Brief Life History of Abigail Elliot
When Abigail Elliot Langford was born on 3 May 1826, in Utica, Oneida, New York, United States, her father, George Langford, was 31 and her mother, Chloe Sweeting, was 31. She married William Rainey Marshall on 22 March 1854, in Utica, Oneida, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Westmoreland, Westmoreland, Oneida, New York, United States in 1850. She died on 23 December 1893, in Saint Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Saint Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota, United States.
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- Abbie L Marshall in household of Wm R Marshall, "United States Census, 1880"
- Abbie Laug. Marshall, "Minnesota, Birth and Death Records, 1866-1916"
- Abigail Elliott Langford Marshall, "Find A Grave Index"
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1827 · Slavery Becomes Illegal in New York State
During the years 1799 to 1827, New York went through a period of gradual emancipation. A Gradual Emancipation Law was passed in 1799 which freed slave children born after July 4, 1799. However, they were indentured until 25 years old for women and 28 years old for men. A law passed 1817 which freed slaves born before 1799, yet delayed their emancipation for ten years. All remaining slaves were freed in New York State on July 4, 1827.
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.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of several places called with Old English lang ‘long’ + ford ‘ford’, such as Langford (Bedfordshire, Nottinghamshire, Essex, Norfolk).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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