Thomas Jefferson OldhamAge: 80 years1841–1922
- Name
- Thomas Jefferson Oldham
- Given names
- Thomas Jefferson
- Surname
- Oldham
 Birth | June 3, 1841 41 32 |
 Birth of a sister | Nancy Caroline Oldham April 4, 1844 (Age 2 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Sarah Jeanette “Sallie” Oldham June 2, 1846 (Age 4 years) |
 Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 (Age 4 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 |
| Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 15 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
| Mlitiary Service | Civil War between June 28, 1861 and November 12, 1861 (Age 20 years)Note: Privt. Co. D - 1st North Carolina Infantry |
| Military service | Co. K 44th North Carolina Infantry between February 2, 1863 and April 18, 1865 (Age 21 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 19 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 |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 25 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 25 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
 Marriage | Esther Ann “Anna” Clegg — View this family September 1868 (Age 27 years) |
| Birth of a son #1 | Luther Clegg Oldham June 24, 1869 (Age 28 years) |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 27 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 | 1870 (Age 28 years) Address: Bingham Twnship |
| Census | August 24, 1870 (Age 29 years) |
| Death of a sister | Margaret Elizabeth Oldham November 1, 1877 (Age 36 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 36 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 mother | Elizabeth Ann Brewer December 22, 1885 (Age 44 years) |
| Death of a father | Thomas Douglas Oldham 1886 (Age 44 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 56 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 sister | Sarah Jeanette “Sallie” Oldham June 12, 1910 (Age 69 years) |
| Death of a wife | Esther Ann “Anna” Clegg 1914 (Age 72 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 74 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 75 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 76 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 | 1922 (Age 80 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Bethlehem Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Thomas Douglas Oldham Birth: October 7, 1799 — Chatham, North Carolina, United States Death: 1886 |
| mother |
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 elder brother |
George Alvie Oldham Birth: January 15, 1828 28 18 Death: |
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2 years elder sister |
Mary J Oldham Birth: April 19, 1830 30 21 Death: |
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23 months elder brother |
Alexander Oldham Birth: March 8, 1832 32 22 — North Carolina, United States Death: |
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5 years elder brother |
William Pleasant Oldham Birth: September 27, 1836 36 27 Death: |
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19 months elder sister |
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 elder brother |
Henry Clay Oldham Birth: May 22, 1839 39 30 Death: |
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2 years himself |
Thomas Jefferson Oldham Birth: June 3, 1841 41 32 — Orange, North Carolina, United States Death: 1922 |
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3 years younger sister |
Nancy Caroline Oldham Birth: April 4, 1844 44 35 Death: |
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2 years younger sister |
Sarah Jeanette “Sallie” Oldham Birth: June 2, 1846 46 37 Death: June 12, 1910 |
| Family with Esther Ann “Anna” Clegg |
| himself |
Thomas Jefferson Oldham Birth: June 3, 1841 41 32 — Orange, North Carolina, United States Death: 1922 |
| wife |
Esther Ann “Anna” Clegg Birth: 1843 Death: 1914 |
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Marriage: September 1868 — |
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10 months son |
Luther Clegg Oldham Birth: June 24, 1869 28 26 — Bingham, Orange, North Carolina, United States Death: November 10, 1934 — North Carolina, United States |
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| Mlitiary Service | Privt. Co. D - 1st North Carolina Infantry | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - Thomas Douglas Oldham - Household
Bingham, Orange, North Carolina
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