When George W Evans was born on 23 July 1808, in Belmont, Ohio, United States, his father, Eleazer Evans II, was 33 and his mother, Mary Nichols, was 28. He married Sarah E Paxton on 22 September 1831, in Belmont, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He lived in Dudley Township, Henry, Indiana, United States in 1850. He died on 8 September 1874, in Clinton, Indiana, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Saint Paul Cemetery, Bradley, Arkansas, United States.
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War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
Historical Information 1822 - Henry, Indiana, United States
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.
Welsh: derivative of Evan , from Efan, Ifan, medieval forms of Ieuan (from Latin Johannes, the source of English John), dating from c. 1500, with the post-medieval patronymic suffix -s. Welsh Sion was a separate borrowing of English John, and Evan (Ieuan) and Sion developed as independent names.
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