Olivia Malissa Crump

Brief Life History of Olivia Malissa

When Olivia Malissa Crump was born on 1 July 1819, in Blount, Alabama, United States, her father, John Pinkney Crump, was 39 and her mother, Isabelle Nelson, was 39. She married Rev William Baxter Blackburn on 1 November 1838, in Blount, Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. She died on 14 November 1848, in Blount, Alabama, United States, at the age of 29, and was buried in Clear Springs, Blount, Alabama, United States.

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Family Time Line

Rev William Baxter Blackburn
1815–1885
Olivia Malissa Crump
1819–1848
Marriage: 1 November 1838
Marguerite Isabel Blackburn
1839–1892
Emelia Jane Blackburn
1842–1877
Joel P Blackburn
1843–1863
Anna Lucretia Blackburn
1844–1909
Martha Blackburn
1845–1855
Thomas N Blackburn
1846–1884
Diadema Louisa Blackburn
1847–1917
James Leggett Blackburn
1848–1933

Sources (5)

  • Lovena Crump, "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950"
  • Olivia Malissa Crump Blackburn, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Lovena M. Crump, "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950"

World Events (6)

1820 · Making States Equal

The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.

1820 · Making Land more affordable

"The United States law requiring full payment at the time of purchase and registration of any land. to help encourage sales and make land more affordable, Congress reduced the minimum price of dollar per acre and the minimum size that could be purchased. Most of this land for sale was located on the frontier which was then ""The West"". This Act was good for many Americans, but it was also over used by wealthy investors."

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.

Name Meaning

English (mainly West Midlands): nickname for a cripple or hunchback, from Middle English crumpe, croumpe, crampe ‘curved, bent, crooked’ (Old English crump, Old French crampe). Compare Croom .

Americanized form of German Krump , the variant Krumpp, or German and Dutch Kramp .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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