Brief Life History of Elizabeth Edna
When Elizabeth Edna Creekmore was born on 23 March 1827, in Wayne City, Wayne, Illinois, United States, her father, Thomas Creekmoore, was 57 and her mother, Mary Edna Ellis Williamson, was 37. She married Harbin Wilburn McCurry on 21 January 1842, in Jennings, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 10 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Salt Creek Township, Chautauqua, Kansas, United States in 1880 and Chickasaw Nation Reservation, Murray, Oklahoma, United States in 1900. She died on 15 January 1918, in Ada, Pontotoc, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Rosedale Cemetery, Ada, Pontotoc, Oklahoma, United States.
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- Elizabeth Mccurry in household of Edd Mccurry, "United States Census, 1900"
- Elizabeth Edna Creekmore McCurry, "Find A Grave Index"
- Elizabeth Fountain in entry for Nathaniel Albert McCurry, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"
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World Events (8)
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.
1830
Historical Boundaries: 1830: Indian Territory, United States 1907: Murray, Oklahoma, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English: probably a habitational name from a place in Dorset namedCreekmoor, from Middle English crike ‘creek, inlet’ +more ‘moor, marshy ground’. However, this surname is notfound in current English records.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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