When Parley Draper was born in 1810, in Shaftsbury, Bennington, Vermont, United States, his father, Gideon Draper, was 48 and his mother, Ruth Harris, was 42. He married Lydia on 2 August 1843, in Franklin, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Annsville, Oneida, New York, United States for about 10 years. In 1860, at the age of 50, his occupation is listed as farmer in Oneida, New York, United States. He died in 1886, in Camden, Oneida, New York, United States, at the age of 76.
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War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
Established in 1823.
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.
English: occupational name for a maker and seller of woolen cloth, from Anglo-Norman draper (Old French drapier, an agent derivative of drap ‘cloth’). The surname was introduced to Ulster in the 17th century. Draperstown in County Londonderry was named for the London Company of Drapers, which was allocated the land in the early 17th century.
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