Brief Life History of Elizabeth
When Elizabeth Whiteman was born on 29 August 1825, in Clarksburg, Harrison, West Virginia, United States, her father, Jonathan Whiteman, was 33 and her mother, Anna Mariah Righter, was 29. She married William Allison Jackson on 15 November 1848, in Rush, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Iowa, United States in 1870 and Washington Township, Keokuk, Iowa, United States for about 5 years. She died on 19 February 1894, in What Cheer, Keokuk, Iowa, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Highland Cemetery, What Cheer, Keokuk, Iowa, United States.
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- Elizabeth Jackson in household of W A Jackson, "United States Census, 1860"
- Elizabeth Whitman, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
- Elizabeth Whiteman, "Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951"
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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.
1837
Historical Boundaries: 1837: Wisconsin Territory, United States 1838: Iowa Territory, United States 1843: Keokuk, Iowa Territory, United States 1846: Keokuk, Iowa, United States
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Whitman .
Native American (also White Man): translation into English (and shortening) of a personal name based on a word, such as Lakota Sioux wašiču(ŋ), meaning ‘white man’.
Americanized form (translation into English) of German Weissmann .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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