Brief Life History of Miletus Cress
When Miletus Cress West was born on 22 August 1825, in Augusta, Virginia, United States, his father, James West, was 29 and his mother, Catherine Cress, was 20. He married Arabella Fauber on 30 May 1847, in Woodford, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Washington Township, Tazewell, Illinois, United States in 1860 and Illinois, United States in 1870. He died on 26 December 1917, in Washington, Tazewell, Illinois, United States, at the age of 92, and was buried in Glendale Cemetery, Washington Township, Tazewell, Illinois, United States.
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- Winstead West, "United States Census, 1850"
- Miletus West, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"
- Militus West, "Illinois, Tazewell County, Obituary Card Index from the "Pekin Times", 1914-2007"
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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.
1844 · Lumpkin's Jail
In 1844 when Robert Lumpkin bought land in Virginia, this would be the spot of the Infamous Slave Jail (or Lumpkin’s Jail). The slaves would be brought here during the slave trade until they were sold. Lumpkin had purchased the land for his own slave business.
1861 · The Battle of Manassas
The Battle of Manassas is also referred to as the First Battle of Bull Run. 35,000 Union troops were headed towards Washington D.C. after 20,000 Confederate forces. The McDowell's Union troops fought with General Beauregard's Confederate troops along a little river called Bull Run.
Name Meaning
English and German: from Middle English, Middle High German west ‘west’, hence a topographic name for someone who lived to the west of a settlement, or a habitational name for someone who had migrated from further west.
Americanized form of Finnish Vesterinen: from the personal name Vesteri (a short form of Sylvester ) + the surname suffix -nen.
History: This name was brought to North America independently by many bearers in the 17th and 18th centuries. Thomas West, 12th Baron De La Warre, was captain general of Virginia in 1610–11. The state of DE is named for him. One of the earliest permanent settlers was Francis West (1606–92), who came to Duxbury, MA, from Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, in or before 1638.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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