Brief Life History of Joel
When Joel Lee was born on 4 October 1814, in Orange, North Carolina, United States, his father, Willis M or William Lee Sr., was 39 and his mother, Ruth Lindsey, was 32. He married Melissa Ann Lindsey in November 1837, in Hardeman, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 8 daughters. He lived in Smith Township, Dallas, Arkansas, United States in 1850 and Spring Hill Township, Drew, Arkansas, United States for about 10 years. He died about 1871, in Drew, Arkansas, United States, at the age of 58.
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- Joe Lee, "United States Census, 1860"
- Joel See, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
- Joel Lee, "Find a Grave Index"
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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
Some characteristic forenames: Chinese Young, Sang, Jae, Jong, Jung, Sung, Yong, Kyung, Seung, Dong, Kwang, Myung.
English: topographic name for someone who lived near a meadow or a patch of arable land, Middle English lee, lea, from Old English lēa, dative case (used after a preposition) of lēah, which originally meant ‘wood or glade’.
English: habitational name from any of the many places in England named with Old English lēah ‘wood, glade’, including Lee in Buckinghamshire, Essex, Hampshire, Kent, and Shropshire, and Lea in Cheshire, Derbyshire, Herefordshire, Lancashire, Lincolnshire, and Wiltshire.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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