Brief Life History of Thomas Richmond
When Thomas Richmond Owens was born on 3 October 1879, in Pickens, South Carolina, United States, his father, William Charles Owens, was 30 and his mother, Martha Ann Rowe, was 26. He had at least 1 son and 1 daughter with Lillian Johnson Dodd. He lived in Oconee, South Carolina, United States in 1935 and Wagener Township, Oconee, South Carolina, United States in 1940. He died on 25 December 1951, in Greenville, Greenville, South Carolina, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Ebenezer Baptist Church Cemetery, Travelers Rest, Greenville, South Carolina, United States.
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- T R Owens, "United States Census, 1910"
- Thomas Owens, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
- Thomas Richmond Owens, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
Name Meaning
Welsh: variant of Owen , with post-medieval excrescent English -s.
Irish: adopted as an Anglicized form by bearers of the Gaelic surname Mac Eoghain (see McEwen ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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