Brief Life History of Samuel
When Samuel Kaster was born on 11 February 1825, in Shelby, Indiana, United States, his father, Benjamin Kaster, was 33 and his mother, Priscilla Precy Brock, was 28. He married Elizabeth Ann "Eliza" Brown on 3 October 1847. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Marion, Marion Township, Shelby, Indiana, United States in 1850 and Marion Township, Shelby, Indiana, United States for about 20 years. He died on 1 September 1896, in Hanover Township, Shelby, Indiana, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Blue River Chapel Cemetery, Marion, Marion Township, Shelby, Indiana, United States.
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- Samuel Kaster, "United States Census, 1860"
- Legacy NFS Source: Samuel Kaster - Individual or family possessions: Family genealogies: birth-name: Samuel Kaster
- Samuel Kaster, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
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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.
1830
Historical Boundaries 1830: Shelby, Indiana, United States
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
German:
habitational name from Caster in Rhineland.
(also Käster): variant of Kasten 2 or a metonymic occupational name for a joiner or furniture maker, from Middle High German kasten ‘box, chest, shrine’. Compare Caster .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Samuel Kaster (11 February 1825 – 1 September 1896)
Samuel Kaster Indiana Death Index Name: Samuel Kaster Event Type: Death Event Date: 01 Sep 1896 Event Place: Hanover Township, Indiana Age: 72 Birth: Year (Estimated) 1824 Gender: Male Race: …
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