Alonzo Pinson

Brief Life History of Alonzo

When Alonzo Pinson was born on 6 January 1879, in Missouri, United States, his father, Lazarus V 'Lafe' Pinson, was 43 and his mother, Mary Elizabeth Barnhill, was 39. He married Ora N Ross on 23 September 1904, in Knox, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Bee Ridge Township, Knox, Missouri, United States for about 30 years and Liberty Township, Knox, Missouri, United States in 1930. He died on 18 August 1956, in Edina, Knox, Missouri, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Edina, Knox, Missouri, United States.

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Family Time Line

Alonzo Pinson
1879–1956
Ora N Ross
1888–1953
Marriage: 23 September 1904
Albert Ross Pinson
1905–1958
Mildred Dorothy Pinson
1914–2003
Paul Cooper Pinson
1908–1981
Edwin Campbell Pinson
1910–1990
Mary Bernice Pinson
1912–2001
Letha Lucille Pinson
1918–2008
Leona Maurine Penson
1921–2003
Marion LeRoy Pinson
1925–2003
Robert Ray Pinson
1928–2006
Alma Rosalee Pinson
1932–2013

Sources (21)

  • Alonza Penson, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Alonzo Pinson, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
  • Alonzo Pinson, "United States, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"

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.

1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act

A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.

1900 · Gold for Cash!

This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Pinchin, from the Old French personal name Pinçun, Normano-Picard Pinchon, apparently derived from Old French pinçon ‘finch’.

French: from Old French pinson ‘finch’, a nickname applied to someone who whistles or sings like a finch or to a bright and cheerful person.

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

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