When Alpheus O Rawson was born on 30 September 1806, in Vermont, United States, his father, Samuel Road Rawson, was 20 and his mother, Philanda Cleavland, was 21. He married Betsey Armington on 18 February 1829, in Chester, Windsor, Vermont, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Brutus, Cayuga, New York, United States for about 10 years. He died on 26 February 1879, in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Weedsport, Cayuga, New York, United States.
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Atlantic slave trade abolished.
Illinois is the 21st state.
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: patronymic meaning ‘son of Rauf or Rau’, Middle English forms of Ralph (see Rawe 3).
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