Brief Life History of Meredith
When Meredith Martin was born from 1828 to 1832, in Kentucky, United States, his father, Silvester Martin, was 57 and his mother, Peachy Bryant, was 46. He married Elizabeth Watts on 15 April 1854, in Barren, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Burkesville, Cumberland, Kentucky, United States for about 10 years and Glasgow, Barren, Kentucky, United States in 1870. He registered for military service in 1861. In 1870, his occupation is listed as cattle broker in Glasgow, Barren, Kentucky, United States. He died on 24 July 1888, in Tompkinsville, Monroe, Kentucky, United States, and was buried in Old Soldiers Cemetery, Tompkinsville, Monroe, Kentucky, United States.
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- Merideth Martin, "United States Census, 1870"
- Meridath Martin, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
- Meredith Martin, "Find A Grave 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.
1830 · Louisville and Portland Canal Opens
The Louisville and Portland canal opened in 1830. It was a 2 mile canal. It helped with the barrier caused by the Falls of the Ohio River at Louisville by making a route around them.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
English, Scottish, Irish, French, Walloon, Breton, Dutch, Flemish, German, Czech, Slovak, Croatian, Italian (Veneto); Spanish (Martín): from a personal name derived from Latin Martinus, itself a derivative of Mars, genitive Martis, the Roman god of fertility and war, whose name may derive ultimately from a root mar ‘gleam’. This was borne by a famous 4th-century Christian saint, Martin of Tours, and consequently became extremely popular throughout Europe in the Middle Ages. In North America, the surname Martin has absorbed cognates and derivatives from other languages, e.g. Slovak and Rusyn (from Slovakia) Marcin , Albanian Martini , Polish surnames beginning with Marcin-, and Slovenian patronymics like Martinčič (see Martincic ). Martin is the most frequent surname in France and one of the most frequent surnames in Wallonia.
English: variant of Marton .
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Mártain, ‘descendant of Martin’ (compare 1 above). Otherwise, a shortened form of Gilmartin or McMartin ; sometimes also spelled Martyn.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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