Brief Life History of Miriam Jane
When Miriam Jane Billingsley was born on 31 January 1829, in Trenton, Gibson, Tennessee, United States, her father, Elijah Randolph Billingsley, was 22 and her mother, Emaline Lavina Northcott, was 22. She married George Washington Adair on 6 May 1846, in Tioga, Mahaska, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1850 and Beaver, Beaver, Utah, United States for about 10 years. She died on 7 May 1912, in Aurora, Sevier, Utah, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Aurora Cemetery, Aurora, Sevier, Utah, United States.
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- Minilus Adair in household of Joshua Twitchell, "United States Census, 1870"
- Utah, U.S., Select County Marriages, 1887-1937
- Utah, U.S., Death and Military Death Certificates, 1904-1961
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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.
1846
Historical Boundaries: 1846: Unorganized Federal Territory, United States 1854: Nebraska Territory, United States 1854: Washington, Nebraska Territory, United States 1856: Douglas, Nebraska Territory, United States 1867: Douglas, Nebraska, United States
1856
Historical Boundaries: 1856: Iron, Utah Territory, United States 1856: Beaver, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Beaver, Utah, United States
Name Meaning
English (West Midlands): habitational name from a place in Shropshire named Billingsley, from Old English Billingeslēah ‘clearing (Old English lēah) near a sword-shaped hill’ (billing). See Bill 2.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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George Washington Adair
GEORGE WASHINGTON ADAIR Written by his son, William Wallas Adair, April 1940. (written by Calvin Andrus and contributed by Ben Parkinson) A pioneer of 1847, George Washington Adair was born Ma …
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