Brief Life History of Ruth
When Ruth Yoakum was born on 8 January 1808, in Claiborne, Tennessee, United States, her father, Valentine Yoakum, was 23 and her mother, Charlotte Reynolds, was 22. She married John William Owens in 1830, in Claiborne, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Linn, Osage, Missouri, United States in 1860 and Oregon, United States in 1870. She died on 12 September 1878, in Cedar Mill, Washington, Oregon, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Union Cemetery of Cedar Mill, Cedar Mill, Washington, Oregon, United States.
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- Ruth Owens in household of John Owens, "United States Census, 1870"
- Family Data Collection - Births
- Utah, Death and Military Death Certificates, 1904-1961
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1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
1812 · War of 1812
Because of the outbreak of war from Napoleonic France, Britain decided to blockade the trade between the United States and the French. The US then fought this action and said it was illegal under international law. Britain supplied Native Americans who raided settlers living on the frontier and halting expansion westward. In 1814, one of the British raids stormed into Washington D.C. burning down the capital. Neither the Americans or the British wanted to continue fighting, so negotiations of peace began. After Treaty of Ghent was signed, Unaware of the treaty, British forces invaded Louisiana but were defeated in January 1815.
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
Americanized form of German Jochem or Joachim . This surname is also found among African Americans. Compare Yoachum , Yoakam , Yocum , Yokem , and Yokum .
History: The majority of the Yoakums trace their origin to Johann Matthäus Yoakum or Jochem (possibly Joachim), born c. 1698 in Germany, died 1783 in KY or VA. His descendants bear various forms of the surname, including Yoachum, Yocom, Yocum, Yokem, Yokom, and Yokum. However, several of these (and of other possible) forms are also borne by the descendants of various other immigrants from Germany.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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