When Mary Prewitt was born on 14 October 1811, in Louisiana, United States, her father, Hugh Uriah Prewitt, was 25 and her mother, Priscilla Hall, was 25. She married William S. Stephenson on 27 July 1831. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Liberty, Liberty, Texas, United States in 1850 and Chambers, Texas, United States in 1860. She died on 8 November 1868, at the age of 57.
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War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
Louisiana is the 18th state.
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.
English (Warwickshire): diminutive of Prew , Prue or Prow .
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