Brief Life History of John Dickson
When John Dickson Vann was born about 1828, in Madison, Alabama, United States, his father, John R. Vann, was 23 and his mother, Sarah Cobb, was 18. He married Mary Adaline Linder on 14 October 1858, in Monroe, Monroe, Arkansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 5 daughters. He lived in Hampton Township, Marion, Arkansas, United States in 1860 and Arkansas, United States in 1870. He died in August 1879, in Lee, Arkansas, United States, at the age of 52.
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- John Vann, "United States Census, 1870"
- John D Vann, "Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957"
- Jno D Vann, "United States Census, 1860"
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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.
1835
Historical Boundaries - 1835: *Searcy, Arkansas Territory, United States; 1836: Searcy, Arkansas, United States; 1836: Marion, Arkansas, United States. *Renamed Marion in 1836
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
English (Leicestershire and Warwickshire):
topographic name for someone who lived by a fen or marsh, from Middle English fan(ne), a dialect variant in southeastern England of fen(ne) ‘marsh, fen’ (see also Fenn ). The surname may also be topographic, for someone who lived in a marshy place or from a place so named, such as Vann in Hambledon (Surrey), and Vann in Ockley (Surrey).
perhaps a nickname from Middle English fan(ne), vanne ‘basket or fan for winnowing’, for someone who made or used such a utensil.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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