When Rhoda Chisum was born on 21 September 1808, in Tennessee, United States, her father, Isham Chisolm, was 39 and her mother, Permelia Roberts, was 27. She married John C Walling Jr in 1824, in Covington, Mississippi, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. She immigrated to Limestone, Texas, United States in 1853 and lived in Rusk, Texas, United States in 1850 and Limestone, Texas, United States in 1860. She died on 15 May 1891, in Cooke, Texas, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Era Cemetery, Era, Cooke, Texas, 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.
Because of the outbreak of war from Napoleonic France, Britain decided to blockade the trade between the United States and the French. The US then fought this action and said it was illegal under international law. Britain supplied Native Americans who raided settlers living on the frontier and halting expansion westward. In 1814, one of the British raids stormed into Washington D.C. burning down the capital. Neither the Americans or the British wanted to continue fighting, so negotiations of peace began. After Treaty of Ghent was signed, Unaware of the treaty, British forces invaded Louisiana but were defeated in January 1815.
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.
Scottish: shortened form of Chisholm . This surname is now rare in Britain.
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