Edward Grant ThompsonAge: 87 years1866–1954
- Name
- Edward Grant Thompson
- Given names
- Edward Grant
- Surname
- Thompson
 Birth | August 9, 1866 44 39 |
 Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 4 months)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 4 months)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 2 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 |
 Birth of a brother | Thomas H Thompson 1871 (Age 4 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 11 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Census | June 1, 1880 (Age 13 years) |
| Death of a father | John Richard Thompson November 25, 1895 (Age 29 years) |
| Death of a sister | Sarah A A Thompson July 22, 1898 (Age 31 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 31 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 |
 Marriage | Effie Herring — View this family 1906 (Age 39 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Louise Gardner Thompson 1908 (Age 41 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | Edward Osborn Thompson 1909 (Age 42 years) |
| Census | April 29, 1910 (Age 43 years) |
| Death of a mother | Nancy C L F “Frances” Lee November 21, 1912 (Age 46 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 49 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 50 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 51 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/ |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 63 years)Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 75 years)Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 83 years)Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 79 years)Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War |
 Death | March 1, 1954 (Age 87 years) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
John Richard Thompson Birth: September 7, 1821 — South Carolina, United States Death: November 25, 1895 — Kentucky, United States |
| mother |
Nancy C L F “Frances” Lee Birth: October 28, 1826 25 24 — Logan, Kentucky, United States Death: November 21, 1912 — Daysville, Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: February 18, 1852 — Kentucky, United States |
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11 months elder sister |
Sarah A A Thompson Birth: January 23, 1853 31 26 — Illinois, United States Death: July 22, 1898 — Logan, Kentucky, United States |
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6 years elder brother |
Jonathon P Thompson Birth: December 1858 37 32 Death: July 26, 1859 — Logan, Kentucky, United States |
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13 months elder brother |
William F Thompson Birth: 1859 37 32 — Kentucky, United States Death: |
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3 years elder sister |
Gabie E Thompson Birth: 1861 39 34 — Kentucky, United States Death: |
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3 years elder brother |
John Netter Thompson Birth: 1863 41 36 — Kentucky, United States Death: |
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4 years himself |
Edward Grant Thompson Birth: August 9, 1866 44 39 — Kentucky, United States Death: March 1, 1954 — Elkton, Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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5 years younger brother |
Thomas H Thompson Birth: 1871 49 44 — Kentucky, United States Death: |
| Family with Effie Herring |
| himself |
Edward Grant Thompson Birth: August 9, 1866 44 39 — Kentucky, United States Death: March 1, 1954 — Elkton, Todd, Kentucky, United States |
| wife |
Effie Herring Birth: 1879 — Tennessee, United States Death: |
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Marriage: 1906 — |
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3 years daughter |
Louise Gardner Thompson Birth: 1908 41 29 — Kentucky, United States Death: |
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2 years son |
Edward Osborn Thompson Birth: 1909 42 30 — Kentucky, United States Death: |
Edward Grant Thompson has 29 first cousins recorded
Father's family (0)
Mother's family (29)
Parents George Morton Shemwell + Louisa M Lee
Parents William Gibson + Delilah Adeline Lee
Parents Robert Levi Thompson + Delilah Adeline Lee
Parents Charles Penic Lee + Virginia A Martin
Parents Charles Penic Lee + Amanda M Miller
Parents Howell B Edwards + Gabriella A Lee
| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - John Richard Thompson - Household
Gordonsville, Logan, Kentucky, United States
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Edward Grant Thompson - Household
Todd, Kentucky, United States
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