Brief Life History of Martha
When Martha Marsh was born on 15 July 1829, in Preble, Ohio, United States, her father, William Marsh, was 33 and her mother, Lodicia Knight, was 32. She married Jacob Mincer in September 1847, in Lee, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 26 September 1870, in Union Township, Mahaska, Iowa, United States, at the age of 41, and was buried in Union Township, Poweshiek, Iowa, United States.
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- Martha Mincer in household of Jacob Mincer, "United States Census, 1860"
- Martha Marsh, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
- Martha Marsh in entry for Wm H Mincer, "Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951"
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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.
1836 · Kirtland Temple Dedicated
On March 27, 1836, the Kirtland Temple was dedicated.
1843
Historical Boundaries: 1843: Mahaska, Iowa Territory, United States 1846: Mahaska, Iowa, United States
Name Meaning
English: topographic name for someone who lived by or in a marsh or fen, Middle English mersch (Old English mersc), or a habitational name from any of various minor places called with this word, for example in Yorkshire, Shropshire and Buckinghamshire.
Americanized form of German Marsch .
Americanized form of Slovenian Marš: unexplained. Compare Mars 7.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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