George W Tharp

Male16 June 1839–14 April 1893

Brief Life History of George W

When George W Tharp was born on 16 June 1839, in Litchfield, Connecticut, United States, his father, Joel Tharp, was 33 and his mother, Hannah Maria Mattoon, was 28. He had at least 1 son with Adahzilla Dingwell. He lived in Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States for about 30 years. He died on 14 April 1893, in Connecticut, United States, at the age of 53, and was buried in Northfield, Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States.

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Family Time Line

George W Tharp
1839–1893
Adahzilla Dingwell
1845–
Eugene Tharp
about 1867–

Sources (7)

  • Geo Tharp in household of Joel Tharp, "United States Census, 1860"
  • George W. Tharp, "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934"
  • Descendants of Michael Dayton

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Children (1)

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Siblings (3)

World Events (8)

1846

Age 7

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1848 · Slavery is Abolished

Age 9

In 1840, the American Anti-Slavery Society split and slavery started being outlawed in the state. In Canterbury, Connecticut, Prudence Crandall started a school for young African American girls. The people got mad and Crandall was taken to court. The case was lost and that was the beginning of many other cases that would be lost, but it was also the start of having slavery abolished.

1863

Age 24

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Thorpe .

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

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