Brief Life History of Oliver
When Oliver Burchett was born in 1828, in Blaine, Lawrence, Kentucky, United States, his father, John Benjamin Burchett, was 22 and his mother, Matilda Chaffin, was 20. He married Mary Ann Foster on 20 April 1848, in Lawrence, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Lawrence, Kentucky, United States in 1850. He died in 1877, in Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 49.
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- Oliver Burchett, "United States Census, 1850"
- Oliver Burchett, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
- Oliver Burchett, "United States Census, 1850"
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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.
1830 · Louisville and Portland Canal Opens
The Louisville and Portland canal opened in 1830. It was a 2 mile canal. It helped with the barrier caused by the Falls of the Ohio River at Louisville by making a route around them.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
English: topographic or habitational name from Middle English birchet ‘birch grove’ (Old English bircet, byrcet), a common element in minor placenames in Sussex and found also in Kent, Surrey, and Essex.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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