Brief Life History of Abigail Augusta
When Abigail Augusta Pond was born on 14 July 1828, in Hubbardston, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Stillman Pond, was 24 and her mother, Elmira Elizabeth Whittemore, was 27. She married Newel Kimball Whitney on 26 January 1846, in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States. She died on 7 December 1846, in Florence, Douglas, Nebraska, United States, at the age of 18, and was buried in Florence, Douglas, Nebraska, United States.
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- Pond, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Abigail Augusta Pond, "Find A Grave Index"
- Abigail Augusta Pond, "Illinois, Hancock County, Nauvoo Community Project, 1839-1846 (BYU Center for Family History and Genealogy)"
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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.
1830 · The Oregon Trail
Many people started their 2,170-mile West trek to settle the land found by Louis and Clark. They used large-wheeled wagons to pack most of their belongings and were guided by trails that were made by the previous trappers and traders who walked the area. Over time the trail needed annual improvements to make the trip faster and safer. Most of Interstate 80 and 84 cover most of the ground that was the original trail.
1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
Name Meaning
English (mainly southern): topographic name for someone who lived by a pond or lake, from Middle English ponde ‘pond, artificial or natural pool’, denoting someone who lived or worked by such a feature.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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