When Columbus S Pound was born on 21 July 1829, in Spencer, Kentucky, United States, his father, David Pound, was 28 and his mother, Massie Sparks, was 21. He married Louisa Isabelle Foxworthy on 23 August 1860, in Vigo, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Honey Creek Township, Vigo, Indiana, United States in 1860 and Indiana, United States in 1870. He registered for military service in 1851. He died on 11 January 1871, in Vigo, Indiana, United States, at the age of 41, and was buried in Vigo, Indiana, 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.
The Louisville and Portland canal opened in 1830. It was a 2 mile canal. It helped with the barrier caused by the Falls of the Ohio River at Louisville by making a route around them.
Historical Boundaries: 1844: Vigo, Indiana, United States
English: topographic or occupational name from Middle English pound(e) ‘enclosure for distrained or stray livestock’, signifying one who lived at or worked at a pound.
English: nickname from Middle English pound(e), powund ‘measure of weight; monetary unit’, perhaps used for a maker of weights.
Probably an Americanized form (translation into English) of German Pfund or the North German cognate Pund .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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