When Henry Sharpnack was born on 8 October 1826, in Wetzel, West Virginia, United States, his father, William Sharpnack Sr, was 43 and his mother, Sarah Elizabeth Anderson, was 40. He married Elizabeth Anderson on 26 October 1848, in Knob Fork, Wetzel, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Clay Township, Harrison, Iowa, United States in 1880 and Taylor Township, Harrison, Iowa, United States for about 10 years. He died on 8 June 1910, in Modale, Harrison, Iowa, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Calhoun Cemetery, Calhoun, Harrison, Iowa, 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.
Historical Boundaries: 1846: Iowa Territory, United States 1846: Iowa, United States 1847: Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States
Historical Boundaries: 1858: Harrison, Iowa, United States
Americanized form of German Scharpenack, a habitational name from Scharpenacken in Rhineland.
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