When Jeremiah Easterling was born in 1827, in Floyd, Pulaski, Kentucky, United States, his father, Henry W. Easterling, was 28 and his mother, Francina Elam, was 25. He married Hannah Little in 1853, in Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Wells Mill, Floyd, Kentucky, United States in 1880 and Magisterial District 2, Magoffin, Kentucky, United States in 1900.
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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 1854: Morgan, Kentucky, United States
Kentucky sided with the Union during the Civil War, even though it is a southern state.
Americanized form of North German Oesterling or Dutch Oosterling (see Osterling ), cognates of 2 below.
English: from Middle English ester(n) ‘pertaining to the east, eastern’ + the suffix -ling. The name was originally used to denote someone from eastern Germany or the Baltic coasts and was in use in England as early as 1253.
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