When Horace Braffett was born on 18 April 1827, in Cicero, Onondaga, New York, United States, his father, George Washington Braffett, was 32 and his mother, Amanda Davis, was 29. He married Harriet Meredith. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Scott Township, Fremont, Iowa, United States in 1880 and Nebraska City, Otoe, Nebraska, United States in 1885. He died on 18 January 1903, at the age of 75.
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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.
After the Saints had been chased out of Missouri they moved to a swampy area located next to the Mississippi River. Here they settled and named the place Nauvoo which translates into the city beautiful.
On October 9, 1848, an arsonists fire claimed everything but the outer walls of the Nauvoo Temple since the structure was made out of limestone and wood. It was meant to discourage the Saints that had fled to never come back.
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