Brief Life History of Emily Melissa
When Emily Melissa Nokes was born in 1827, in Franklin, Vermont, United States, her father, John Nokes, was 18 and her mother, Hannah Twombly, was 16. She married Sidney Clark Raymond on 17 May 1843, in Brown, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 7 daughters. She lived in Brown, Illinois, United States in 1850 and Lee Township, Brown, Illinois, United States for about 20 years. She died on 9 August 1907, in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Buchanan, Berrien, Michigan, United States.
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- Emily M Raymond in household of Sidney Raymond, "United States Census, 1860"
- Legacy NFS Source: Emily Melissa Nokes - Published information: birth-name: Emily Melissa Nokes
- Emily A Nokes, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
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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.
1831
Historical Boundaries: 1831: Cook, Illinois, United States [Spreads across Cook and DuPage counties]
1848 · Chicago Board of Trade
Starting as a voluntary association to help buyers and sellers meet to negotiate and make contracts. The Chicago Board of Trade is one of the oldest futures and options exchanges in the world and is open 22 hours per day .
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English: variant of Nock with plural or post-medieval excrescent -s.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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