Brief Life History of Josiah
When Josiah Thurman was born on 18 May 1860, in Knox, Illinois, United States, his father, George W. Thurman, was 25 and his mother, Mary Jane Ouderkirk, was 23. He married Alice Bird on 26 June 1889, in Nodaway, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Middle Fork Township, Ringgold, Iowa, United States in 1910 and Redding, Ringgold, Iowa, United States in 1915. He died on 21 April 1928, in Mount Ayr, Ringgold, Iowa, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Mount Ayr, Ringgold, Iowa, United States.
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- Josiah Thurman, "United States Census, 1860"
- Legacy NFS Source: Josiah Thurman - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Josiah Thurman
- Josiah Thurman, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
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1861 · Simple life to Soldiers
Illinois contributed 250,000 soldiers to the Union Army, ranking it fourth in terms of the total men fighting for a single state. Troops mainly fought in the Western side of the Appalachian Mountains, but a few regiments played important roles in the East side. Several thousand Illinoisians died during the war. No major battles were fought in the state, although several towns became sites for important supply depots and navy yards. Not everyone in the state supported the war and there were calls for secession in Southern Illinois several residents. However, the movement for secession soon died after the proposal was blocked.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
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.
Name Meaning
English (Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire): from the Middle English personal name T(h)urmund, Old Norse Thórmundr, composed of the elements Thórr, the name of the Norse god of thunder (see Thor ) + mundr ‘protection’. This personal name in was rare and Thurman may also have derived from the commoner Middle English personal name T(h)urmod, T(h)urmot by assimilation of the second theme -mod, -mot to the element -mund, which is found in several other compound personal names.
Americanized form of German Thurmann: habitational name for someone from a place called Thur (see Thur ).
Americanized form of German Thurmann: occupational name for a watchman, from Middle Low German torn(e)man (torn(e) ‘tower’) or Middle High German turn, turm ‘tower’ + man ‘man’. Compare Turman .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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