Brief Life History of Reed
When Reed Brush was born in 1814, in Gloucester, New Jersey, United States, his father, Edward BRUSH, was 42 and his mother, Margret Woolley, was 33. He married Jane Mathis on 29 November 1839, in Champaign, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Urbana, Urbana Township, Champaign, Ohio, United States in 1850 and Urbana Township, Champaign, Ohio, United States in 1860. He died on 13 November 1869, in Montgomery, Ohio, United States, at the age of 55, and was buried in Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, United States.
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- Reed Brush, "United States Census, 1840"
- Legacy NFS Source: Reed Brush - Published information: birth: 1814; Great Egg Harbor, Gloucester, New Jersey, United States
- Reed Brush, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
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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
On January 28, 1820, the New Jersey Legislature incorporated the City of Jersey from parts of the Bergen Township. The city would be reincorporated two more times (January 23, 1829 and February 22, 1838) before receiving its official name. Jersey City became part of the new Hudson County in February of 1840.
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: metonymic occupational name for a brush maker, from Middle English brush ‘brush’ (Old French brosse ‘brushwood’).
Americanized form of German Brusch or Brüsch ‘heather, broom, brushwood’ (see Bruesch ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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