Brief Life History of William Leonard
When William Leonard Drumheller was born in 1828, in Nelson, Virginia, United States, his father, David W. Drumheller, was 27 and his mother, Frances Anderson, was 24. He married Frances A. Powell on 18 March 1850, in Albemarle, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Virginia, United States in 1870 and King William, Virginia, United States in 1880. He died on 6 April 1902, in Richmond, Henrico, Virginia, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia, United States.
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- William L Drumheller in household of Zacheriah Lewis, "United States Census, 1850"
- Wm L, "Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Birth Records, 1853-1896"
- Wm Drumheller, "Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1771-1989"
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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.
1842
The City of Richmond was officially part of Henrico County until 1842, when it became a fully independent city.
1861 · The Battle of Manassas
The Battle of Manassas is also referred to as the First Battle of Bull Run. 35,000 Union troops were headed towards Washington D.C. after 20,000 Confederate forces. The McDowell's Union troops fought with General Beauregard's Confederate troops along a little river called Bull Run.
Name Meaning
Americanized form of German Trum(pf)heller, an occupational name for a drummer, from an enlarged form of Middle High German trumbeler ‘drummer’ (from trumbe ‘drum’ + the agent suffix -er).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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