Brief Life History of John Henry
When John Henry Fewell was born on 12 May 1803, in Culpeper, Virginia, United States, his father, Benjamin Fewell, was 29 and his mother, Ann Coghill, was 24. He married Elizabeth T Duffey on 4 December 1826, in Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Indiana, United States in 1870. He died on 18 March 1891, in Lancaster, Lancaster Township, Jefferson, Indiana, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Hopewell Cemetery, Smyrna Township, Jefferson, Indiana, United States.
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- John Fewell, "United States Census, 1870"
- Legacy NFS Source: John Henry Fewell - Church record: Family genealogies: birth-name: John Henry Fewell
- John H Fuel, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
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1804
Lewis and Clark set out from St. Louis, MO to explore the West.
1815
Historical Boundaries: 1815: Jefferson, Indiana Territory, United States 1816: Jefferson, Indiana, 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: variant of Fowle , from the Middle English personal name Foghel, Fughel (Old English Fugel, Fugol, from Old English fugol ‘fowl, bird’). Or a nickname either with reference to physical appearance, size, or behavior, or possibly also a nickname for someone who kept or sold birds.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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