Brief Life History of Benjamin Burke
When Benjamin Burke Aiken was born on 29 February 1828, in New Salem, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Samuel Ruggles Aiken Sr., was 24 and his mother, Nancy Mason Lazell, was 32. He married Lavinia Noble on 6 November 1861, in Smithfield, Cache, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He lived in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States in 1839 and Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States in 1847. He died on 16 November 1909, in Smithfield, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Smithfield, Cache, Utah, United States.
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- Benjamin Aiken, "United States Census, 1880"
- Benjamin Burke Aikin, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Benjamin Burk Aiken, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
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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.
1832 · Black Hawk War
The Black Hawk War was a brief conflict between the United States and Native Americans led by Black Hawk, a Sauk leader. The war erupted soon after Black Hawk and a group of other tribes, known as the "British Band", crossed the Mississippi River, into Illinois, from Iowa Indian Territory in April 1832. Black Hawk's motives were ambiguous, but records show that he was hoping to avoid bloodshed while resettling on tribal land that had been given to the United States in the 1804 Treaty of St. Louis.
1850 · Tornado Finishes off the Temple
On May 27, 1850, a tornado came through Nauvoo and took the remaining outer walls of the temple. It was the most frightful thing the city had witnessed. Not just a tornado but also lightening, thunder, wind, hail and rain assailed the spot. Over time what was not destroyed by the storm crumbled until only a small amount was left.
Name Meaning
Scottish and northern Irish: variant of Scottish Aitken .
History: Aiken is the name of a NH family that was prominent in the 18th century; also of a Charleston family descended from William Aiken, who emigrated from Antrim in Ireland to Charleston c. 1800.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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