Thomas Marshall Kenton

20 May 1868–11 September 1948 (Age 80)
Robertson, Kentucky, United States

The Life of Thomas Marshall

When Thomas Marshall Kenton was born on 20 May 1868, in Robertson, Kentucky, United States, his father, John Kenton, was 33 and his mother, Phebe A. Galbreath, was 28. He had at least 1 daughter with Edith Alice Chambers. He died on 11 September 1948, in El Paso, El Paso, Texas, United States, at the age of 80.

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Family Time Line

Thomas Marshall Kenton
1868–1948
Edith Alice Chambers
1889–1964
Elizabeth Atwood Kenton
1905–1985

Spouse and Children

children

(1)

Parents and Siblings

    John Kenton

    Male1834–1913Male

    Phebe A. Galbreath

    Female1840–1910Female

siblings

(9)

    Jemima Catherine Kenton

    Female1859–1930Female

    Margaret Frances Kenton

    Female1861–1933Female

    George W. Kenton

    Male1866–1904Male

    Thomas Marshall Kenton

    Male1868–1948Male

    Lemuel Thomas " Jack" Kenton

    Male1872–1954Male

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World Events (8)

1870 · Texas Is Restored to the Union

Age 2

Congress restored Texas to the Union on March 30, 1870, despite not yet meeting all of the requirements established for re-admittance.
1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment

Age 2

Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

Age 22

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: habitational name from any of various places so named, for example in Devon, Greater London (formerly Middlesex), and Suffolk. All have as the second element Old English tūn ‘farmstead’, ‘settlement’. The first element of the place in Devon is a pre-English river name; the place in London is named with the Old English personal name Cēna; and the place in Suffolk is named either with Cēna or more probably with Old English cyne- ‘royal’.

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

Sources (3)

  • Thomas M Kenton, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Thomas Marshill Kenton, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976"
  • Thomas Marshall Kenton, Find a Grave index

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