Brief Life History of Sarah Ellen
Sarah Ellen Mason was born in 1830, in Green, Kentucky, United States. She married Reuben T Mitchell-Murrell on 17 October 1848, in Liberty, Casey, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She died before 1853, in Taylor, Kentucky, United States.
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- R T Merrill in the 1850 United States Federal Census
- Sarah Ellen Mason, "Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979"
- Sarah Ellen Mason, "Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979"
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World Events (4)
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
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.
1830 · Louisville and Portland Canal Opens
The Louisville and Portland canal opened in 1830. It was a 2 mile canal. It helped with the barrier caused by the Falls of the Ohio River at Louisville by making a route around them.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
English: occupational name from Middle English masoun ‘mason, stone worker, builder in stone’ (Old Central French maçon, masson). A Middle English form machun (derived from Old French machun) gives rise to Machin and its variants. See also Mayson . Stonemasonry was a hugely important craft in the Middle Ages.
Italian (Veneto): variant of Masone .
Altered form of French Masson .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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