Brief Life History of Thomas Walker
When Thomas Walker Jennings was born on 10 September 1854, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, his father, William B.W. Jennings, was 30 and his mother, Jane Walker, was 19. He married Mary Ann Hooper on 1 November 1875. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States for about 8 years. He died on 3 June 1908, at the age of 53, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Thomas Jennings in household of William Jennings, "United States Census, 1860"
- Thomas Walker Jeremy, "United States Western States Marriage Index"
- Thomas W Jennings, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1863 · The Battle at Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg involved the largest number of casualties of the entire Civil war and is often described as the war's turning point. Between 46,000 and 51,000 soldiers lost their lives during the three-day Battle. To honor the fallen soldiers, President Abraham Lincoln read his historic Gettysburg Address and helped those listening by redefining the purpose of the war.
1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
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.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Jenning , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
German: patronymic from a pet form (see Jenning ) of the personal name Johannes (see John ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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