Eliza Followell

Brief Life History of Eliza

When Eliza Followell was born on 24 February 1807, in Springfield, Washington, Kentucky, United States, her father, William Followell, was 32 and her mother, Margery Miles, was 27. She married James Hampton on 4 September 1823, in Monroe, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Ellington Township, Adams, Illinois, United States in 1850. She died on 4 January 1883, in Kanab, Kane, Utah, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Kanab City Cemetery, Kanab, Kane, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Thomas Wilkerson
1797–1882
Eliza Followell
1807–1883
Marriage: 21 September 1827
William Wilkerson
1828–1906
Martha Wilkerson
1838–
Robert T Wilkerson
1830–1832
Margery Wilkerson
1832–1870
Artemacy Wilkerson
1834–1914
Van Buren Wilkerson
1837–
Jennings Alexander Wilkerson
1840–1908
Wallace Tallard Wilkerson
1845–1879
Sarah Elizabeth Wilkerson
1845–1895
Thomas Woodford Wilkerson
1848–1919

Sources (18)

  • Eliza Wilkinson in household of Thomas Wilkinson, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Eliza Hampton, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
  • ELIZA F WILKERSON, "BillionGraves Index"

World Events (8)

1808

Atlantic slave trade abolished.

1825

Historical Boundaries: 1825: Adams, Illinois, United States

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 (of Norman origin): variant of Folwell .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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