Brief Life History of Tobias
When Tobias Blackwelder was born on 13 December 1828, in Cabarrus, North Carolina, United States, his father, Jerimiah Blackwelder, was 31 and his mother, Sarah Lipe, was 28. He married Dora Ann Clifton on 21 November 1850, in Volusia, Florida, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Florida, United States in 1870 and Election Precinct 5 Emporia, Volusia, Florida, United States in 1880. He died on 27 August 1896, in De Leon Springs, Volusia, Florida, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in De Leon Springs, Volusia, Florida, United States.
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- Tobias Blackwelder, "United States Census, 1860"
- Tobias Blackwelder, "Find A Grave Index"
- Tobias Blackwelder, "Florida, County Voter Registration Records, 1867-1905"
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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 · Trail of Tears
In the 1830's, President Jackson called for all the Native Americans to be forced off their own land. As the Cherokee were forced out of North Carolina many of them hid in the mountains of North Carolina.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
Americanized form of German Schwarzwälder: habitational name for someone from the Black Forest (German Schwarzwald) in southwestern Germany. The first element Black is a translation of German Schwarz (Old High German swarz), while the second element is an altered form -wälder ‘forest dweller’ (derived from Old High German wald ‘forest’). Compare Schwarzwalder .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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