Brief Life History of Edwin R
When Edwin R Calkins was born on 6 May 1820, in Aurelius, Cayuga, New York, United States, his father, Joel Calkins, was 31 and his mother, Lemira Smith, was 26. He married Louisa May Busenbark about 1846. He registered for military service in 1846. He died in October 1848, in California, United States, at the age of 28.
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- Mormon Battalion Company A return list: Edwin R. Calkins
- Edwin Calkins, "United States Mexican War Index and Service Records, 1846-1848"
- Edwin Ruthvin Calkins in the Members of the Mormon Battalion
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1821 · Financial Relief for Public Land
A United States law to provide financial relief for the purchasers of Public Lands. It permitted the earlier buyers, that couldn't pay completely for the land, to return the land back to the government. This granted them a credit towards the debt they had on land. Congress, also, extended credit to buyer for eight more years. Still while being in economic panic and the shortage of currency made by citizens, the government hoped that with the time extension, the economy would improve.
1827 · Slavery Becomes Illegal in New York State
During the years 1799 to 1827, New York went through a period of gradual emancipation. A Gradual Emancipation Law was passed in 1799 which freed slave children born after July 4, 1799. However, they were indentured until 25 years old for women and 28 years old for men. A law passed 1817 which freed slaves born before 1799, yet delayed their emancipation for ten years. All remaining slaves were freed in New York State on July 4, 1827.
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
Irish: variant of Culkin , with English excrescent -s added.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Life sketch compiled by Mormon Battalion Association
Edwin R Calkins was born 6 May 1820 in New York as listed on the Brigham Young return (Church roster of the Battalion). Little is known of his early life but his parents were identified in a bounty l …
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