When Eletta Jane DeWitt was born on 17 January 1827, in Kingston, Ulster, New York, United States, her father, Jacob Hasbrouck DeWitt, was 42 and her mother, Sarah Ann Sleight, was 25. She married Elias Bearup about 1847, in New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Dayton, Tuscola, Michigan, United States in 1870 and Dayton Township, Tuscola, Michigan, United States in 1900. She died on 25 May 1906, in Flint, Genesee, Michigan, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Dayton Center Cemetery, Dayton, Tuscola, Michigan, 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.
Michigan is the 26th state.
A debate continues over the location of the creation of the Republican Party. Some sources claim the party was formed in Ripon, Wisconsin, on February 28, 1854. Others claim the first meeting of the Republican Party took place in Jackson, Michigan, on July 6, 1854, where the Republican Party was officially organized. Over 1,000 people were present and candidates were selected for the party, thus making it the first Republican convention.
Dutch: nickname denoting someone with white or very fair hair, or an exceptionally pale complexion, from Middle Dutch witte + the definite article de.
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