When Martha Ann Engle was born on 19 April 1824, in Selma, Clark, Ohio, United States, her father, Joshua Engle, was 42 and her mother, Hannah Weatherby, was 42. She married John Lyle Van Meter on 16 August 1842, in Miami Township, Greene, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Springfield Township, Clark, Ohio, United States in 1850 and Mad River Township, Clark, Ohio, United States in 1860. She died on 24 February 1861, in Ohio, United States, at the age of 36.
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The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
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.
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
Americanized form of German Engel .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesJoel Van Meter Family Bible of Clark Co, Ohio Transcribed by Karen Van Meter Binkley appears Ohio Genealogical Society Quarterly Vol 50 No1 Date of Bible: July 25, 1804 MARRIAGES: page 677 Joel Van …
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