Brief Life History of Phebe Jane
When Phebe Jane Crooks was born on 12 January 1844, in Hancock, Illinois, United States, her father, Thomas Crooks, was 38 and her mother, Hannah Boyles, was 29. She married John Clark Thomas on 27 February 1866, in Chillicothe, Livingston, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Hancock Township, Hancock, Illinois, United States in 1850 and Cream Ridge, Livingston, Missouri, United States in 1860. She died on 12 February 1879, in Marion Township, Jasper, Missouri, United States, at the age of 35.
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- Phebe J Thomas in household of John C Thomas, "United States Census, 1870"
- Phoebe J. Crooks, "Missouri Marriages, 1750-1920"
- Phoebe J Crooks in entry for John Thomas, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
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1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1853
Historic Boundaries: 1853: Livingston, Missouri, United States
1856 · The Largest Map Company in the World
William Rand opened a small printing shop in Chicago. Doing most of the work himself for the first two years he decided to hire some help. Rand Hired Andrew McNally, an Irish Immigrant, to work in his shop. After doing business with the Chicago Tribune, Rand and McNally were hired to run the Tribune's entire printing operation. Years later, Rand and McNally established Rand McNally & Co after purchasing the Tribune's printing business. They focused mainly on printing tickets, complete railroad guides and timetables for the booming railroad industry around the city. What made the company successful was the detailed maps of roadways, along with directions to certain places. Rand McNally was the first major map publisher to embrace a system of numbered highways and erected many of the roadside highway signs that have been adopted by state and federal highway authorities. The company is still making and updating the world maps that are looked at every day.
Name Meaning
habitational name from Crookes in Sheffield (Yorkshire), named with Old Norse krókr ‘hook, bend’.
variant of Crook , with post-medieval excrescent -s.
English:
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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