When Nancy Anna Shafer was born on 7 July 1804, in Hagerstown, Washington, Maryland, United States, her father, Andrew Shäffer, was 44 and her mother, Martha Mary Stroup, was 45. She married Jonathan A. Foust Sr. on 18 April 1824, in Highland, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Indiana, United States in 1870 and Salamonie Township, Huntington, Indiana, United States in 1880. She died on 24 September 1888, in Warren, Salamonie Township, Huntington, Indiana, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Batson Cemetery, McNatts, Jackson Township, Wells, Indiana, United States.
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Atlantic slave trade abolished.
Indiana is the 19th state.
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.
Americanized form of German Schäfer (see Schaefer ), Schäffer (see Schaffer 2) or Schaffer 1.
Americanized form of Hungarian Sáfár, Slovenian and Croatian Šafar or Šafer, Czech Šafář or Šafer, Slovak Šafár, in part cognates of 1 above (see Safar ).
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