Brief Life History of Thomas Crockett
When Thomas Crockett Pyland was born in 1861, in Tennessee, United States, his father, William Pyland, was 40 and his mother, Malissa Ann Crockett, was 37. He died on 17 July 1928, in Union, Arkansas, United States, at the age of 67.
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- Legacy NFS Source: Thomas Crockett Pyland - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Thomas Crockett Pyland
- Thomas Pyland, "Arkansas Death Index, 1914-1950"
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1862 · Battle of Shiloh
The battle of Shiloh took place on April 6, 1862 and April 7, 1862. Confederate soldiers camp through the woods next to where the Union soldiers were camped at Pittsburg Landing on the Tennessee River. With 23,000 casualties this was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War up to this point.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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.
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English: variant of Piland .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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