Brief Life History of John Wesley
When John Wesley McAbee was born on 5 November 1826, in Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, United States, his father, Samuel McAbee, was 31 and his mother, Margaret Pitcher, was 27. He married Martha Jane Crow on 17 February 1848, in Henry, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Andersonia, Mendocino, California, United States in 1870 and Anderson, Shasta, California, United States in 1880. He registered for military service in 1846. He died on 21 December 1899, in Boonville, Mendocino, California, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Boonville, Mendocino, California, United States.
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- John W McAbee, "United States Census, 1850"
- John Macabee, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
- John Wesley McAbee, "Find A Grave Index"
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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.
1834
Historical Boundaries 1834: Rives County created from Lafayette County 1841: Rives renamed Henry County
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac an B(h)eatha ‘son of life’, i.e. ‘man of religion’, originally a term denoting a monk, but later used as a personal name. Compare McBeth and McVey .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Biography of John W McAbee 1880
John W. McAbee, Whose portrait appears in this history, was born in Indiana, November 5, 1826. When fifteen years of age he, with parents^ moved into Henry county, Missouri. Here he, with his father, …
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