When Frances Elizabeth Jane McGehee was born on 20 May 1828, in Georgia, United States, her father, Abner William McGehee, was 49 and her mother, Jane Meriwether Gilmer, was 35. She married Etheldred E. Briggs on 9 December 1845, in Montgomery, Alabama, United States. She lived in Alabama, United States in 1870 and Hope Hull, Montgomery, Alabama, United States in 1880. She died on 2 February 1891, in Lowndes, Alabama, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Hope Hull, Montgomery, Alabama, 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: 1830: Lowndes, Alabama, United States
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Irish: probably a variant of McGaughey .
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