When Mary Elizabeth Chapple was born on 24 May 1829, in South Molton, Devon, England, United Kingdom, her father, William Chapple, was 24 and her mother, Elizabeth Ackland Lock, was 25. She married Jesse Albert Griffen on 25 November 1856, in Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. She immigrated to United States in 1856 and lived in Summit Township, Burt, Nebraska, United States in 1900 and Arizona, Burt, Nebraska, United States in 1920. She died on 4 May 1922, in Tekamah, Burt, Nebraska, United States, at the age of 92, and was buried in Tekamah, Burt, Nebraska, United States.
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Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).
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.
The Crimean War was fought between Russia and an alliance of Britain, France, Sardinia and Turkey on the Crimean Peninsula. Russia had put pressure on Turkey which threatened British interests in the Middle East.
English (Devon): variant of Chappell .
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