When Jane Emily Renshaw was born on 9 May 1828, in Henderson, Kentucky, United States, her father, John Renshaw, was 19 and her mother, Martha Walkup, was 24. She married William Vance Hefley on 15 February 1844. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 8 daughters. She lived in Justice Precinct 1, Milam, Texas, United States in 1880 and Cameron, Texas, United States in 1907. She died on 7 December 1907, in Cameron, Milam, Texas, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Cameron, Milam, Texas, United States.
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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.
Historical Boundaries: 1836: Harrisburg, Republic of Texas 1839: Harris, Republic of Texas 1845: Harris, Texas, United States. [Spreads across Fort Bend, Harris, and Montgomery counties]
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English: habitational name from Renishaw in Eckington (Derbyshire), from the Middle English personal name Reynold + shau(e) ‘copse, wood’ (Old English sceaga). The surname forms sometimes show confusion either between the Middle English elements -shau(e) ‘wood’ and -hale ‘nook’, or with another placename that has not yet been identified.
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