When James Bigelow was born in 1819, in Seneca Falls, Seneca Falls, Seneca, New York, United States, his father, Isaac Bigelow, was 34 and his mother, Angelina Prentice, was 35. He died on 12 October 1844, in Illinois, United States, at the age of 25.
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With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
Vandalia was founded in 1819 as a new capital because Kaskaskia was under the threat of floods. The history of the name Vandalia is uncertain. Under the law which Vandalia was founded states that the title of capital would not be moved from there for twenty years. Even though it was the capital it was never the most populous area in Illinois.
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 or Irish: perhaps a variant of English Bigley or Irish Begley .
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