Samuel Bible

Brief Life History of Samuel

When Samuel Bible was born about 1815, in Pendleton, Virginia, United States, his father, Johan Georg Bible, was 56 and his mother, Anna Elizabeth Penninger, was 48. He married Elizabeth Greenawalt on 24 February 1839, in Pendleton, Louisa, Virginia, United States. He died before 1870.

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Samuel Bible
1815–1870
Elizabeth Greenawalt
1817–1880
Marriage: 24 February 1839

Sources (3)

  • Samuel Bible, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Samuel Bible, "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970"
  • Samuel Bible, "West Virginia Marriages, 1854-1932"

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World Events (8)

1819 · Panic! of 1819

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. 

1824 · """Mary Randolph Publishes """"The Virginia Housewife"""""""

“The Virginia Housewife” was published by Mary Randolph. It was the first cookbook published in America. 

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: from the female personal name Bibel, a pet form of Bibb .

Americanized form of South German Biebl or Biebel .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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