When Hannah Simmons was born on 17 July 1811, in Pennsylvania, United States, her father, William Henry Simmons, was 21 and her mother, Christena Etter, was 18. She married John Sheets on 18 April 1836, in Rockingham, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 daughters. She lived in Jackson Township, Hancock, Indiana, United States in 1860 and New Columbus, Adams Township, Madison, Indiana, United States for about 10 years. She died on 23 February 1883, in Madison, Indiana, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Simmons Cemetery, Jackson Township, Hancock, Indiana, 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.
English (southeastern): variant of Simon , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
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