Jefferson Davis ThompsonAge: 63 years1861–1924
- Name
- Jefferson Davis Thompson
- Given names
- Jefferson Davis
- Surname
- Thompson
 Birth | February 13, 1861 |
 Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 47 days)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 |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 5 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 5 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 7 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 16 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Marriage | Mary Louise Epps — View this family August 5, 1886 (Age 25 years) |
 Birth of a son#1 | Arthur Clarence Thompson February 4, 1887 (Age 25 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Carrie Mae Thompson March 20, 1889 (Age 28 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | Ida Viola Thompson October 10, 1891 (Age 30 years) Address: Indian Territory |
| Birth of a daughter #4 | Nora Ellen Thompson March 12, 1893 (Age 32 years) Address: Indian Territory |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 37 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 |
| Birth of a son #5 | Albert Leroy “Roy” Thompson November 19, 1899 (Age 38 years) |
 Census | June 8, 1900 (Age 39 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Lola May Sisk December 10, 1907 (Age 46 years) |
| Census | April 15, 1910 (Age 49 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | William Alvin “Bart” Sisk Jr January 7, 1911 (Age 49 years) |
| Marriage of a child | William Alvin “Bart” Sisk — Carrie Mae Thompson — View this family June 3, 1911 (Age 50 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Fred Harrison Davis — Ida Viola Thompson — View this family 1913 (Age 51 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Arthur Clarence Thompson — Cora B Short — View this family about 1915 (Age 53 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #3 | Arthur Clarence Thompson Jr July 27, 1916 (Age 55 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 54 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Marriage of a child | Albert Leroy “Roy” Thompson — Flossie Faye Valentine — View this family March 10, 1917 (Age 56 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Lyndel Earl Russell — Nora Ellen Thompson — View this family April 26, 1917 (Age 56 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 55 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 56 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/ |
| Birth of a granddaughter #4 | Mary Louise Sisk October 18, 1919 (Age 58 years) |
| Census | January 24, 1920 (Age 58 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #5 | Frances Roberta Russell April 6, 1921 (Age 60 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #6 | Jack Nesbitt Sisk August 2, 1922 (Age 61 years) |
 Death | October 18, 1924 (Age 63 years) |
| Obituary | Jeff Davis Thompson Obituary October 21, 1924 (3 days after death) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: West Park Cemetery |
| Family with Mary Louise Epps |
| himself |
Jefferson Davis Thompson Birth: February 13, 1861 — Coesfield, Cooke, Texas, United States Death: October 18, 1924 — Hereford, Deaf Smith, Texas, United States |
| wife |
Mary Louise Epps Birth: October 21, 1865 25 23 — Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States Death: May 9, 1940 — Hereford, Deaf Smith, Texas, United States |
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Marriage: August 5, 1886 — Cooke, Texas, United States |
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6 months son |
Arthur Clarence Thompson Birth: February 4, 1887 25 21 — Oklahoma, United States Death: February 24, 1971 — Hereford, Deaf Smith, Texas, United States |
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2 years daughter |
Carrie Mae Thompson Birth: March 20, 1889 28 23 — Oklahoma, United States Death: April 27, 1973 — California, United States |
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3 years daughter |
Ida Viola Thompson Birth: October 10, 1891 30 25 — Oklahoma, United States Death: March 27, 1979 — Amarillo, Potter, Texas, United States |
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17 months daughter |
Nora Ellen Thompson Birth: March 12, 1893 32 27 — Oklahoma, United States Death: August 26, 1970 — Amarillo, Potter, Texas, United States |
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7 years son |
Albert Leroy “Roy” Thompson Birth: November 19, 1899 38 34 — Marietta, Love, Oklahoma, United States Death: April 20, 1969 — Hereford, Deaf Smith, Texas, United States |
| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Jefferson Davis Thompson - Household
ED 151 Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, United States
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Jefferson Davis Thompson - Household
ED 75 Hereford, Deaf Smith, Texas, United States
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Jefferson Davis Thompson - Household
ED 53 Hereford, Deaf Smith, Texas, United States
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