Brief Life History of Parmelia
When Parmelia Moorman was born on 4 March 1825, in Clinton, Ohio, United States, her father, Samuel Moorman, was 32 and her mother, Lucy W. Johnson, was 24. She married Ezekiel Leonard on 29 December 1842, in Greene, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 11 December 1909, in Union Township, Clinton, Ohio, United States, at the age of 84.
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- Permelia W Leonard in household of Ezekiel Leonard, "United States Census, 1850"
- Parmelia Moorman, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
- Parmelia W Leonard, "Ohio, Deaths, 1908-1953"
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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.
1860 · Ohio supports the Union side of the Civil War
Although divided as a state on the subject of slavery, Ohio participated in the Civil War on the Union's side, providing over 300,000 troops. Ohio provided the 3rd largest number of troops by any Union state.
Name Meaning
English (Isle of Wight and Gloucestershire): topographic or occupational name from Middle English more ‘moor, marsh, fen’ + man ‘man’, either in the sense ‘person who lives on a moor’ or ‘official who is responsible for an area of moor or the grazing on it’.
Dutch: variant of Moerman .
Americanized form of North German Moormann: variant of Mohrmann .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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