Brief Life History of Martha
When Martha Sloan was born in December 1808, in Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Henry Sloan, was 33 and her mother, Elizabeth Morrison, was 33. She married John Kistler on 27 December 1832, in Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Rock Island, Rock Island, Illinois, United States in 1850. She died on 28 February 1876, in Buffalo Prairie, Rock Island, Illinois, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Buffalo Prairie Cemetery, Buffalo Prairie Township, Rock Island, Illinois, United States.
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- Martha Krisler in household of John Krisler, "United States Census, 1850"
- Legacy NFS Source: Martha Sloan - Published information: birth-name: Martha Sloan
- Martha Kistler, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
1825
Historical Boundaries: 1825: Mercer, Illinois, United States 1827: Jo Daviess, Illinois, United States 1831: Rock Island, Illinois, United States
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
Irish (Down and Antrim) and Scottish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Sluaghadháin ‘descendant of Sluaghadhán’, a diminutive of the Gaelic personal name Sluaghadh ‘raider’. Compare Slowey .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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