Brief Life History of Mary Conover
When Mary Conover Bell was born on 21 September 1828, in Menard, Illinois, United States, her father, Jacob Bell, was 31 and her mother, Pollie Pulliam, was 28. She married John Swarens Watkins on 4 January 1841, in Sangamon, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Petersburg, Menard, Illinois, United States in 1880 and Oakford, Menard, Illinois, United States in 1900. She died in 1903, in Menard, Illinois, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Hash Cemetery, Atterberry Number 10 Precinct, Menard, Illinois, United States.
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- Mary Watkins, "United States Census, 1900"
- Mary Conover Bell Watkins, "Find A Grave Index"
- Mary Cover in entry for John D. Watkins and Allie R. Brownson, "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.
1839
Historical Boundaries: 1839: Illinois, United States
1848 · Chicago Board of Trade is organized
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 it is open 22 hours per day to stay competitive.
Name Meaning
English (northern) and Scottish (Lowlands): from the Middle English personal name Bell. As a man's name this is from Old French beu, bel ‘handsome’, which was also used as a nickname. As a female name it represents a short form of Isabel .
English (northern) and Scottish (Lowlands): from Middle English belle ‘bell’ (Old English belle), in various applications; most probably a metonymic occupational name for a bell ringer or bell maker, or a topographic name for someone living ‘at the bell’ (as attested by 14th-century forms such as John atte Belle). This indicates either residence by an actual bell (e.g. a town's bell in a bell tower, centrally placed to summon meetings, sound the alarm, etc.) or ‘at the sign of the bell’, i.e. a house or inn sign (although surnames derived from house and inn signs are rare in Scots and English).
English: from Middle English bel ‘fair, fine, good’ (Old French bel ‘beautiful, fair’). See also Beal 1.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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