Brief Life History of Media S
When Media S Bean was born on 10 June 1828, in Corydon, Harrison Township, Harrison, Indiana, United States, his father, James Bean, was 43 and his mother, Sarah Littell, was 37. He married Adelia Sowle on 24 December 1851, in Floyd, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in New Albany, Floyd, Indiana, United States in 1850 and Greenville Township, Floyd, Indiana, United States in 1880. He died on 15 February 1900, in New Albany Circuit, Floyd, Indiana, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Fairview Cemetery, New Albany, Floyd, Indiana, United States.
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- Media Bein, "United States Census, 1880"
- Media T Bean, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
- Meda Bean, "Indiana Death Index, 1882-1920"
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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.
1836 · The Massive Internal Improvements Act
The Massive Internal Improvements Act of 1836 loaned Indiana $10,000,000 to create infrastructure such as canals, railroads, and roads across the state. The act was signed by Whig Governor Noah Noble and passed by the Indiana General Assembly. However, the financial crisis known as the Panic of 1837 thwarted these plans as costs ballooned. Construction on the infrastructure was not completed and the state debt rapidly increased.
1851 · Constitution of 1851
Due to the state’s financial crisis during the previous decade and growing criticism toward state government. Voters approve the Constitution of 1851 which forbade the state government from going into debt.
Name Meaning
English: nickname for a pleasant person, from Middle English bēne ‘friendly, amiable’.
English: metonymic occupational name for a grower or seller of beans, from Middle English bene ‘bean’ (Old English bēan ‘beans’, a collective singular). The broad bean, Vicia faba, was a staple food in Europe in the Middle Ages. The green bean, Phaseolus vulgaris, came from South America and was not introduced to Europe until the late 16th century. The word bene was commonly used to denote something of little worth, and occasionally it may have been applied as a nickname for someone considered insignificant.
English: possibly a habitational or topographic name. Redmonds, Dictionary of Yorkshire Surnames, cites Adam del Bene of Harrogate (1351) as evidence to suggest that in the Harrogate area, where the Yorkshire name later proliferated, it may have been derived from a place where beans grew.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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