Brief Life History of Mary Elizabeth
When Mary Elizabeth Parsons was born on 12 May 1829, in Cayuga, Aurelius, Cayuga, New York, United States, her father, Isaac William Parsons, was 29 and her mother, Amanda Bathrick, was 24. She married James Calvin Earl on 26 April 1849, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Lafayette, Wabash, Indiana, United States in 1880 and Pilot Township, Kankakee, Illinois, United States in 1900. She died on 23 February 1917, in Virgin, Washington, Utah, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Virgin Cemetery, Virgin, Washington, Utah, United States.
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- Mary Earl in household of James Earl, "United States Census, 1870"
- Legacy NFS Source: Mary Elizabeth Parsons - Church record: Marriage record or certificate: birth-name: Mary Elizabeth Parsons
- Mary Elizabeth Earl, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1965"
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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.
1850
Historical Boundaries: 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Utah, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Utah, Utah, United States
1855
Historical Boundaries: 1855: Washington, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Washington, Utah, United States
Name Meaning
English: occupational name for the servant of a parish priest or parson, from the possessive case of Middle English persone, parsoun (see Parson ).
English: many early examples are found with the prepositions (e.g. Ralph del Persones 1323); these are habitational names, with the omission of house, hence in effect occupational names for servants employed at the parson's house.
English: post-medieval variant of Parson , with excrescent -s. Alternatively, Parson may be a shortened form of Parsons.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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James Calvin Earl & Mary Elizabeth Parsons
James Calvin Earl & Mary Elizabeth Parsons James Calvin Earl, the youngest child of Dorcas Tabitha Wixom and Joseph Earl II, was born March 27, 1822, in Logan, Hocking County, Ohio. A few months af …
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