Brief Life History of Samuel
When Samuel Pleasants was born on 6 September 1814, in Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Joseph Pleasants, was 40 and his mother, Mary Trimble, was 31. He married Caroline Ridgeway Smith on 25 February 1851, in Philadelphia Monthly Meeting, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. He lived in South Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States in 1850. He died on 25 February 1864, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 49, and was buried in Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Saml Pleasant in household of Mary T Pleasant, "United States Census, 1850"
- Legacy NFS Source: Samuel Pleasants - Published information: birth: 6 September 1814; Pennsylvania, United States
- Samuel Calants, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Marriage Records, 1512-1989"
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1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
1820 · Making States Equal
The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
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
English (East Anglia): variant of Pleasant .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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