When Priscilla Geschwind (Guesswin) Tharp was born on 5 August 1855, in Fayetteville, Washington, Arkansas, United States, her father, Jesse Tharp, was 33 and her mother, Eliza Ruth Roberson, was 27. She married John Calvin Cantrell on 3 January 1886, in Montague, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Justice Precinct 6, Bell, Texas, United States in 1900 and Justice Precinct 5, Bell, Texas, United States in 1910. She died on 10 August 1943, in El Paso, El Paso, Texas, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, El Paso, El Paso, Texas, United States.
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Arkansas supplied an estimated 50,000 men to the Confederate Army andabout 15,000 to the Union Army.
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Grenville M. Dodge oversaw the construction of the Fort Worth & Denver Railway. Work began at Hodge Junction, and eventually extended to the New Mexico border by 1888. Service began on April 1, 1888, with trains travelling between Fort Worth and Denver.
English: variant of Thorpe .
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