Brief Life History of Margaret
When Margaret Cabel was born in 1825, in Connoquenessing, Butler, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Daniel Cable, was 52 and her mother, Catherine Fredericka Emerick, was 50. She married John Leroy Shannon in 1841, in Connoquenessing Township, Butler, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Connoquenessing Township, Butler, Pennsylvania, United States in 1850 and Pennsylvania, United States in 1870. She died on 25 September 1891, in Connoquenessing, Butler, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Connoquenessing, Butler, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Margaret Shannon in household of John F Shannon, "United States Census, 1870"
- Margaret Shannon, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Deaths and Burials, 1856-1971"
- Margaret Shannon in entry for Gilmore Q. Shannon and Anna M. Critchlow, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"
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1825 · The Crimes Act
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
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.
1845
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
English, Scottish: see Cable .
Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland © University of the West of England 2016
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