Brief Life History of Nancy Mariah
When Nancy Mariah Fausett was born on 29 July 1827, in Columbia, Maury, Tennessee, United States, her father, William McKee Fausett, was 20 and her mother, Matilda Caroline Butcher, was 17. She married William Alexander Follett Pvt on 29 September 1845, in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States in 1839 and Provo, Utah, Utah, United States in 1860. She died on 1 April 1886, in Pima, Graham, Arizona, United States, at the age of 58, and was buried in Pima Cemetery, Pima, Graham, Arizona, United States.
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- Ney M Fowlett in household of Wm A Fowlett, "United States Census, 1860"
- Legacy NFS Source: Nancy Mariah Fausett - Individual or family possessions: Family genealogies: birth-name: Nancy Mariah Faucett
- Nancy Mariah Fausett, "United States Western States Marriage Index"
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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.
1839 · Nauvoo is Settled
After the Saints had been chased out of Missouri they moved to a swampy area located next to the Mississippi River. Here they settled and named the place Nauvoo which translates into the city beautiful.
1845 · Oh My Father
"In October 1845, the newspaper Times and Seasons published a poem written by Eliza R. Snow entitled ""My Father in Heaven."" It has become the well known hymn, ""Oh My Father."" The song is only one in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints hymnbook that referrs to a Heavenly Mother."
Name Meaning
English: variant of Fawcett .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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