Brief Life History of John Homer
When John Homer Tompkins was born on 11 August 1850, in Utica, Hinds, Mississippi, United States, his father, Harrison Homer Tompkins, was 32 and his mother, Sarah Ann Wall Tompkins, was 16. He married Louisiana A. Barlow on 5 March 1874, in Hinds, Mississippi, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Mississippi, United States in 1870 and Beat 3, Hinds, Mississippi, United States for about 20 years. He died on 2 August 1933, in Utica, Hinds, Mississippi, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Utica, Hinds, Mississippi, United States.
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- John Tompkins in household of H Tompkins, "United States Census, 1860"
- John H. Tompkins, "Mississippi, Marriages, 1800-1911"
- John Homer Tompkins, "Find A Grave Index"
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1861
Mississippi became the second state to leave the Union at the start of the Civil War in 1861.
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: patronymic from Tomkin, a medieval pet form of the personal name Thomas .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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