Brief Life History of Martha Elizabeth
When Martha Elizabeth Berry was born on 22 November 1827, in Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States, her father, Jesse Woods Berry, was 36 and her mother, Armela Shanks, was 23. She married John Doyle Lee on 29 January 1846, in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 5 daughters. She lived in Harmony Election Precinct, Washington, Utah, United States in 1860 and Millard, Utah, United States in 1880. She died on 17 June 1885, in Kanosh, Millard, Utah, United States, at the age of 57, and was buried in Kanosh Cemetery, Kanosh, Millard, Utah, United States.
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- Martha Lee, "United States Census, 1860"
- Martha E Berry Dorrity, "BillionGraves Index"
- Martha Elizabeth Berry in entry for Martha Roxanna Dorrity Hall, "Utah Death Certificates"
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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.
1835 · The Hermitage is Built
The Hermitage located in Nashville, Tennessee was a plantation owned by President Andrew Jackson from 1804 until his death there in 1845. The Hermitage is now a museum.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
Irish and Manx: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Béara ‘descendant of Béara’, a personal name of unexplained etymology; or, in some cases, perhaps an Anglicized form of Irish and Manx Ó Beargha. Compare Barry 1.
Scottish and northern Irish: variant of Barrie .
English: habitational name from any of several places called in Devon named with Old English byrig, dative case of burh ‘fortified manor house, stronghold’, such as Berry Pomeroy and Berrynarbor.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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