Brief Life History of Thomas Milton
When Thomas Milton Ollivant was born in May 1851, in Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois, United States, his father, Thomas Delves Ollivant, was 35 and his mother, Charlotte C. Croxton, was 36. He married Nancy E Williams on 30 March 1879, in Roseburg, Douglas, Oregon, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Tenmile, Douglas, Oregon, United States in 1880 and Douglas, Oregon, United States for about 20 years. He died on 27 June 1935, in Roseburg, Douglas, Oregon, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Roseburg, Douglas, Oregon, United States.
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- Thomas Ollivant, "United States Census, 1920"
- T. M. Or M. T. Ollivant, "Oregon, County Marriages, 1851-1975"
- Thomas Ollivant, "Oregon, Oregon State Archives, Death Records, 1864-1967"
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1856 · The Largest Map Company in the World
William Rand opened a small printing shop in Chicago. Doing most of the work himself for the first two years he decided to hire some help. Rand Hired Andrew McNally, an Irish Immigrant, to work in his shop. After doing business with the Chicago Tribune, Rand and McNally were hired to run the Tribune's entire printing operation. Years later, Rand and McNally established Rand McNally & Co after purchasing the Tribune's printing business. They focused mainly on printing tickets, complete railroad guides and timetables for the booming railroad industry around the city. What made the company successful was the detailed maps of roadways, along with directions to certain places. Rand McNally was the first major map publisher to embrace a system of numbered highways and erected many of the roadside highway signs that have been adopted by state and federal highway authorities. The company is still making and updating the world maps that are looked at every day.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
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Norman, English: see Oliphant .
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