Andrew Thomas1838–
- Name
- Andrew Thomas
- Given names
- Andrew
- Surname
- Thomas
 Birth | 1838 |
 Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 (Age 8 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 19 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 23 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 29 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 29 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 31 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 son#1 | Richard “Dick” Thomas April 11, 1872 (Age 34 years) |
 Marriage | Mary Jane “Nancy” Shemwell — View this family before 1873 (Age 35 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Amanda Ellen Thomas February 29, 1876 (Age 38 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 40 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Marriage of a child | George Washington Hopkins — Amanda Ellen Thomas — View this family December 4, 1893 (Age 55 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Blanch Mable Hopkins October 11, 1894 (Age 56 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Richard “Dick” Thomas — Mary Catherine Gross — View this family March 17, 1896 (Age 58 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | Leo Martin Thomas August 22, 1897 (Age 59 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 60 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 granddaughter #3 | Ruth Viola Hopkins March 2, 1900 (Age 62 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #4 | Mae Mildred Hopkins February 26, 1905 (Age 67 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Richard “Dick” Thomas — Mary Geneva “Mamie” Russell — View this family July 28, 1906 (Age 68 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #5 | Goldie Thomas May 8, 1907 (Age 69 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #6 | Robert Michael Hopkins 1908 (Age 70 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #7 | Everett Guy Thomas February 21, 1910 (Age 72 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #8 | Marjorie Ellen Thomas August 25, 1913 (Age 75 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Amanda Ellen Thomas August 22, 1915 (Age 77 years) |
| Death of a grandson | Robert Michael Hopkins 1916 (Age 78 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 78 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 79 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 80 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 of a wife | Mary Jane “Nancy” Shemwell March 31, 1920 (Age 82 years) Cause: Old Age |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 91 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 103 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 | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 108 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 | unknown |
| Family with Mary Jane “Nancy” Shemwell |
| himself |
Andrew Thomas Birth: 1838 — North Carolina, United States Death: |
| wife |
Mary Jane “Nancy” Shemwell Birth: September 16, 1835 34 34 — Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: March 31, 1920 — Guthrie, Logan, Oklahoma, United States |
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Marriage: before 1873 — |
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-9 months son |
Richard “Dick” Thomas Birth: April 11, 1872 34 36 — Saline, Missouri, United States Death: September 6, 1949 — Lexington, Cleveland, Oklahoma, United States |
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4 years daughter |
Amanda Ellen Thomas Birth: February 29, 1876 38 40 — Pilot Grove, Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: August 22, 1915 — Guthrie, Logan, Oklahoma, United States |
| Fielding Cook + Mary Jane “Nancy” Shemwell |
| wife’s husband |
Fielding Cook Birth: estimated 1835 — Indiana, United States Death: December 28, 1864 — Alton Prison, Alton, Madison, Illinois, United States |
| wife |
Mary Jane “Nancy” Shemwell Birth: September 16, 1835 34 34 — Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: March 31, 1920 — Guthrie, Logan, Oklahoma, United States |
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Marriage: December 14, 1854 — Cooper, Missouri, United States |
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1 month step-son |
James Thomas Milton Cook Birth: 1854 19 18 — Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: |
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4 years step-daughter |
Nancy Jane Cook Birth: 1857 22 21 — Missouri, United States Death: before August 1880 — Pettis, Missouri, United States |
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3 years step-son |
John William “J.W.” Cook Birth: April 4, 1860 25 24 — Nelson, Saline, Missouri, United States Death: December 2, 1954 — Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, United States |
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2 years step-son |
Everett Fielding Cook Birth: September 16, 1862 27 27 — Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: April 16, 1931 — Pettis, Missouri, United States |
| Andrew Cook + Mary Jane “Nancy” Shemwell |
| wife’s husband |
Andrew Cook Birth: 1838 — Indiana, United States Death: April 1870 — Pilot Grove, Cooper, Missouri, United States |
| wife |
Mary Jane “Nancy” Shemwell Birth: September 16, 1835 34 34 — Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: March 31, 1920 — Guthrie, Logan, Oklahoma, United States |
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Marriage: September 11, 1866 — Pilot Grove, Cooper, Missouri, United States |
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-18 months step-daughter |
Georgeann Isabelle “Belle” Cook Birth: March 12, 1865 27 29 — Pilot Grove, Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: December 27, 1941 — Guthrie, Logan, Oklahoma, United States |
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4 years step-daughter |
May Margaret “Maggie” Cook Birth: December 5, 1868 30 33 — Pilot Grove, Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: July 4, 1938 — Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States |
| Cornelius Cornine + Mary Jane “Nancy” Shemwell |
| wife’s husband |
Cornelius Cornine Birth: about 1804 — New York, United States Death: December 9, 1883 — Lawrence, Missouri, United States |
| wife |
Mary Jane “Nancy” Shemwell Birth: September 16, 1835 34 34 — Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: March 31, 1920 — Guthrie, Logan, Oklahoma, United States |
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Marriage: September 13, 1878 — Cooper, Missouri, United States |