Brief Life History of Mahala
When Mahala Liston was born on 6 November 1812, in Butler, Ohio, United States, her father, William C. Liston, was 23 and her mother, Nancy Patton, was 20. She married Levi Scott on 7 December 1831, in Vigo, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Prairie Creek, Prairie Creek Township, Vigo, Indiana, United States in 1840 and Linton Township, Vigo, Indiana, United States for about 10 years. She died on 31 December 1866, in Sullivan, Sullivan, Indiana, United States, at the age of 54, and was buried in Fairbanks, Fairbanks Township, Sullivan, Indiana, United States.
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- Mahali Scott in household of Levi Scott, "United States Census, 1860"
- Mahala Liston, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
- Mahala Liston Scott, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
1822
Historical Boundaries: 1822: Vigo, Indiana, United States
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.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from a place in Essex, so named from the Old English personal name Lissa (probably a pet form of Lēofsige, from lēof ‘dear, beloved’ + sige ‘victory’) + tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’.
Scottish: habitational name from any of the places in West Lothian and Midlothian, which probably have the same origin as in 1 above. This surname is also found in Ireland.
Irish: Anglo-Norman name which has been in Limerick since the 13th century, originally de Lexinton, so presumably a habitational name from Lexington in Essex.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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