When Thomas Adolphus Pritchett was born on 20 June 1880, in Denton, Texas, United States, his father, William Adolphus Pritchett, was 29 and his mother, Mary Doranda Price, was 26. He married Hettie Tankersley on 14 December 1904, in Young, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Justice Precinct 1, Erath, Texas, United States in 1930 and Justice Precinct 2, Eastland, Texas, United States in 1940. He died on 22 March 1975, in Gorman, Eastland, Texas, United States, at the age of 94, and was buried in Gorman Cemetery, Gorman, Eastland, Texas, United States.
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Grenville M. Dodge oversaw the construction of the Fort Worth & Denver Railway. Work began at Hodge Junction, and eventually extended to the New Mexico border by 1888. Service began on April 1, 1888, with trains travelling between Fort Worth and Denver.
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
Texas completed the construction of the Praetorian Building (Stone Plane Tower) in 1909. It was the first skyscraper in Texas and the Southwestern United States. The building had 15 stories and was 190 ft tall.
Welsh: Anglicized form of Welsh ap Rhisiart ‘son ofRichard’. Compare Pritchard .
English (Midlands): from a diminutive of Middle English prik(e), prich ‘point’, ‘prick’, hence a metonymic occupational name for a maker or user of any of various pointed instruments, or a nickname for a tall, thin man.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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