When Isaac Wilkerson Fyffe was born on 24 November 1827, in Athens, McMinn, Tennessee, United States, his father, Isaac W Fyffe, was 33 and his mother, Margaret L Calloway, was 29. He married Elizabeth Fleming on 7 April 1859, in McMinn, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Calhoun, McMinn, Tennessee, United States in 1880 and Justice Precinct 4, Hunt, Texas, United States in 1900. He registered for military service in 1846. He died on 2 January 1910, in Checotah, McIntosh, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in McIntosh, Oklahoma, 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 Hermitage located in Nashville, Tennessee was a plantation owned by President Andrew Jackson from 1804 until his death there in 1845. The Hermitage is now a museum.
The United States Congress passed a package of five separate bills in an attempt to decrease tensions between the slave states and free states. The compromise itself was received gratefully, but both sides disapproved of certain components contained in the laws. Texas was impacted in several ways; mainly, the state surrendered its claim to New Mexico (and other claims north of 36°30′) but retained the Texas Panhandle. The federal government also took over the public debt for Texas.
Scottish: variant of Fife .
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