Brief Life History of Jacob M
When Jacob M Girton was born in August 1824, in Hemlock Township, Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Mathias Girton, was 28 and his mother, Esther Moore, was 31. He married Susan B Brugler in 1840, in Hemlock Township, Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Bloom Township, Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States in 1850 and Madison Township, Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States for about 30 years. He died in 1903, in Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Jerseytown, Madison Township, Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Jacob Girton, "United States Census, 1850"
- Jacob M. Girton, "Find A Grave Index"
- Jacob Girton, "United States Census, 1870"
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1825 · The Crimes Act
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
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.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of various places called Girton or Gretton. Gretton in Northamptonshire, as well as Girton in Nottinghamshire and Cambridgeshire, are named from Old English grēot ‘gravel’ + tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’. Gretton in Shropshire is named from Old English grēoten ‘gravelly’ + tūn, while Gretton, Gloucestershire, is ‘farmstead (tūn) near Greet (Old English grēote ‘gravelly place’)’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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