Thomas Douglas OldhamAge: 86 years1799–1886
- Name
- Thomas Douglas Oldham
- Given names
- Thomas Douglas
- Surname
- Oldham
 Birth | October 7, 1799 |
 Historical Event | The Louisiana Purchase 1803 (Age 3 years)Note: Napoleon Bonaparte agrees to sell 828,000 square miles of land to the United States for $15 million - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana_Purchase |
| Historical Event | War of 1812 between 1812 and 1815 (Age 12 years)Note: 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 |
 Marriage | Elizabeth Ann Brewer — View this family January 1827 (Age 27 years) |
 Birth of a son#1 | George Alvie Oldham January 15, 1828 (Age 28 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Mary J Oldham April 19, 1830 (Age 30 years) |
| Birth of a son #3 | Alexander Oldham March 8, 1832 (Age 32 years) |
| Historical Event | Cholera Epidemic 1832 (Age 32 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 35 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 |
| Birth of a son #4 | William Pleasant Oldham September 27, 1836 (Age 36 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #5 | Margaret Elizabeth Oldham May 7, 1838 (Age 38 years) |
| Birth of a son #6 | Henry Clay Oldham May 22, 1839 (Age 39 years) |
| Birth of a son #7 | Thomas Jefferson Oldham June 3, 1841 (Age 41 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #8 | Nancy Caroline Oldham April 4, 1844 (Age 44 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #9 | Sarah Jeanette “Sallie” Oldham June 2, 1846 (Age 46 years) |
| Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 (Age 46 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 grandson #1 | James Wilson “Jim” Strowd May 25, 1853 (Age 53 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Moses Strowd — Mary J Oldham — View this family February 22, 1855 (Age 55 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Alexander Oldham — Smitha A Pipkin — View this family December 15, 1858 (Age 59 years) Address: Goldsboro Northwest |
| Marriage of a child | Whitson Berry Shemwell — Margaret Elizabeth Oldham — View this family Type: Religious marriage October 20, 1859 (Age 60 years)Note: October 26, 1859 Hillsborough Recorder Newspaper |
| Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 57 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | Edward A Oldham about 1860 (Age 60 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #3 | Thomas A Shemwell 1860 (Age 60 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #4 | Dora Elizabeth Shemwell February 9, 1862 (Age 62 years) |
| Marriage of a child | William Gaston Stanford — Nancy Caroline Oldham — View this family February 7, 1863 (Age 63 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #5 | Lula Lea Shemwell August 17, 1864 (Age 64 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 61 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 |
| Marriage of a child | Michael W Moore — Sarah Jeanette “Sallie” Oldham — View this family October 1, 1865 (Age 65 years) |
| Marriage of a child | John Cheek — Margaret Elizabeth Oldham — View this family Type: Religious marriage December 21, 1865 (Age 66 years) |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 67 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 67 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Marriage of a child | Thomas Jefferson Oldham — Esther Ann “Anna” Clegg — View this family September 1868 (Age 68 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #6 | Luther Clegg Oldham June 24, 1869 (Age 69 years) |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 69 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 |
 Census | August 24, 1870 (Age 70 years) |
| Marriage of a child | William Pleasant Oldham — Sallie Pickett — View this family 1872 (Age 72 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Margaret Elizabeth Oldham November 1, 1877 (Age 78 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 78 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Death of a wife | Elizabeth Ann Brewer December 22, 1885 (Age 86 years) |
 Death | 1886 (Age 86 years) |
| Family with Elizabeth Ann Brewer |
| himself |
Thomas Douglas Oldham Birth: October 7, 1799 — Chatham, North Carolina, United States Death: 1886 |
| wife |
Elizabeth Ann Brewer Birth: March 9, 1809 — Orange, North Carolina, United States Death: December 22, 1885 — Hillsborough, Orange, North Carolina, United States |
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Marriage: January 1827 — Orange, North Carolina, United States |
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1 year son |
George Alvie Oldham Birth: January 15, 1828 28 18 Death: |
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2 years daughter |
Mary J Oldham Birth: April 19, 1830 30 21 Death: |
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23 months son |
Alexander Oldham Birth: March 8, 1832 32 22 — North Carolina, United States Death: |
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5 years son |
William Pleasant Oldham Birth: September 27, 1836 36 27 Death: |
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19 months daughter |
Margaret Elizabeth Oldham Birth: May 7, 1838 38 29 — North Carolina, United States Death: November 1, 1877 — Orange, North Carolina, United States |
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1 year son |
Henry Clay Oldham Birth: May 22, 1839 39 30 Death: |
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2 years son |
Thomas Jefferson Oldham Birth: June 3, 1841 41 32 — Orange, North Carolina, United States Death: 1922 |
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3 years daughter |
Nancy Caroline Oldham Birth: April 4, 1844 44 35 Death: |
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2 years daughter |
Sarah Jeanette “Sallie” Oldham Birth: June 2, 1846 46 37 Death: June 12, 1910 |
| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - Thomas Douglas Oldham - Household
Bingham, Orange, North Carolina
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