Tink Poor

Brief Life History of Tink

When Tink Poor was born in 1879, in Pickett, Tennessee, United States, his father, Federick C Poore, was 32 and his mother, Elizabeth Singleton, was 35. He had at least 5 sons and 4 daughters with Sarah Ellen Ledford. He lived in Clinton, Kentucky, United States in 1910 and Civil District 5, Pickett, Tennessee, United States in 1940. He died on 16 October 1947, in Pickett, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 68.

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Family Time Line

Tink Poor
1879–1947
Sarah Ellen Ledford
1882–1957
Bercelia Poor
1902–1979
Robert Harrison Poore
1904–
Thomas Freddie Poor
1906–1975
Laura E. Poor
1910–
Lizzie Etter Poore
1912–1933
Gracie Lina Poore
1916–1974
Frank Tink Poor
1918–1959
Jason Freeman Poor
1922–1985
Rubel Poor
1928–

Sources (8)

  • Tink Pare, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Tinker T. Poor, "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966"
  • Tink Poore in entry for Frank Poore and Vivian Graham, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"

World Events (8)

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.

1892 · The Radio is invented

Kentucky native Nathan Stubblefield invented the radio in 1892

1898 · War with the Spanish

After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

Name Meaning

English (southeastern): variant of Power . Compare Poer .

Hungarian (Poór): status name from pór ‘peasant, lower class’. Compare Por 2.

Iranian: variant of Pour .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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