Brief Life History of Thomas Wendell
When Thomas Wendell Bayles was born on 26 March 1900, in Parowan, Iron, Utah, United States, his father, Herman Daggett Bayles Jr, was 39 and his mother, Sarah Jane Evans, was 30. He married Velma Taggart on 22 June 1932, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States. He lived in Parowan Election Precinct, Iron, Utah, United States in 1940 and St. George, Washington, Utah, United States in 1950. His occupation is listed as taught college and head of business dept. at dixie college in St. George, Washington, Utah, United States. He died on 21 January 1998, in Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, United States, at the age of 97, and was buried in Saint George City Cemetery, St. George, Washington, Utah, United States.
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- J Wendell Bayles, "United States 1950 Census"
- Thomas Wendell Bayles, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
- Herman D Bayles, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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1901 · Assassination of Mckinley
President William McKinley was shot at the Temple of Music, in the Pan-American Exposition, while shaking hands with the public. Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen because he thought it was his duty to do so. McKinley died after eight days of watch and care. He was the third American president to be assassinated. After his death, Congress passed legislation to officially make the Secret Service and gave them responsibility for protecting the President at all times.
1915
Historical Boundaries: 1915: Duchesne, Utah, United States
1927
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Bales .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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I remember vaguely about Old Grandpa. He lived with Grandma and Grandpa Bayles in Topeka when I was really young. He would always say, "Is that beautiful child one of my descendents??" At the dinner …
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