Brief Life History of Thomas Michael
When Thomas Michael King was born on 19 May 1855, in Coffee, Alabama, United States, his father, Michael King, was 28 and his mother, Milbra Cutts, was 24. He married Martha Louise Sawyer on 18 December 1879, in Coffee, Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Geneva, Alabama, United States in 1870 and Election Precinct 4 Darlington, Walton, Florida, United States in 1880. He died on 8 January 1903, in Walton, Florida, United States, at the age of 47, and was buried in Glendale, Walton, Florida, United States.
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- Thomas M. King, "United States Census, 1880"
- Thomas M. King, "Alabama, Marriages, 1816-1957"
- Thomas M. King, "Find A Grave Index"
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1861
Florida has had 6 Constitutions since it became a state. The first Constitution was drafted in Saint Joseph, now known as Port St. Joe. Presently Florida is governed by the Constitution of 1968.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1868 · Impeach the President!
Caused by many crimes and breaking the Tenure of Office Act, Many Senators and House Representatives became angry with President Johnson and began discussions of his Impeachment. After a special session of Congress, the Articles of Impeachment were approved by the House and then the Senate. Making Andrew Johnson the first President to be Impeached.
Name Meaning
English: nickname from Middle English king ‘king’ (Old English cyning, cyng), perhaps acquired by someone with kingly qualities or as a pageant name by someone who had acted the part of a king or had been chosen as the master of ceremonies or ‘king’ of an event such as a tournament, festival or folk ritual. In North America, the surname King has absorbed several European cognates and equivalents with the same meaning, for example German König (see Koenig ) and Küng, French Roy , Slovenian, Croatian, or Serbian Kralj , Polish Krol . It is also very common among African Americans. It is also found as an artificial Jewish surname.
English: occasionally from the Middle English personal name King, originally an Old English nickname from the vocabulary word cyning, cyng ‘king’.
Irish: adopted for a variety of names containing the syllable rí (which means ‘king’ in Irish).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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