Brief Life History of Dorr Moses
When Dorr Moses Thayer was born on 18 September 1855, in Jamaica, Windham, Vermont, United States, his father, Denzil Rand Thayer, was 36 and his mother, Dulcena Letitia Kidder, was 28. He married Jennie B. White on 25 February 1880, in Putney, Windham, Vermont, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Brookline, Windham, Vermont, United States in 1870 and United States in 1936. He died on 11 May 1936, in Bellows Falls, Rockingham, Windham, Vermont, United States, at the age of 80.
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- Doc Thayer in household of Denzel Thayer, "United States Census, 1870"
- Dorr Moses Thayer, "Find A Grave Index"
- Don M Thayer, "Vermont, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1732-2005"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1864 · St. Albans Raid
St. Albans Raid took place on October 19, 1864. It was a Confederate raid from Canada into Union territory. Confederate soldiers that were in Canada raided the town of St. Albans killed one person and robbed three banks.
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.
Name Meaning
English (Gloucestershire and Somerset): from Middle English the eir ‘the heir’ with fused definite article. See Ayer .
History: Sylvanus Thayer (1785–1872), military engineer, an early superintendant of the US Military Academy at West Point, was born in Braintree, MA, into a family of English origin.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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