Brief Life History of Martha Ann
When Martha Ann Sharp was born on 15 September 1827, in Shelby, Indiana, United States, her father, Thomas Sharp, was 38 and her mother, Elizabeth Haymond, was 29. She married James Limerick Monahan on 30 April 1847, in LaPorte, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Indiana, United States in 1870 and Coolspring Township, LaPorte, Indiana, United States in 1880. She died on 8 July 1913, in Michigan City, Michigan Township, LaPorte, Indiana, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Michigan City, Michigan Township, LaPorte, Indiana, United States.
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- Martha Atonnkare in household of James K Cole, "United States Census, 1910"
- Martha Ann Sharp, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019"
- Martha Ann Sharp Monahan, "Find A Grave Index"
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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
Historical Boundaries: 1830: Indiana, United States 1832: LaPorte, Indiana, United States
1851 · Constitution of 1851
Due to the state’s financial crisis during the previous decade and growing criticism toward state government. Voters approve the Constitution of 1851 which forbade the state government from going into debt.
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: nickname from Middle English sharp(e) ‘sharp, quick, smart, acute, keen-witted’ (Old English scearp).
Irish: when not the English or Scots name in 1 above, an Anglicized (part translated) form of Gaelic Ó Géaráin ‘descendant of Géarán’, a personal name based on a diminutive of géar ‘sharp’.
Americanized form (translation into English) of German Scharf ‘sharp-cutting’ or of any of several other European names with similar meaning.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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