Synthia C Clifton

Brief Life History of Synthia C

When Synthia C Clifton was born in 1813, in Wilson, Tennessee, United States, her father, Joshua Harris Clifton, was 38 and her mother, Hannah White, was 30. She married Ebenezar Andrews on 20 December 1830, in Wilson, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Rusk, Texas, United States in 1860. She died on 22 December 1862, in Texas, United States, at the age of 49.

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Family Time Line

Ebenezar Andrews
1810–1870
Synthia C Clifton
1813–1862
Marriage: 20 December 1830
William Andrews
1833–
Benjamin J Andrews
1850–1891
Robert Allen Andrews
1835–1904
Susan Andrews
1837–
John Bell Andrews
1839–1911
Bennetta Ann Andrews
1841–1908
Elizabeth Andrews
1843–
Martha Mattie W Andrews
1847–1925
Edward Andrews
1853–
Parlee Andrews
1855–

Sources (9)

  • Cynthia Andrews in household of O Andrews, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Syntha C Clifton, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
  • Sentha Clifton in entry for Martha Capps, "New Mexico Deaths, 1889-1945"

World Events (8)

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: habitational name from any of the very numerous places called Clifton, from Old English clif ‘slope’ (see Cliff ) + tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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