Brief Life History of Thrasher Combs
When Thrasher Combs Hatton was born on 3 June 1895, in Kentucky, United States, his father, Arberry Hatton, was 26 and his mother, Elizabeth Gibbs, was 25. He married Myrtle Fallen on 17 November 1919, in Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Stillwater, Wolfe, Kentucky, United States for about 10 years and Lee City, Wolfe, Kentucky, United States for about 10 years. He registered for military service in 1919. He died on 31 March 1978, in Morgan, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 82.
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- Thrasher Hatton, "United States Census, 1920"
- Thrasher Hatton, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
- Thrasher Hatton, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
1900 · Governor Shot
On January 30, 1900 Governor William Goebel of Kentucky was assassinated. He took a bullet to the chest, outside the Old State Capitol. He died on February 3, 1900.
1917
U.S. intervenes in World War I, rejects membership of League of Nations.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of several places called Hatton (Cheshire, Derbyshire, Lincolnshire, Middlesex, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire), Hatton Hall (Cheshire), or Cold and High Hatton (Shropshire). The placenames derive from Old English hǣth ‘heath, heather’ + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’. Compare Heath .
English: variant of Atton with prosthetic H-, a topographic name from Middle English atte toun ‘(dweller) at the settlement’ (Old English æt thǣm tūn(e)). Compare Towne .
Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Giolla Chatáin, a patronymic from a personal name meaning ‘servant of (Saint) Catan’; see McHatton .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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