Brief Life History of Elizabeth Dorothy
When Elizabeth Dorothy Thompson was born on 14 May 1811, in Bracken, Kentucky, United States, her father, Lovel Thompson, was 25 and her mother, Mary “Polly” SANDERS, was 18. She married John L Garrison on 2 February 1826, in Washington, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Courtois Township, Crawford, Missouri, United States in 1860. She died on 24 October 1868, in Crawford, Missouri, United States, at the age of 57, and was buried in Dobkins Cemetery, Courtois Township, Crawford, Missouri, United States.
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- E Garrison in household of John Garrison, "United States Census, 1850"
- Elizabeth Thompson, "Missouri Marriages, 1750-1920"
- Elizabeth D. Thompson Garrison, "Find A Grave Index"
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Children (11)
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World Events (8)
1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
1812 · Kentucky Bend Created
During the New Madrid earthquakes of 1811-1812, the Kentucky Bend or New Madrid Bend was created. It is located in the southwestern corner of Kentucky on the banks of the Mississippi River.
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
Name Meaning
English: patronymic from the Middle English personal name T(h)om(me) (see Thom ) + -son ‘son of Tom’. Thomson is usually the Scottish form, that with the intrusive -p- being English. Both forms are common in Ireland. The surname Thompson is also very common among African Americans.
Americanized form of Danish, Norwegian, and North German Thomsen and of its Swedish cognate Thomsson. Compare Thomson .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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