Brief Life History of Sally Mary E.
When Sally Mary E. Carver was born on 27 February 1807, in Flushing, Flushing Township, Belmont, Ohio, United States, her father, John Henry Carver, was 48 and her mother, Talitha Mitchell, was 42. She married William Cox on 6 March 1828, in Harrison, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 8 daughters. She lived in Iowa, United States in 1870 and Bloomfield Township, Mitchell, Kansas, United States in 1880. She died on 8 December 1893, in College Springs, Page, Iowa, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in College Springs, Page, Iowa, United States.
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- Mary Cox in household of Wm Cox, "United States Census, 1860"
- Legacy NFS Source: Mary C Carver - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Mary Carver
- Mary Carver, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
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1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
1817
Flushing Township was erected from parts of Kirkwood and Union Townships, and organized 14 March 1817. Sixteen sections were taken off the northern end of Kirkwood Township and twelve from Union Township to create Flushing Township. It received its name from the principal village in the new township.
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.
Name Meaning
English: occupational name from Middle English kerver ‘one who cuts or carves (something)’, especially wood, hence ‘carpenter’ but within that trade more specifically and commonly ‘sculptor of wooden images’; perhaps occasionally ‘sculptor in stone’.
Americanized form of German Garber , Gerber , or Körber (see Koerber ).
History: John Carver (c. 1576–1621), one of the Mayflower Pilgrims, was the first governor of Plymouth Plantation. He was born in Nottinghamshire or Derbyshire, England. Emigrating to the Netherlands in 1609, he joined the Pilgrims at Leyden.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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