Brief Life History of Martha
When Martha Forney was born in 1827, in Ohio, United States, her father, Peter Forney Sr., was 45 and her mother, Frances Gundy, was 32. She married Charles Leander Millermon on 27 February 1855, in Holt, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Kansas, United States in 1870 and Doniphan, Doniphan, Kansas, United States in 1875. She died on 1 June 1878, in Wolf River Township, Doniphan, Kansas, United States, at the age of 51, and was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Severance, Doniphan, Kansas, United States.
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- Martha Millerman, "Kansas State Census, 1875"
- Martha, "Missouri Marriages, 1750-1920"
- Martha Forney Millermon, "Find A Grave Index"
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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 · Kirtland Temple Dedicated
On March 27, 1836, the Kirtland Temple was dedicated.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
Altered form of Swiss German Fahrni .
Altered form of French Fournier ‘baker’.
Possibly also an altered form of English Farney or Furney .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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The Exodus from Ohio to Van Buren, Iowa, and next the Nemaha and Ioway Reserves in Nebraska/Kansas, about 1845-1855
In 1840 we have a neat line up in the North, Harrison Co., Ohio census of families that will be moving to Van Buren Co., Iowa and the Nemaha Reserve (Ioway) in Nebraska, and Doniphan Co., Kansas.. I c …
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