Brief Life History of Seth Sidney
When Reverend Seth Sidney Nye was born on 5 January 1825, in Ellwood City, Beaver, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Andrew Rose Nye Jr., was 27 and his mother, Sarah Seth, was 22. He married Margaret Jane Ault on 1 October 1850. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He died on 27 March 1911, in Corydon, Harrison Township, Harrison, Indiana, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Corydon, Harrison Township, Harrison, Indiana, United States.
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- Seth S Nye, "United States Census, 1860"
- Seth S Nye, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019"
- Seth S Nye, "Find A Grave Index"
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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.
1836 · The Massive Internal Improvements Act
The Massive Internal Improvements Act of 1836 loaned Indiana $10,000,000 to create infrastructure such as canals, railroads, and roads across the state. The act was signed by Whig Governor Noah Noble and passed by the Indiana General Assembly. However, the financial crisis known as the Panic of 1837 thwarted these plans as costs ballooned. Construction on the infrastructure was not completed and the state debt rapidly increased.
1851 · Constitution of 1851
Due to the state’s financial crisis during the previous decade and growing criticism toward state government. Voters approve the Constitution of 1851 which forbade the state government from going into debt.
Name Meaning
English (southern): from a misdivision of the Middle English phrase atten eye, atten ye ‘at the island’ (Old English ēg, īeg ‘island’), becoming atte nye. The surname may be topographic, for someone who lived on an island or patch of firm ground surrounded by marsh, or habitational, from a place so named, such as Nye in Winscombe, Somerset.
English: alternatively, from a misdivision of the Middle English phrase atten eye, atten ee ‘at the river’ (Old English ēa ‘river’), becoming atte nee. The surname may be topographic, for someone who lived near a river, or habitational, from a place so named, such as Neigh Bridge in Somerford Keynes, Wiltshire.
Chinese: variant Romanization of the surname 聶, see Nie 2.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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