Brief Life History of Thomas Bowman
When Thomas Bowman Simonton was born on 10 May 1858, in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, his father, Robert Nelson Simonton, was 28 and his mother, Louisa H Rankin, was 27. He married Sarah Rosetta Garbison on 27 February 1885. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Glidden Township, Carroll, Iowa, United States in 1870 and Spring Creek Election Precinct, Nuckolls, Nebraska, United States in 1900. He died on 18 September 1900, in Ruskin, Nuckolls, Nebraska, United States, at the age of 42, and was buried in Ruskin, Nuckolls, Nebraska, United States.
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- Thomas B Simington in household of R N Simington, "United States Census, 1860"
- Legacy NFS Source: Thomas Bowman Simonton - birth: 10 May 1858; Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States
- Thomas B Simonton, "Find A Grave Index"
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1861 · Simple life to Soldiers
Illinois contributed 250,000 soldiers to the Union Army, ranking it fourth in terms of the total men fighting for a single state. Troops mainly fought in the Western side of the Appalachian Mountains, but a few regiments played important roles in the East side. Several thousand Illinoisians died during the war. No major battles were fought in the state, although several towns became sites for important supply depots and navy yards. Not everyone in the state supported the war and there were calls for secession in Southern Illinois several residents. However, the movement for secession soon died after the proposal was blocked.
1867 · The Chicago Water Tower
The Chicago water tower was built out of Lemont limestone by William W. Boyington and was used for firefighting and also drawing clean water from Lake Michigan. The tower gained prominence after the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. Some believe that the tower was the only building to survive the Great Chicago Fire, but a few other buildings survived alongside the tower. The tower has become a symbol of old Chicago and how the city recovered from the fire. The tower has undergone only two renovations since 1913.
1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
Name Meaning
Irish: variant of Simington (see Symington ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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