Brief Life History of Daniel Myers
When Daniel Myers Engle was born on 18 January 1829, in Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Henry Schock Engle, was 39 and his mother, Hannah Brillhart Meyers, was 26. He married Mary Musser Hoffman about 1850, in Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Frailey Township, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, United States in 1860 and Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, United States in 1890. He died on 6 April 1878, in Stacktown, Conoy Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 49, and was buried in East Donegal Cemetery, Maytown, East Donegal Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Daniel Engle, "United States Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War, 1890"
- Daniel Myers Engle, "Find A Grave Index"
- Daniel Engle, "United States Veterans Administration Pension Payment Cards, 1907-1933"
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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.
1830 · The Oregon Trail
Many people started their 2,170-mile West trek to settle the land found by Louis and Clark. They used large-wheeled wagons to pack most of their belongings and were guided by trails that were made by the previous trappers and traders who walked the area. Over time the trail needed annual improvements to make the trip faster and safer. Most of Interstate 80 and 84 cover most of the ground that was the original trail.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
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Americanized form of German Engel .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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