Brief Life History of Matilda
When Matilda Rutledge was born on 4 April 1813, in Lancaster, Lancaster, South Carolina, United States, her father, Richard Rutledge, was 42 and her mother, Winnifred Patience Elizabeth Blanche Smith, was 35. She married Samuel Baird on 4 September 1830, in Perry, Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Marion Township, Doniphan, Kansas, United States in 1860 and Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States in 1870. She died on 19 September 1876, in Centerville, Davis, Utah, United States, at the age of 63, and was buried in Bountiful Memorial Park, Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States.
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- Matilda Baird in household of Samuel Baird, "United States Census, 1850"
- Matilda Rutledge, "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950"
- Matilda Baird Rutledge Church, "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.
1822 · Slave Rebellion
"On June 16, 1822, Denmark Vesey a free and self-educated African American leads a slave rebellion called ""the rising."" The interesting thing about this rebellion is that it does not really happen. The only thing the judges have to go on is the testimony of people that witness it."
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 and Scottish: most probably a habitational name from Routledge Burn (Cumberland), whose name may mean ‘loud stream’, although it is possible that the stream takes its name from the surname, in which case the surname is probably from a lost or unidentified place. Routledge , the more common form in the British Isles, is found mainly on the English-Scottish borders.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Samuel Baird and Matilda Rutledge
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