When Susanna Spainhour was born about 1827, in Stokes, North Carolina, United States, her father, Jacob Spainhour, was 38 and her mother, Susanna Maria Reich, was 35. She died before 1927, in Van Buren, Missouri, 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.
Historical Boundaries 1833: Van Buren created from Jackson and Lafayette counties 1849: Renamed Cass County
The first state fair in North Carolina was held in Raleigh and was put on by the North Carolina State Agricultural Society in 1853. The fair has been continuous except for during the American Civil War and Reconstruction and WWII.
Americanized form of German Spanhauer, an occupational name for a lath cutter, from Middle High German spān ‘wood chip’ + -hauer, an agent derivative of hauen ‘to cut or hew’ or ‘to knock’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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