Brief Life History of William Franklin McClung
When William Franklin McClung Thompson was born on 29 January 1872, in Loudon, Tennessee, United States, his father, David Campbell Thompson, was 41 and his mother, Lucinda Ann Hale, was 41. He married Catherine M. Thompson on 7 January 1894, in Monroe, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Civil District 6, McMinn, Tennessee, United States in 1900 and Civil District 3, Loudon, Tennessee, United States for about 10 years. He died on 14 November 1937, in Oakland, Alameda, California, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Lakeview Memorial Gardens, Lenoir City, Loudon, Tennessee, United States.
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- William F Thompson, "United States Census, 1900"
- W F Thompson, "Tennessee State Marriage Index, 1780-2002"
- William F. Thompson, "Find a Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
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.
1878 · Yellow Fever Epidemic
When a man that had escaped a quarantined steamboat with yellow fever went to a restaurant he infected Kate Bionda the owner. This was the start of the yellow fever epidemic in Memphis, Tennessee. By the end of the epidemic 5,200 of the residence would die.
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
Name Meaning
English: patronymic from the Middle English personal name T(h)om(me) (see Thom ) + -son ‘son of Tom’. Thomson is usually the Scottish form, that with the intrusive -p- being English. Both forms are common in Ireland. The surname Thompson is also very common among African Americans.
Americanized form of Danish, Norwegian, and North German Thomsen and of its Swedish cognate Thomsson. Compare Thomson .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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