When Thomas Harrison Pinson was born on 16 June 1880, in Steelville, Crawford, Missouri, United States, his father, Jeremiah Pinson, was 32 and his mother, Mary Massey Elliott, was 21. He married Mary Helen Dole on 21 November 1912, in Beatrice, Gage, Nebraska, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Port Townsend, Jefferson, Washington, United States in 1910 and Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska, United States for about 10 years. He registered for military service in 1907. He died on 27 October 1941, in Lincoln, Nebraska, United States, at the age of 61, and was buried in Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska, United States.
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Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
On November 11, 1889, Washington Territory became Washington State the 42nd state to enter the Union. The state was named in honor of George Washington.
The Klondike gold rush started in 1896 in Canada, but by 1897 as miners started moving and following the gold it caused for Seattle to rapidly grow as more miners joined the search for gold.
English: variant of Pinchin, from the Old French personal name Pinçun, Normano-Picard Pinchon, apparently derived from Old French pinçon ‘finch’.
French: from Old French pinson ‘finch’, a nickname applied to someone who whistles or sings like a finch or to a bright and cheerful person.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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