Brief Life History of Nancy Emmaline
Nancy Emmaline Thompson was born in February 1859, in Tennessee, United States. She married John H Fisher on 20 December 1874, in Monroe, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Justice Precinct 1, Wilbarger, Texas, United States in 1900 and Frederick, Tillman, Oklahoma, United States for about 20 years. She died in 1943, in Davidson Cemetery, Tillman, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Davidson, Tillman, Oklahoma, United States.
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- Nancy E Norwood, "United States Census, 1930"
- Legacy NFS Source: Nancy - Government record: birth-name: Nancy
- Nannie Thompson, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
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1862 · Battle of Shiloh
The battle of Shiloh took place on April 6, 1862 and April 7, 1862. Confederate soldiers camp through the woods next to where the Union soldiers were camped at Pittsburg Landing on the Tennessee River. With 23,000 casualties this was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War up to this point.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1881 · Construction of the Fort Worth & Denver Railway
Grenville M. Dodge oversaw the construction of the Fort Worth & Denver Railway. Work began at Hodge Junction, and eventually extended to the New Mexico border by 1888. Service began on April 1, 1888, with trains travelling between Fort Worth and Denver.
Name Meaning
English: patronymic from the Middle English personal name T(h)om(me) (see Thom ) + -son ‘son of Tom’. Thomson is usually the Scottish form, that with the intrusive -p- being English. Both forms are common in Ireland. The surname Thompson is also very common among African Americans.
Americanized form of Danish, Norwegian, and North German Thomsen and of its Swedish cognate Thomsson. Compare Thomson .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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