Brief Life History of Volumnia
When Volumnia Mitchell was born in April 1825, in Kentucky, United States, her father, Hugh Mitchell, was 28 and her mother, Elizabeth Jones, was 30. She married Benjamin Cook Embry on 1 May 1847, in Green, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Green, Kentucky, United States in 1880 and Donansburg, Green, Kentucky, United States in 1900.
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- Volammie Embrey in household of Ben C Embrey, "United States Census, 1880"
- V Mitchell, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
- Velmina Mitchell in entry for Sarah Catherine Higgasm, "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1963"
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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 · Louisville and Portland Canal Opens
The Louisville and Portland canal opened in 1830. It was a 2 mile canal. It helped with the barrier caused by the Falls of the Ohio River at Louisville by making a route around them.
1859
Historical Boundaries: 1859: Green, Kentucky, United States
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: from the vernacular pronunciation in Middle English and Older Scots of the personal name Michael . See Michelson .
English and Scottish: nickname for a big man, from Middle English michel, mechel, muchel ‘big’.
Irish (County Connacht): surname adopted as equivalent of Mulvihill .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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