Brief Life History of David Morris
When David Morris Thurston was born on 27 August 1852, in Cardington, Morrow, Ohio, United States, his father, Elihu Thurston, was 27 and his mother, Martha Cowgill, was 25. He married Agnes I. Hess on 29 June 1876, in Delaware, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Hartford, Licking, Ohio, United States in 1880 and Justice Precinct 1, Bee, Texas, United States in 1900. In 1900, at the age of 48, his occupation is listed as m d in Beeville, Bee, Texas, United States. He died on 25 January 1915, in San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Centerburg, Hilliar Township, Knox, Ohio, United States.
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Sources (23)
- D M Thurston, "United States Census, 1900"
- D. M. Thurston, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016"
- David Morris Thurston, "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976"
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World Events (8)
1859
Historical Boundaries: 1859: Bee, Texas, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1870 · Texas Is Restored to the Union
Congress restored Texas to the Union on March 30, 1870, despite not yet meeting all of the requirements established for re-admittance.
Name Meaning
English (mainly East Anglia):
from the Anglo-Norman, Anglo-Scandinavian, and Middle English personal name Thurstan, Thorsten (Old Norse Thórsteinn, Thorsten, Anglicized as Old English Thurstān; see Thorstensen ).
habitational name from Thurston in Suffolk, so called from the genitive case of the Old Norse personal name Thóri (see Thor ) + Old English tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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David Morris Thurston M.D.
THURSTON, D. M., M.D., allopathist, Hartford, was born in Morrow county, Ohio, in 1851. His grandfather, Johnston Thurston, was born in Vermont in 1803; came to this county in 1814. He was married in …
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