Brief Life History of Jane
When Jane Fulton was born on 17 March 1809, in Randolph, Illinois, United States, her father, David Fulton, was 27 and her mother, Margaret Caroline Hill, was 20. She married Samuel Gaston Kell on 8 February 1827, in Marion, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 7 daughters. She died on 1 December 1880, in Marion, Illinois, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Kell Cemetery, Stevenson Township, Marion, Illinois, United States.
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- Janie Kell in household of Samuel Kell, "United States Census, 1850"
- Jane Fulton, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
- Jane Kell, "Illinois Deaths and Burials, 1749-1999"
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Children (16)
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World Events (8)
1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
1823
Historical Boundaries: 1823: Marion, 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
Scottish: habitational name from Fulton in Bedrule, Roxburghshire, Scotland, so named from Old English fugol ‘bird’ + tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’. Compare Folden 2.
English: variant of Folden 3.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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