When Maria Theresa Starkweather was born on 17 December 1827, in Feeding Hills, Agawam, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Alexander Stewart Starkweather, was 24 and her mother, Mary Clarke, was 24. She married Edward Fitzgerald on 5 November 1846, in Chicopee Falls, Chicopee, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Holyoke, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States in 1865 and Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States in 1910. She died on 9 February 1916, in Ware, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 88.
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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.
Many people started their 2,170-mile West trek to settle the land found by Louis and Clark. They used large-wheeled wagons to pack most of their belongings and were guided by trails that were made by the previous trappers and traders who walked the area. Over time the trail needed annual improvements to make the trip faster and safer. Most of Interstate 80 and 84 cover most of the ground that was the original trail.
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English: perhaps a nickname for a stormy-temperedperson. Compare Stark .
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