Amelia Ann Shaw

1 May 1819–4 May 1857 (Age 38)
Grayson, Kentucky, United States

The Life of Amelia Ann

When Amelia Ann Shaw was born on 1 May 1819, in Grayson, Kentucky, United States, her father, William Hollis Shaw, was 45 and her mother, Sarah (Sallie) Bozarth, was 35. She married Blackford Harrel in 1837, in Grayson, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 4 May 1857, in Grayson, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 38.

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Family Time Line

Blackford Harrel
1815–1869
Amelia Ann Shaw
1819–1857
Marriage: 1837
Sarah Elizabeth Harrel
1838–1907
William H. Harrel
1846–1917
Noah Harrel
1840–1898
Winaford Ann Harrel
1842–1908
Ruth Louise Harrel
1844–1933
Drusilla J. Harrel
1848–1900
Jonathan "Jot" Michael Harrel
1853–1931
Charles Alford Harrel
1855–1933

Spouse and Children

MARRIAGE
1837
Grayson, Kentucky, United States
children

(8)

+3 More Children

Parents and Siblings

siblings

(6)

+1 More Child

World Events (6)

1820 · Making States Equal

Age 1

The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
1820 · Making Land more affordable

Age 1

"The United States law requiring full payment at the time of purchase and registration of any land. to help encourage sales and make land more affordable, Congress reduced the minimum price of dollar per acre and the minimum size that could be purchased. Most of this land for sale was located on the frontier which was then ""The West"". This Act was good for many Americans, but it was also over used by wealthy investors."
1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Age 11

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

1 English: topographic name for someone who lived by a copse or thicket, Middle English s(c)hage, s(c)hawe (Old English sceaga), or a habitational name from any of the numerous minor places named with this word. The English surname was also established in Ireland in the 17th century.2 Scottish and Irish: adopted as an English form of any of various Gaelic surnames derived from the personal name Sitheach ‘wolf’.3 Americanized form of some like-sounding Ashkenazic Jewish surname.

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

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Sources (3)

  • Milly A Herrald in household of Blackford Herrald, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Amelia A. Shaw in entry for Charles A. Harrel, "Kentucky Births and Christenings, 1839-1960"
  • Milly Shaw in entry for Jonathan M. Harrel, "Kentucky Births and Christenings, 1839-1960"

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