Brief Life History of Benjamin F.
When Benjamin F. Pride was born on 25 May 1825, in Roane, Tennessee, United States, his father, Allen Pride, was 29 and his mother, Martha H Wroe, was 33. He married Elizabeth Stockton on 8 February 1859, in Cumberland, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Marrowbone, Cumberland, Kentucky, United States in 1870. He died on 5 January 1885, in Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United States, at the age of 59, and was buried in Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United States.
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- Benjamin Pride, "United States Census, 1870"
- Benjamin F Pride, "Find A Grave Index"
- B F Pride in entry for Thomas Pride, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976"
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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.
1835 · The Hermitage is Built
The Hermitage located in Nashville, Tennessee was a plantation owned by President Andrew Jackson from 1804 until his death there in 1845. The Hermitage is now a museum.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
Welsh and English: nickname from Welsh prid ‘precious’, ‘dear’ or Middle English pride ‘pride’; in the case of the latter, applied to a vain or haughty or possibly on occasion to someone who had played the part of Pride in a pageant of the Seven Deadly Sins.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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