Brief Life History of Synthia Ann
When Synthia Ann Bacon was born in 1824, in Missouri, United States, her father, Williamson Bacon, was 34 and her mother, Susannah Watson, was 36. She married Robert Flack Callison on 11 June 1861, in Saint Charles, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Meramec Township, St. Louis, Missouri, United States in 1850. She died on 2 February 1880, at the age of 56.
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- Cynthia Callison in household of Olonzo Howell, "United States Census, 1870"
- Synthia Ann Bacon, "Missouri Marriages, 1750-1920"
- Miss Synthia Ann Bacon in entry for Mr Robert Flack Callison, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
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1825 · The Crimes Act
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
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 (of Norman origin) and French: from the Norman French personal name Bacun, derived from the ancient Germanic name Bac(c)o, Bahho, based on the element bag ‘(to) fight, (to) dispute’. The name was relatively common among the Normans in the form Bacus, of which the oblique case was Bacon.
English and French: from Middle English, Old French bacun, bacon ‘bacon’ (a word of ancient Germanic origin, akin to Back 3), probably a metonymic occupational name for a preparer and seller of cured pork.
History: Gilles Bacon from Normandy, France, is documented in Quebec City, QC, in 1647. — Michael Bacon from England arrived in Dedham, MA, in 1640. Nathanial Bacon, from Stratton, Cornwall, arrived in Barnstaple, MA, in 1639. Another Nathaniel Bacon (1647–76), from Friston Hall, Suffolk, emigrated to VA and settled at Curl's Neck on the James river.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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