Brief Life History of Amanda Overton
When Amanda Overton Steele was born in 1809, in Sullivan, New York, United States, her father, Salmon Steele, was 29 and her mother, Deborah Overton, was 27. She married Robert R. Cochran on 2 August 1826, in Rockland, Sullivan, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in New York, United States in 1870 and Rockland, Sullivan, New York, United States for about 5 years. She died on 5 July 1888, at the age of 79, and was buried in Roscoe, Rockland, Sullivan, New York, United States.
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- Amanda Cochran in household of Robert R Cochran, "New York State Census, 1855"
- Unknown, "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925"
- Amanda O Steele Cochran, "Find A Grave Index"
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1809
Historical Boundaries 1809: Sullivan, New York, United States
1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
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 and Scottish: nickname from Middle English stel(e) ‘steel’, perhaps used for someone considered as hard and durable as steel, or for a foundry worker.
English: variant of Stile .
Scottish: habitational name from one or more of the places called Steel(e) or Steill in Ayrshire, Berwickshire, and Dumfriesshire, from Scots steel ‘steep bank, spur of a ridge’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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