Thomas Franklin Ferrell

Brief Life History of Thomas Franklin

When Thomas Franklin Ferrell was born on 28 April 1940, in Beechgrove, Coffee, Tennessee, United States, his father, William Lacy Ferrell, was 43 and his mother, Earline Emma McCullough, was 25. He died on 4 January 1979, in Coffee, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 38, and was buried in Gnat Hill Cemetery, Manchester, Coffee, Tennessee, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Lacy Ferrell
1896–1988
Earline Emma McCullough
1914–2009
Thomas Franklin Ferrell
1940–1979
Mizelle Ferrell
1941–2023
Shirley Carolyn Ferrell
1942–2022

Sources (5)

  • Thomas Ferrell, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Thomas Franklin Ferrell, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
  • Thomas Ferrell, "United States Social Security Death Index"

World Events (8)

1941

Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.

1942 · Atomic Energy Plant at Oak Ridge

The atomic energy plant that was built in Oak RIdge, Tennessee. The land was acquired secretly by the government in order to help with the Manhattan Project. The Uranium for the project was housed in the facility.

1951 · The Twenty-Second Amendment

Before the Twenty-second Amendment, the Presidency didn’t have a set number limit on how many times they could be elected or re-elected to the office of President of the United States. The Amendment sets that limit to two times, consecutively or not, and sets additional conditions for presidents who succeed to the unexpired terms of their predecessors.

Name Meaning

Irish: variant of Farrell , from Ó Fearghail.

English: variant of Fairhall .

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

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