When Johann Jakob Kocherhans was born on 29 January 1828, in Wängi, Thurgau, Switzerland, his father, Johannes Kocherhans, was 35 and his mother, Anna Dorothea Fey, was 28. He married Elisabeth Senn on 21 April 1850, in Sitzberg, Turbenthal, Zürich, Switzerland. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in New York, United States in 1863. He died on 10 November 1895, in Orderville, Kane, Utah, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Orderville Cemetery, Orderville, Kane, Utah, United States.
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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.
Many people started their 2,170-mile West trek to settle the land found by Louis and Clark. They used large-wheeled wagons to pack most of their belongings and were guided by trails that were made by the previous trappers and traders who walked the area. Over time the trail needed annual improvements to make the trip faster and safer. Most of Interstate 80 and 84 cover most of the ground that was the original trail.
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Vernacular form of Johannes .
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