Brief Life History of Solomon Benson
When Solomon Benson Matthews was born on 7 September 1818, in Geauga, Ohio, United States, his father, Daniel Matthews, was 26 and his mother, Martha Benson, was 24. He married Emily Bras on 15 May 1841, in Toolesboro, Louisa, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Jefferson Township, Louisa, Iowa, United States in 1850. He died on 28 July 1852, in Louisa, Iowa, United States, at the age of 33, and was buried in Mallory Cemetery, Toolesboro, Louisa, Iowa, United States.
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- Solomon B Matthews, "United States Census, 1850"
- Solomon B. Matthews, "Find A Grave Index"
- Solomon Benson Matthews in entry for Hiram Goble Matthews, "Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951"
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1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
1820 · Making States Equal
The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
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.
Name Meaning
English and Irish (Ulster and County Louth): patronymic from the personal name Matthew . In North America, this surname has absorbed various cognates from other languages, such as German Matthäus (from the personal name Matthäus, from Latin Matthaeus) and Slovenian Matavž (from an obsolete vernacular form of the personal name Matevž, from Latin Matthaeus). Compare Mathews .
Irish: Anglicized form of Mac Mathghamhna (see McMahon ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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