When Mary Louisa Wortham was born on 29 July 1829, in Amherst, Virginia, United States, her father, Elliot Wortham, was 34 and her mother, Nancy Beverly Davis, was 26. She married James A Tinsley about 1851, in Amherst, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Caroline, Virginia, United States in 1850 and Justice Precinct 5, Red River, Texas, United States in 1880. She died on 2 September 1895, in Red River, Texas, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Tinsley Cemetery, Red River, Texas, United States.
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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.
Historical Boundaries: 1836: Red River, Republic of Texas 1845: Red River, Texas, United States
Hollywood Cemetery was established in 1847 in Richmond Virginia. This is where Presidents James Monroe and John Tyler are buried. During the Civil War it became the largest military interments and a large section dedicated to military burials. Jefferson Davis a well known Confederate is also buried here. Many other notable people are also buried here.
English (Middlesex): habitational name from Wortham in Suffolk, named with Old English worth ‘enclosure’ + hām ‘village, homestead’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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