Brief Life History of James F
When James F Massingale was born in 1830, in Troup, Georgia, United States, his father, Reddick Massengale, was 41 and his mother, Sarah Frances Hawk, was 37. He married Elizabeth Jane Bennett on 13 April 1854, in Monroe, Mississippi, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Itawamba, Mississippi, United States for about 10 years. He died about 1865, at the age of 36.
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- Jas Massingal, "United States Census, 1860"
- Legacy NFS Source: James F Massingale - Government record: birth: about 1830; Troup, Georgia, United States
- James Mastingale, "Mississippi, Marriages, 1800-1911"
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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.
1832 · Worcester v. Georgia
In 1830, U.S. President Andrew Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act which required all Native Americans to relocate to areas west of the Mississippi River. That same year, Governor Gilmer of Georgia signed an act which claimed for Georgia all Cherokee territories within the boundaries of Georgia. The Cherokees protested the act and the case made its way to the U.S. Supreme Court. The case, Worcester v. Georgia, ruled in 1832 that the United States, not Georgia, had rights over the Cherokee territories and Georgia laws regarding the Cherokee Nation were voided. President Jackson didn’t enforce the ruling and the Cherokees did not cede their land and Georgia held a land lottery anyway for white settlers.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
English (Nottinghamshire): variant of Massengill . This form of the name is rare in Britain and Ireland.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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