Pleasant Tebbs, born in Barren County, Kentucky 4/1829, married first in Green County, Kentucky 1/29/1852 to Matilda E. Caldwell (born Adair County, Kentucky 1830). Lived in Hart County, Kentucky in 1870, and later moved to Grayson County, Kentucky where he was a farmer. Married second in 1892 to Martha E. Atkinson (born 1850). No children by second wife.
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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.
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.
Kentucky sided with the Union during the Civil War, even though it is a southern state.
English: variant of Tibb, from the Middle English personal name Tibbe, which was used in the 13th century as both male (from Tibald, see Theobald ) and female name (a shortened form of Tibot, a pet form of Isabel, see Tebbutt ).
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