Nancy Keziah ThompsonAge: 77 years1842–1920
- Name
- Nancy Keziah Thompson
- Given names
- Nancy Keziah
- Surname
- Thompson
- Married name
- Nancy Keziah Lankford
 Birth | November 26, 1842 30 19 |
 Birth of a brother | Thomas Leonard Thompson June 14, 1844 (Age 18 months) |
| Birth of a brother | Nathaniel S Thompson August 26, 1846 (Age 3 years) |
| Birth of a brother | William Lafayette Thompson February 1848 (Age 5 years) |
 Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 (Age 3 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 sister | Martha Cordelia Thompson March 29, 1850 (Age 7 years) Note: Paralel is listed in the 1850 Census - Must have been a name change? - b |
 Census | October 15, 1850 (Age 7 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Malinda Jane Thompson September 9, 1852 (Age 9 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Sarah Paralel Thompson February 18, 1854 (Age 11 years) Note: Paralel is listed in the 1850 Census - Must have been a name change? - b |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Nancy Shemwell December 3, 1855 (Age 13 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Henry Clay Thompson June 23, 1856 (Age 13 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Victoria Adeline Thompson September 3, 1857 (Age 14 years) |
| Birth of a brother | John Alexander Thompson February 3, 1859 (Age 16 years) |
| Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 14 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
| Census | June 9, 1860 (Age 17 years) |
 Marriage | John Perry Lankford — View this family September 15, 1860 (Age 17 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Elizabeth Adaline Lankford June 27, 1861 (Age 18 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 18 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 |
| Death of a brother | Nathaniel S Thompson October 5, 1866 (Age 23 years) |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 24 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 24 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Birth of a sister | Clara Chrissie “Ella” Thompson March 4, 1868 (Age 25 years) |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 26 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 35 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 maternal grandfather | Thomas Holland January 26, 1879 (Age 36 years) |
| Marriage of a child | George W Reynolds — Elizabeth Adaline Lankford — View this family December 28, 1879 (Age 37 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | John Henry Reynolds January 23, 1881 (Age 38 years) |
| Death of a sister | Martha Cordelia Thompson July 3, 1883 (Age 40 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #2 | Martha K Reynolds October 16, 1883 (Age 40 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #3 | James Robert Reynolds August 29, 1886 (Age 43 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #4 | Mary May Reynolds November 16, 1892 (Age 49 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #5 | Corda Jane “Cordie” Reynolds August 1, 1896 (Age 53 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 55 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 grandson #6 | Charles Elic Reynolds September 13, 1900 (Age 57 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #7 | Fred A Reynolds March 6, 1903 (Age 60 years) |
| Death of a father | Alexander Thompson April 10, 1903 (Age 60 years) |
| Death of a brother | Henry Clay Thompson April 4, 1904 (Age 61 years) |
| Death of a mother | Orva Adaline Holland March 29, 1909 (Age 66 years) |
| Death of a brother | Thomas Leonard Thompson May 11, 1915 (Age 72 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 73 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 74 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 75 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 | January 29, 1920 (Age 77 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Thompson Grove Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Alexander Thompson Birth: February 29, 1812 — Pulaski, Kentucky, United States Death: April 10, 1903 — Newton, Missouri, United States |
| mother |
Orva Adaline Holland Birth: January 14, 1823 25 22 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: March 29, 1909 — Newton, Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: June 10, 1841 — Hickory, Missouri, United States |
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18 months herself |
Nancy Keziah Thompson Birth: November 26, 1842 30 19 — Newton, Missouri, United States Death: January 29, 1920 — Newton, Missouri, United States |
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19 months younger brother |
Thomas Leonard Thompson Birth: June 14, 1844 32 21 — Newton, Missouri, United States Death: May 11, 1915 — Newton, Missouri, United States |
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2 years younger brother |
Nathaniel S Thompson Birth: August 26, 1846 34 23 — Missouri, United States Death: October 5, 1866 — Newton, Missouri, United States |
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18 months younger brother |
William Lafayette Thompson Birth: February 1848 35 25 — Newton, Missouri, United States Death: July 10, 1921 — Kansas City, Kansas, United States |
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2 years younger sister |
Martha Cordelia Thompson Birth: March 29, 1850 38 27 — Lost Creek, Newton, Missouri, United States Death: July 3, 1883 — Seneca, Newton, Missouri, United States |
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2 years younger sister |
Malinda Jane Thompson Birth: September 9, 1852 40 29 — Lost Creek, Newton, Missouri, United States Death: August 29, 1933 — Seneca, Newton, Missouri, United States |
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17 months younger sister |
Sarah Paralel Thompson Birth: February 18, 1854 41 31 — Lost Creek, Newton, Missouri, United States Death: January 16, 1928 — Webb City, Jasper, Missouri, United States |
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2 years younger brother |
Henry Clay Thompson Birth: June 23, 1856 44 33 — Lost Creek, Newton, Missouri, United States Death: April 4, 1904 — Newton, Missouri, United States |
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14 months younger sister |
Victoria Adeline Thompson Birth: September 3, 1857 45 34 — Lost Creek, Newton, Missouri, United States Death: January 8, 1945 — Siloam Springs, Benton, Arkansas, United States |
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17 months younger brother |
John Alexander Thompson Birth: February 3, 1859 46 36 — Lost Creek, Newton, Missouri, United States Death: January 27, 1942 |
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9 years younger sister |
Clara Chrissie “Ella” Thompson Birth: March 4, 1868 56 45 — Seneca, Newton, Missouri, United States Death: May 23, 1951 — Joplin, Jasper, Missouri, United States |
| Family with John Perry Lankford |
| husband |
John Perry Lankford Birth: February 7, 1839 — Indiana, United States Death: December 3, 1925 — Newton, Missouri, United States |
| herself |
Nancy Keziah Thompson Birth: November 26, 1842 30 19 — Newton, Missouri, United States Death: January 29, 1920 — Newton, Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: September 15, 1860 — |
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9 months daughter |
Elizabeth Adaline Lankford Birth: June 27, 1861 22 18 — Missouri, United States Death: December 25, 1937 — Newton, Missouri, United States |
| Census | 1850 United States - Census transcript - Alexander Thompson - Household
Lost Creek, Newton, Missouri
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| Census | 1860 United States - Census transcript - Alexander Thompson - Household
Lost Creek, Newton, Missouri
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