When Thomas Grimes Horton was born on 23 August 1826, in Jefferson, Indiana, United States, his father, John Henry Horton II, was 33 and his mother, Jane Byrd Holcombe, was 28. He married Harriet M. Fenimore on 10 April 1849, in Miami, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Union Township, Miami, Indiana, United States in 1850 and Allen Township, Miami, Indiana, United States in 1860. He died on 26 March 1916, in Macy, Allen Township, Miami, Indiana, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Wagoner, Allen Township, Miami, Indiana, 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.
Historic Boundaries 1837: Miami, Indiana, United States
Historical Boundaries: 1860: Miami, Indiana, United States
English (Staffordshire and Warwickshire): habitational name from one or other of the many places so called, such as those in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Northamptonshire, Shropshire, Somerset, Staffordshire, Wiltshire, and Yorkshire. Most of the placenames derive from Old English horh or horu ‘dirt, filth’ + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’, though some may have different origins, including Horton in Gloucestershire, which may derive from Old English heorot ‘hart, stag’ + tūn.
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