Brief Life History of Delilah
When Delilah Hughes was born on 14 August 1810, in Evans, Jackson, West Virginia, United States, her father, William Jonathan Hughes, was 24 and her mother, Rebecca Staats, was 15. She married Benjamin Sayre on 1 January 1828, in Mason, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Prairie Creek Township, Vigo, Indiana, United States in 1860 and Indiana, United States in 1870. She died on 13 January 1879, in Prairieton Township, Vigo, Indiana, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Hall Cemetery, Darwin Township, Clark, Illinois, United States.
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Sources (7)
- Delila Hall in household of David Hall, "United States Census, 1870"
- Delilah Hughs, "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970"
- Delilah Hughes Hall, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
1819
Historical Boundaries 1819: Vigo, Indiana, United States
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 and Welsh: variant of Hugh with genitival or excrescent -s.
Irish and Scottish: adopted as an equivalent of Gaelic surnames based on the personal name Aodh ‘fire’, for example Ó hAodha, Mac Aodha; see McCoy and compare McHugh .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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