When Louisa Call was born on 5 January 1829, in Geauga, Ohio, United States, her father, Orvis Call, was 30 and her mother, Phoebe Tiffany, was 29. She married Josiah Morehouse on 8 July 1851, in Quincy, Adams, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Mount Pleasant, Henry, Iowa, United States in 1885 and Calhoun, Michigan, United States in 1900. She died on 28 February 1915, in Battle Creek, Calhoun, Michigan, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Mount Pleasant, Henry, Iowa, United States.
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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.
Historical Boundaries: 1833: Unorganized Federal Territory, United States 1834: Michigan Territory, United States 1834: Des Moines, Michigan Territory 1836: Des Moines, Wisconsin Territory, United States 1836: Henry, Wisconsin Territory, United States 1838: Henry, Iowa Territory, United States 1846: Henry, Iowa, United States
A debate continues over the location of the creation of the Republican Party. Some sources claim the party was formed in Ripon, Wisconsin, on February 28, 1854. Others claim the first meeting of the Republican Party took place in Jackson, Michigan, on July 6, 1854, where the Republican Party was officially organized. Over 1,000 people were present and candidates were selected for the party, thus making it the first Republican convention.
Irish: shortened form of McCall .
English: from Middle English calle, cale (Old English cawl) ‘container, basket, net’, commonly used of a kind of hair net, close-fitting cap, or headdress worn by women to cover tied-up hair. The name could have been given as a metonymic occupational name to a maker of women's caps or perhaps of baskets or nets.
English: alternatively, perhaps a nickname from Middle English cale (also calle), a side form of calwe ‘bald’ (from Old English calu).
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