When Jemima Thompson was born on 5 March 1829, in Clermont, Ohio, United States, her father, William D Thompson, was 40 and her mother, Alice Elsie Harris, was 39. She married Absalom Little on 12 March 1848, in Clermont, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Wayne Township, Clermont, Ohio, United States in 1900 and Ohio, United States in 1912. She died on 3 March 1912, in Edenton, Clermont, Ohio, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Edenton, Clermont, Ohio, 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.
On March 27, 1836, the Kirtland Temple was dedicated.
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.
English: patronymic from the Middle English personal name T(h)om(me) (see Thom ) + -son ‘son of Tom’. Thomson is usually the Scottish form, that with the intrusive -p- being English. Both forms are common in Ireland. The surname Thompson is also very common among African Americans.
Americanized form of Danish, Norwegian, and North German Thomsen and of its Swedish cognate Thomsson. Compare Thomson .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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