When Uriah Briggs was born in 1829, in Medina, Medina, Ohio, United States, his father, Uriah P. Briggs, was 32 and his mother, Mary Holcomb, was 25. He married Cornelia A Hatch on 9 April 1850, in Medina, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Malone Township, Tazewell, Illinois, United States in 1860 and Delavan, Tazewell, Illinois, United States in 1880. He died on 11 November 1893, in Illinois, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Clinton, DeWitt, Illinois, United States.
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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.
Historical Boundaries: 1835: Macon, Illinois, United States 1839: DeWitt, Illinois, United States
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
English: variant of Brigg, with post-medieval excrescent -s, from Middle English brig(g) (Old Norse bryggja), the northern and Scottish word for bridge, for someone who lived by a bridge or who came from any of the places called from the word.
History: The surname Briggs is found chiefly in West Yorkshire. A family of gentry have held lands at Keighley in West Yorkshire continuously for 500 years. The mathematician Henry Briggs (1561–1631), who invented logarithms, was born in Halifax, Yorkshire, England.
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