Brief Life History of Edward
When Edward Sheffield was born in 1826, in Painesville Township, Lake, Ohio, United States, his father, Alphaeus Sheffield, was 35 and his mother, Dorothy Miner, was 33. He married Elizabeth Elvira Tyler on 28 July 1845, in Erie, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Napoleon, Henry, Ohio, United States in 1850. He died on 20 October 1865, in Napoleon Township, Henry, Ohio, United States, at the age of 39, and was buried in Napoleon, Henry, Ohio, United States.
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- Edward Sheffield, "United States Census, 1850"
- Edward Sheffield, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016"
- Unknown, "New Hampshire Death Records, 1654-1947"
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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.
1836 · Kirtland Temple Dedicated
On March 27, 1836, the Kirtland Temple was dedicated.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name principally from Sheffield (Yorkshire), but perhaps also from Sheffield Bottom in Burghfield (Berkshire), or Sheffield Park in Fletching (Sussex). The Yorkshire place takes its name from the river Sheaf, itself from Old English scēath ‘boundary’, + Old English feld ‘open country’, while the Berkshire placename derives from Old English scēo ‘shelter’ + feld. The Sussex placename comes from Old English scēap ‘sheep’ + feld.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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