Hosmer, "Maine Marriages, 1771-1907"
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1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
1827
Historical Boundaries: 1827: Waldo, Maine, United States
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
English (Kent): variant of Osmer , with excrescent initial H-.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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