Brief Life History of Thomas
When Thomas Hopkins was born about 1849, in Indiana, Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Patterson Hopkins, was 33 and his mother, Mary Mabon, was 23. He married Laura Alice Kennedy on 23 December 1896, in Logan, Oklahoma, United States. He lived in Pawnee Township, Lincoln, Oklahoma, United States in 1900 and Lincoln, Oklahoma, United States in 1910.
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- Thomas W Hopkins, "United States Census, 1900"
- Thomas M Hopkins, "Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995"
- Thomas M Hopkins, "United States Census, 1910"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1863 · Battle of Gettysburg
The three day Battle of Gettysburg was one of the bloodiest of the American Civil War. Between the Confederates and Unions, somewhere between 46,000 and 51,000 people died that day.
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 and Welsh (Glamorgan): variant of Hopkin with genitival or excrescent -s. In Ireland, where the name is also frequent, it is sometimes Gaelicized as Mac Oibicín.
History: Stephen Hopkins (c. 1580–1644) was a pilgrim on the Mayflower in 1620 and one of the founders of Plymouth Colony. At his death he left seven children and eighteen grandchildren.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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