Brief Life History of Madison
When Madison Bear was born on 4 May 1827, in Milton Township, Jefferson, Indiana, United States, his father, Christian Bear, was 31 and his mother, Nancy Hall, was 27. He married Mary Jane Joyce on 3 August 1848, in Jefferson, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Indiana, United States in 1870. He died on 11 June 1908, in Milton Township, Jefferson, Indiana, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Brooksburg, Milton Township, Jefferson, Indiana, United States.
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- Madison Bear, "United States Census, 1870"
- Marison Bear, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
- Madison Bear, "Find A Grave Index"
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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.
1843
Historical Boundaries: 1843: Jefferson, Indiana, United States
1851 · Constitution of 1851
Due to the state’s financial crisis during the previous decade and growing criticism toward state government. Voters approve the Constitution of 1851 which forbade the state government from going into debt.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Beer 1.
English: from the Middle English nickname Bere meaning ‘bear’ (Old English bera, which is also found as a byname), or from a personal name derived from a short form of the various ancient Germanic compound names with this as the first element (compare e.g. Bernhard ). The bear has generally been regarded with a mixture of fear and amusement because of its strength and unpredictable temper on the one hand and its clumsy gait on the other, and in the medieval period it was also thought to typify the sins of sloth and gluttony. All these characteristics are no doubt reflected in the nickname. Throughout the Middle Ages the bear was a familiar figure in popular entertainments such as bear baiting and dancing bears. Compare Beer 2.
Native American: translation into English (and shortening) of a personal name based on a word, such as Lakota and Dakota Sioux mato and Meskwaki (Fox) makwa, meaning ‘bear’. The great cultural significance of the bear to Native Americans is reflected in their traditional personal names, many of which were adopted as surnames (translated into English), e.g. Black Bear (see Blackbear ), Little Bear (see Littlebear ), Standing Bear (see Standingbear ), and Young Bear (see Youngbear ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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