Brief Life History of William Hampton
When William Hampton Stevens was born in September 1828, in Brownsville, Brownsville Township, Union, Indiana, United States, his father, William Riley Stevens, was 32 and his mother, Mary Elizabeth Fouts, was 27. He married Ann C Simpson on 31 May 1849, in Union, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Liberty Township, Union, Indiana, United States in 1900 and Liberty, Center Township, Union, Indiana, United States in 1910. He died in 1918, in Brownsville, Brownsville Township, Union, Indiana, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Liberty, Center Township, Union, Indiana, United States.
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- William A Stevens, "United States Census, 1870"
- William H Stevens, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
- William Hampton Stevens, "Find A Grave Index"
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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.
1832
Historical Information: 1832: Boone County, Indiana, United States
1856 · The Town of Santa Claus
The town of Santa Fe was denied their application for a United States Postal Service as a town of Santa Fe, Indiana, was already established. Several meetings were held and the name was changed to Santa Claus, Indiana. The United States Postal Service granted their application. Due to the name, the post office in Santa Claus continues to receive thousands of letters to Santa Claus from children around the world each December.
Name Meaning
English (London), Flemish, Dutch, and North German: patronymic from the personal name Steven . The surname of Flemish origin is also found in the Walloon part of Belgium. In North America, the English form of the surname has also absorbed some like-sounding Jewish names and various other European cognates, e.g. Greek Stefanidis , Serbian Stevanović (see Stevanovic ), Slovenian and Slovak Štefanič (see Stefanic ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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