Abraham Timmons

Male31 May 1813–17 April 1886

Brief Life History of Abraham

When Abraham Timmons was born on 31 May 1813, in Ross, Ohio, United States, his father, Stephen Timmons, was 28 and his mother, Mary Magdalena Corkwell, was 26. He married Ann Archibald on 9 July 1835, in Tippecanoe, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He died on 17 April 1886, in Tippecanoe Township, Tippecanoe, Indiana, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Liberty Chapel Cemetery, Cairo, Tippecanoe Township, Tippecanoe, Indiana, United States.

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Family Time Line

Abraham Timmons
1813–1886
Eleanor Jane Archibald
1824–1909
Marriage: 2 April 1849
Ann Timmons
1850–
Irene Timmons
1852–1925
Oscar Bryan Timmons
1854–1882
Hannah Timmons
1860–1878
Joseph Timmons
1863–1886
Alice Elizabeth Timmons
1868–1949

Sources (9)

  • Abraham Timmons in household of Elizabeth Harvey, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Abraham Timmons, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019" - Eleanor Jane Archibald
  • Abraham Timmons, "BillionGraves Index"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    2 April 1849Tippecanoe, Indiana, United States
  • Children (6)

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    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (12)

    +7 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1819 · Panic! of 1819

    Age 6

    With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

    1829

    Age 16

    Historical Boundaries 1829: Tippecanoe, Indiana, United States

    1836 · Remember the Alamo

    Age 23

    Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

    Name Meaning

    Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Toimín ‘son of Toimín’, a pet form of Tomás, Gaelic form of Thomas .

    Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Tiomáin ‘descendant of Tiomán’, a personal name from a diminutive of tiom ‘pliant, soft’.

    Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Tiománaigh (see Timoney ).

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

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