Brief Life History of Mary Frances
When Mary Frances Whitmer was born on 18 November 1826, in Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States, her father, Michael I Whitmer, was 30 and her mother, Julia Elizabeth Stewart, was 29. She married Michael Shanks on 18 June 1859, in Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Kentucky, United States in 1870 and Summer's Magisterial District, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States for about 30 years. She died on 3 August 1913, at the age of 86, and was buried in Bremen, Logan, Kentucky, United States.
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- Fances Shank in household of Michael Shank, "United States Census, 1880"
- Francis Whitman, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
- Mary Francis Whitmer Shanks, "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1961"
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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.
1830 · Louisville and Portland Canal Opens
The Louisville and Portland canal opened in 1830. It was a 2 mile canal. It helped with the barrier caused by the Falls of the Ohio River at Louisville by making a route around them.
1850 · 8th Most Populated State
According to the 1850 census Kentucky was the 8th most populated state with 982,405 people.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Whitmore .
Americanized form of German Wittmeyer or of Wittmer .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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