When John W. Mitchell was born on 18 April 1809, in Lewis, Kentucky, United States, his father, Thomas Mitchell, was 32 and his mother, Rebecca Mitchel, was 29. He married Susan Mary Sanders on 16 December 1845, in Lewis, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Kentucky, United States in 1870. He died on 17 October 1870, in Lewis, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 61, and was buried in Woodland Cemetery, Vanceburg, Lewis, Kentucky, United States.
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War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
During the New Madrid earthquakes of 1811-1812, the Kentucky Bend or New Madrid Bend was created. It is located in the southwestern corner of Kentucky on the banks of the Mississippi River.
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.
English and Scottish: from the vernacular pronunciation in Middle English and Older Scots of the personal name Michael . See Michelson .
English and Scottish: nickname for a big man, from Middle English michel, mechel, muchel ‘big’.
Irish (County Connacht): surname adopted as equivalent of Mulvihill .
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