When Abigail McGinnis was born on 6 August 1809, in Washington, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Captain John O. McGinnis, was 44 and her mother, Sarah Mary Clark, was 37. She married Daniel Grable in 1829, in Washington, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 10 daughters. She lived in East Bethlehem Township, Washington, Pennsylvania, United States in 1850 and Bethlehem Township, Washington, Pennsylvania, United States for about 10 years. She died on 27 February 1880, in Marianna, Washington, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Ten Mile Church Of The Brethren Cemetery, Marianna, Washington, Pennsylvania, United States.
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War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
Harrisburg had important parts with migration, the Civil War, and the Industrial Revolution.
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.
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mag Aonghuis or Mag Aonghusa ‘son of Aonghus’ (see Angus ). This is the surname of a chieftain family in western County Down. Compare the Scottish form McInnis , and the variant McNeese . Compare also McGuinness .
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