When Abraham Hoppes was born on 18 December 1797, his father, John Daniel Hoppas, was 39 and his mother, Anna Maria Fender, was 30. He died in North Carolina, United States, and was buried in Alleghany, North Carolina, United States.
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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.
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