When Garret James Askren was born on 17 December 1807, in Hamilton, Butler, Ohio, United States, his father, Thomas Askren Jr., was 53 and his mother, Eleanor Munder, was 47. He married Rebecca Manning on 21 September 1831, in Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Tate Township, Clermont, Ohio, United States in 1850 and Decatur, Byrd Township, Brown, Ohio, United States for about 10 years. He died on 13 January 1892, in Jackson, Kansas, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Netawaka Cemetery, Netawaka, Jackson, Kansas, United States.
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Atlantic slave trade abolished.
Batavia Township - established on 5 September 1815, and formed from parts of Ohio and Williamsburg townships. Places: Afton, Amelia, Batavia, Centerville, Hamlet, Mount Holly.
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.
English (northern): habitational name from Askern, in Campsall, near Doncaster (Yorkshire). The placename denoted a house (Old English ærn) by an ash tree (Old English æsc, influenced or substituted by Old Norse askr).
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