When Jane Woodson was born about 1816, in Prince Edward, Virginia, United States, her father, Peter Groseclose, was 5 and her mother, Margaret Witt, was 2. She married Peter Groseclose on 7 December 1848, in Schuyler, Lindsey Township, Benton, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Schuyler, Missouri, United States in 1850. She died on 18 April 1865, at the age of 50.
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With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
“The Virginia Housewife” was published by Mary Randolph. It was the first cookbook published in America.
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.
English (Yorkshire): habitational name for someone from Woodsome (a lost place in Batley), Woodsome in Farnley Tyas, or Wothersome, all in Yorkshire. The placenames derive from Old English wudu ‘wood’ + hūsum, dative plural of hūs ‘house’.
English (Yorkshire): from the Middle English personal name Ode, Odd(e) + son, with the addition of initial W-, a characteristic dialect feature in the south of Yorkshire.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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