Brief Life History of John Newcomer
When John Newcomer Cover was born on 30 November 1826, in Masontown, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Samuel Cover, was 25 and his mother, Mary Ann Newcomer, was 24. He married Catharine Johnson on 24 May 1855, in Masontown, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 5 daughters. He lived in Pennsylvania, United States in 1870 and Nicholson Township, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States in 1880. He died on 22 September 1886, in Masontown, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 59, and was buried in Fairview Church of the Brethren Cemetery, Masontown, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- John Cover in household of Samuel Cover, "United States Census, 1850"
- John Cover, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"
- John N Cover, "BillionGraves Index"
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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.
1830 · The Oregon Trail
Many people started their 2,170-mile West trek to settle the land found by Louis and Clark. They used large-wheeled wagons to pack most of their belongings and were guided by trails that were made by the previous trappers and traders who walked the area. Over time the trail needed annual improvements to make the trip faster and safer. Most of Interstate 80 and 84 cover most of the ground that was the original trail.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
English: occupational name for a roofer, from Old French co(u)vreur, an agent derivative of co(u)vrir ‘to cover’. Roofing materials in the Middle Ages might be tiles (see Tyler ), slates (see Slater ), or thatch (see Thatcher ), depending on the regional availability of suitable materials.
English (of Norman origin): occupational name for a cooper, from an agent derivative of Middle English, Old French cuve ‘cask, vat’, or from an unattested Old French cuvier ‘cooper’ (from Late Latin cupa, of ancient Germanic origin; compare Cooper ).
Americanized form of German Kober .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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