Brief Life History of Mahlon
When Mahlon Cadwallader was born on 29 September 1808, in Hollowtown, Highland, Ohio, United States, his father, Jesse Cadwallader, was 36 and his mother, Amy Cox, was 34. He married Elizabeth Crew on 28 May 1835, in Highland, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Ohio, United States in 1870 and Red Rock Township, Marion, Iowa, United States for about 5 years. He died on 2 September 1887, in Knoxville, Marion, Iowa, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Dunreath Cemetery, Dunreath, Marion, Iowa, United States.
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- Lewis Willen in household of Malin Cadwallader, "United States Census, 1880"
- Legacy NFS Source: Mahlon Cadwallader - Published information: birth: 29 September 1808; Pennsylvania, United States
- Mahlon Cadwallader, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016"
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1810 · Change of capital city
Zanesville becomes the new state capital.
1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
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.
Name Meaning
Welsh: from the personal name Cadwaladr, from (the ancestors of) cad ‘battle’ + gwaladr ‘leader’.
History: John Cadwallader (died 1734) came from Pembroke, Wales, to PA in the late 17th century. The name Cadwal(l)ader appears in 18th-century Philadelphia, PA, including Thomas Cadwalader (1707–1799), a physician, and his sons, John (1742–1786) and Lambert (1743–1823), both revolutionary war soldiers.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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