Brief Life History of Samuel
When Samuel Kent was born on 14 June 1825, in Belmont, Ohio, United States, his father, John Jacob Kent, was 28 and his mother, Lovetia Lavina Barker, was 21. He married Frances Sill on 2 April 1846, in Monroe, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in Indiana, United States in 1870 and Brown Township, Washington, Indiana, United States in 1880. He died on 17 May 1900, in Brown, Indiana, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Vandeman Cemetery, Belmont, Washington Township, Brown, Indiana, United States.
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- Samuel Kent, "United States Census, 1850"
- Samuel Kent, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976"
- Samuel Kent in entry for Archibald D Van Deman, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
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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.
1836
Historical Boundaries: 1836: Brown, Indiana, United States
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
English and Irish: habitational name from the county of Kent. The surname is also established in Ireland, where English bearers of this name settled in Meath, in the 13th century. The name has been Gaelicized as Ceannt.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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