Brief Life History of Martha Amanda
Martha Amanda Duffau was born in 1828, in Ohio, United States. She married Francis Crawford Wilmeth Sr on 16 November 1847, in McKinney, Collin, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Collin, Collin, Texas, United States in 1850 and Justice Precinct 1, Eastland, Texas, United States in 1860. She died in November 1867, in McKinney, Collin, Texas, United States, at the age of 39.
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- Martha Wilmot, "United States Census, 1860"
- Texas, U.S., Marriage Index, 1824-2019
- Texas, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1833-1974
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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.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
French (southern): topographic name for someone who lived near a prominent beech tree or in a beech wood, from Occitan fau ‘beech’ (from Latin fagus), with fused preposition and definite article du ‘from the’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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