Brief Life History of Owen
When Owen Batson was born on 29 August 1814, in Greenwood, Logan Township, Blair, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, William Batson, was 23 and his mother, Mary, was 23. He married Annis Neyman on 23 December 1841, in Hancock, Illinois, United States. He lived in Grantsville, Tooele, Utah, United States in 1860. He registered for military service in 1853. He died on 12 November 1863, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 49.
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- Owen Batson in household of Emory Barras, "United States Census, 1860"
- Owen Batson, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1934"
- Owen Batson, "Find A Grave Index"
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1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
1820 · Making States Equal
The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
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
English: variant of Bateson .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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