Brief Life History of Thomas N.
Thomas N. Wortham was born in 1826, in Tennessee, United States. He married Ruth Jane Kelly on 28 September 1847, in Fayette, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Texas, United States in 1870 and Justice Precinct 6, Lamar, Texas, United States in 1880. He died on 2 October 1885, in Paris, Lamar, Texas, United States, at the age of 59, and was buried in Maxey, Lamar, Texas, United States.
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- Thomas N Worsham, "United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850 "
- Thomas J. Watham, "Tennessee, Marriages, 1796-1950"
- Thomas W Wortham, "Find A Grave Index"
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1826
Historical Boundaries 1826: Nacogdoches, Mexico 1836: Red River, Republic of Texas 1841: Lamar, Republic of Texas 1845: Lamar, Texas, United States
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.
1844 · German Immigration to Texas
Over 7,000 German immigrants arrived in Texas. Some of these new arrivals died in epidemics; those that survived ended up living in cities such as San Antonio, Galveston, and Houston. Other German settlers went to the Texas Hill Country and formed the western portion of the German Belt, where new towns were founded: New Braunfels and Fredericksburg.
Name Meaning
English (Middlesex): habitational name from Wortham in Suffolk, named with Old English worth ‘enclosure’ + hām ‘village, homestead’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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