Brief Life History of Ebinezer
When Ebinezer West was born on 9 February 1829, in Boone, Indiana, United States, his father, William "Willis" G. West, was 28 and his mother, Eleanor Nellie Dixon, was 26. He married Julia Ann Robertson on 28 November 1850, in Boone, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Missouri, United States in 1870 and Gallatin, Daviess, Missouri, United States in 1880. He died on 27 August 1909, at the age of 80, and was buried in Brown Township, Douglas, Missouri, United States.
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- Ebenezar Wert, "United States Census, 1880"
- Ebanezer West, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
- Ebenezer West, "BillionGraves Index"
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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
Historical Boundaries: 1830: Boone, Indiana, United States
1851 · Constitution of 1851
Due to the state’s financial crisis during the previous decade and growing criticism toward state government. Voters approve the Constitution of 1851 which forbade the state government from going into debt.
Name Meaning
English and German: from Middle English, Middle High German west ‘west’, hence a topographic name for someone who lived to the west of a settlement, or a habitational name for someone who had migrated from further west.
Americanized form of Finnish Vesterinen: from the personal name Vesteri (a short form of Sylvester ) + the surname suffix -nen.
History: This name was brought to North America independently by many bearers in the 17th and 18th centuries. Thomas West, 12th Baron De La Warre, was captain general of Virginia in 1610–11. The state of DE is named for him. One of the earliest permanent settlers was Francis West (1606–92), who came to Duxbury, MA, from Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, in or before 1638.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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