Thomas Samuel Bales

Brief Life History of Thomas Samuel

When Thomas Samuel Bales was born in 1852, in Virginia, United States, his father, Enoch G Bales, was 24 and his mother, Elizabeth Victoria Wilson, was 22. He married Elizabeth A Griffith on 28 December 1877. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Honaker, Russell, Virginia, United States in 1870 and Magisterial District 1, Pike, Kentucky, United States in 1900. He died on 5 July 1923, in Pikeville, Pike, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Pikeville, Pike, Kentucky, United States.

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Family Time Line

Thomas Samuel Bales
1852–1923
Elizabeth A Griffith
1860–
Marriage: 28 December 1877
Tina C. Silistina Bales
1879–1985
Butler Gregory Bales
1891–1961
Tamie Bales
1885–

Sources (17)

  • Thomas Bales in household of Enoch Bales, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Thos Bales, "Virginia, Library of Virginia State Archive, Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1853-1900"
  • Thos Bales, "Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, County Marriage Registers, 1853-1935"

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1861 · The Battle of Manassas

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1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1872 · The First National Park

Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.

Name Meaning

English: either a variant of Bale , with excrescent -s, or a variant of Bayliss .

English: habitational name from Bayles in Alston, Cumbria.

Slovak and Czech (Báleš, rarely Baleš): from a pet form of Bal, a short form of the personal name Baltazar (Slovak Baltazár).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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