When Josiah Dent was born on 24 February 1800, in Madison, Kentucky, United States, his father, Samuel Dent, was 45 and his mother, Martha "Patsy" Harris, was 29. He married Mary Jameson on 11 June 1826. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in Missouri, United States in 1870. He died on 9 November 1875, in Hickory, Missouri, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Cross Timbers, Hickory, Missouri, United States.
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The Cane Ridge Revival took place for six days in Cane Ridge, Kentucky. From August 6, 1801- August 12 or 13, 1801, around 20 thousand people gathered together for what was called the Second Great Awakening.
Historical Boundaries 1803: Louisiana Purchase, United States 1812: Missouri Territory, United States 1821: Missouri, United States
The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
habitational name from Dent in Yorkshire, possibly from a British hill name cognate with Old Irish dinn, dind ‘hill’.
variant of Dunt, from Middle English dunt, dent ‘blow (of a weapon or implement); combat’ (Old English dynt).
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