When Franklin Tufts was born on 1 March 1827, in Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Nathaniel Tufts, was 27 and his mother, Hannah Pratt, was 27. He married Mary Jane Chapman on 24 February 1849, in Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. He lived in Massachusetts, United States in 1870. He died on 9 September 1891, in Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Salem Street Cemetery, Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.
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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.
Many people started their 2,170-mile West trek to settle the land found by Louis and Clark. They used large-wheeled wagons to pack most of their belongings and were guided by trails that were made by the previous trappers and traders who walked the area. Over time the trail needed annual improvements to make the trip faster and safer. Most of Interstate 80 and 84 cover most of the ground that was the original trail.
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
English (Norfolk): variant of Tofts, itself a variant of Toft with plural or post-medieval excrescent -s.
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