Brief Life History of Dinah
When Dinah Hinshaw was born on 11 November 1826, in Randolph, Indiana, United States, her father, Thomas Hinshaw Jr., was 23 and her mother, Hannah Piggott, was 25. She married Benjamin Keys Hiatt on 7 September 1850, in Randolph, Indiana, United States. She lived in White River Township, Randolph, Indiana, United States in 1850 and Washington Township, Hamilton, Indiana, United States in 1860. She died on 7 September 1861, at the age of 34, and was buried in Cane Creek MM, Orange, North Carolina, United States.
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- Dinah Hiatt in household of Benjamin Hiatt, "United States Census, 1860"
- Dinah Hinshaw in household of Thomas Hinshaw, "United States Census, 1850"
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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.
1833
Historical Boundaries: 1833: Hamilton, Indiana, United States
1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
Name Meaning
Scottish (Lanarkshire): variant of Henshaw .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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