Thomas Donigan1812–
- Name
- Thomas Donigan
- Given names
- Thomas
- Surname
- Donigan
 Birth | about 1812 |
 Marriage | Eleanor Gravely — View this family unknown |
 Historical Event | War of 1812 between 1812 and 1815Note: War of 1812 between the Americans and the British. The Creek (or Red Stick) War in Alabama had different origins, but it coincided with the war of 1812, and the U.S. treated it as a part of the larger war, with Jackson and his forces also in charge of defeating the Creeks - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_1812 |
| Historical Event | Cholera Epidemic 1832 (Age 20 years)Note: Cholera killed 4,340 people in New Orleans & over 3,000 in New York City - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cholera_outbreaks_and_pandemics |
| Historical Event | The Texas Revolution between October 1835 and April 1836 (Age 23 years)Note: The Texas Revolution (or Texas War of Independence) was fought from October 2, 1835 to April 21, 1836 between Mexico and the Texas (Tejas) portion of the Mexican state of Coahuila y Tejas. The Texas Revolution erupted in 1836, after Texas declared its independence from Mexico. Mexico responded by invading Texas, where General Santa Anna won decisive victories in the battles of the Alamo and Goliad. The war ended at the Battle of San Jacinto (about 20 miles) east of modern day downtown Houston) where General Sam Houston led the Texas Army to victory in 18 minutes over a portion of the Mexican Army under Santa Anna, who was captured shortly after the battle. The conclusion of the war resulted in the creation of the Republic of Texas - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Revolution |
| Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 (Age 34 years)Note: The Mexican-American War was an armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory despite the 1836 Texas Revolution - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War |
 Birth of a daughter#1 | Imogene Donigan March 21, 1858 (Age 46 years) |
| Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 45 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 49 years)Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Mary “Mollie” Donigan 1867 (Age 55 years) |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 55 years)Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic 1867 (Age 55 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 57 years)Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 66 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Marriage of a child | Thomas A Shemwell — Mary “Mollie” Donigan — View this family Type: Religious marriage September 15, 1885 (Age 73 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | Thomas A Shemwell February 1886 (Age 74 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Imogene Donigan about 1898 (Age 86 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 86 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
| Death of a wife | Eleanor Gravely October 23, 1905 (Age 93 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Thomas Willis McCabe — Mary “Mollie” Donigan — View this family July 5, 1911 (Age 99 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 104 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 105 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 106 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
 Death | unknown |
| Family with Eleanor Gravely |
| himself |
Thomas Donigan Birth: about 1812 — North Carolina, United States Death: |
| wife |
Eleanor Gravely Birth: about 1825 — North Carolina, United States Death: October 23, 1905 — Winston-Salem, Forsyth, North Carolina, United States |
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Marriage: — |
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| daughter |
Imogene Donigan Birth: March 21, 1858 46 33 — Leatherwood, Henry, Virginia, United States Death: about 1898 — Forsyth, North Carolina, United States |
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10 years daughter |
Mary “Mollie” Donigan Birth: 1867 55 42 — Virginia, United States Death: May 13, 1941 — Winston-Salem, Forsyth, North Carolina, United States |