When Anna Higley was born on 29 November 1806, in Marlboro, Windham, Vermont, United States, her father, Oliver Higley, was 27 and her mother, Lucretia Higley, was 25. She married Thomas Burdick on 18 March 1828, in Jamestown, Chautauqua, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States in 1850 and San Gabriel Judicial Township, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1860. She died on 26 February 1887, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States.
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Atlantic slave trade abolished.
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
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.
English: habitational name from Highley (Shropshire), recorded as Hugelei in 1086, from an Old English personal name Hugga + Old English lēah ‘woodland clearing’. The modern form Highley is probably due to folk etymology (see Highley ).
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