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WILLIAM HAROLD DEATON 1844 AR to 1916 TN
Fathers:LITTLEBERRY,ELIAS,JOSEPH,THOMAS,THOMAS,WILLIAM,WILLIAM\ROBERT,HENRY,RICHARD,THOMAS
WILLIAM HAROLD DEATON 1844 AR to 1916 TN
Fathers:LITTLEBERRY,ELIAS,JOSEPH,THOMAS,THOMAS,WILLIAM,WILLIAM\ROBERT,HENRY,RICHARD,THOMAS
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#Marriages.....1 #Divorces......0 #Sources.......12 #Events........1 #Images:.......23 #Comments......2 #Siblings......8 #Children......12 |
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Parents and Siblings
- Parent: LITTLEBERRY BIONEY DEATON, male, born:1820-08-11 McNairy county, Tennessee, died:Crockett county, Tennessee, Anc:1, Dad:ELIAS DEATON, Mom:ELIZABETH YARBOROUGH, #M:1, #SrcDocs:9
- Parent: CHRISTINA A. WALKER, female, born:1815 Tennessee, died:1886-08-31 (71y8m0d) Friendship, Crockett county, Tennessee, Anc:1, Dad:JAMES WALKER Sr., Mom:MARY POLLY CAMPBELL, #M:1, #SrcDocs:5
- Sibling: Jonathan Randolf DEATON, male, born:1839-06-22 Carroll county, Arkansas, died:Ozark, Johnson county, Illinois, Dad:LITTLEBERRY BIONEY DEATON, Mom:CHRISTINA A. WALKER, #SrcDocs:6
- Sibling: Martin Luther DEATON, male, born:1842-04-02 Carroll county, Arkansas, died:Stewart county, Tennessee, Dad:LITTLEBERRY BIONEY DEATON, Mom:CHRISTINA A. WALKER, #SrcDocs:6
- Sibling: Isaac Newton DEATON, male, born:1847-01-07 McNairy county, Tennessee, died:1933-12-08 (86y11m1d) Iron, Iron county, Missouri, Dad:LITTLEBERRY BIONEY DEATON, Mom:CHRISTINA A. WALKER, #SrcDocs:6
- Sibling: Elizabeth Jane DEATON, female, born:1849-03-07 McNairy county, Tennessee, died:1862 (12y9m25d) Tennessee, Dad:LITTLEBERRY BIONEY DEATON, Mom:CHRISTINA A. WALKER, #SrcDocs:6
- Sibling: George W. DEATON, male, born:1852-09-15 Tennessee, died:1933-10-31 (78y3m17d) Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee, Dad:LITTLEBERRY BIONEY DEATON, Mom:CHRISTINA A. WALKER, #M:1, #SrcDocs:6
- Sibling: Pitser Miller DEATON, male, born:1854-09-03 Tennessee, died:1932-11-27 (78y2m24d) Dyer county, Tennessee, Dad:LITTLEBERRY BIONEY DEATON, Mom:CHRISTINA A. WALKER, #M:3, #SrcDocs:5
- Sibling: Benjamin Franklin DEATON, male, born:1857-04-21 Hardeman county, Tennessee, died:1932-02-16 (21y3m11d) ?Finger, McNairy county, Tennessee, Dad:LITTLEBERRY BIONEY DEATON, Mom:CHRISTINA A. WALKER, #M:1, #SrcDocs:6
- Sibling: Robert Paine DEATON, male, born:1860-02-08 Hardeman county, Tennessee, died:1863 (2y10m24d) Hardeman county, Tennessee, Dad:LITTLEBERRY BIONEY DEATON, Mom:CHRISTINA A. WALKER, #SrcDocs:4
Spouse(s) and Children
- Marriage: 1867-02-17 Vienna, Johnson county, Illinois
- Spouse: ELIZABETH ANN CLENDENIN, female, born:1843-11-13 Tennessee, died:Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee, Anc:1, Dad:SAMUEL G. CLENDENIN, Mom:MARIA MAYS, #SrcDocs:10
- ..Child: ROBERT CARNAHAN DEATON, male, born:1867-11-14 McNairy county, Tennessee, died:1939-11-28 (63y1m18d) Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, California, Anc:1, Dad:WILLIAM HAROLD DEATON, Mom:ELIZABETH ANN CLENDENIN, #SrcDocs:9
- ..Child: Samantha Idella DEATON, female, born:1869-07-10 Illinois, died:1950-11-24 (81y4m14d) , Dad:WILLIAM HAROLD DEATON, Mom:ELIZABETH ANN CLENDENIN, #SrcDocs:2
- ..Child: Berry Fisher DEATON, male, born:1871-12-12 Tennessee, died:California, Dad:WILLIAM HAROLD DEATON, Mom:ELIZABETH ANN CLENDENIN, #SrcDocs:2
- ..Child: Arista Caroline DEATON, female, born:1873-12-17 Tennessee, died:1955 (81y0m15d) , Dad:WILLIAM HAROLD DEATON, Mom:ELIZABETH ANN CLENDENIN, #SrcDocs:2
- ..Child: Gilbert Haven DEATON, male, born:1876-01-09 ?Missouri, died:1950-11-24 (74y10m15d) , Dad:WILLIAM HAROLD DEATON, Mom:ELIZABETH ANN CLENDENIN, #SrcDocs:2
- ..Child: William Shimmin DEATON, male, born:1878-02-02 Crockett county, Tennessee, died:1950 (71y10m30d) , Dad:WILLIAM HAROLD DEATON, Mom:ELIZABETH ANN CLENDENIN, #SrcDocs:3
- ..Child: Christa Anna DEATON, female, born:1880-07-23 Tennessee, died:1967 (86y5m9d) , Dad:WILLIAM HAROLD DEATON, Mom:ELIZABETH ANN CLENDENIN, #SrcDocs:2
- ..Child: Buna Jane DEATON, female, born:1882-12-23 Friendship, Crockett county, Tennessee, died:1974-02 (91y1m9d) , Dad:WILLIAM HAROLD DEATON, Mom:ELIZABETH ANN CLENDENIN, #SrcDocs:2
- ..Child: Frederick Jackson DEATON, male, born:1885-02-09 Springfield, Greene county, Missouri, died:1885-02-12 (0y0m3d) Springfield, Greene county, Missouri, Dad:WILLIAM HAROLD DEATON, Mom:ELIZABETH ANN CLENDENIN, #SrcDocs:2
- ..Child: Effie DEATON, female, born:1886-03-16 ?Springfield, Greene county, Missouri, died:1886-03-19 (0y0m3d) ?Springfield, Greene county, Missouri, Dad:WILLIAM HAROLD DEATON, Mom:ELIZABETH ANN CLENDENIN, #SrcDocs:2
- ..Child: Robert McDonald DEATON, male, born:1897-02-02 ?Tennessee, died:?Tennessee, Dad:WILLIAM HAROLD DEATON, Mom:ELIZABETH ANN CLENDENIN, #SrcDocs:2
- ..Child: Elizabeth Clendenin DEATON, female, born:1902 ?Tennessee, died:?Tennessee, Dad:WILLIAM HAROLD DEATON, Mom:ELIZABETH ANN CLENDENIN, #SrcDocs:2
Events
Birth: 1844-06-13y0m0d, Carroll county Arkansas
Census: 1850 , Age:5y6m19d, McNairy county Tennessee, Role:census federal, William age 6 with parents, ImageID: D__0350
Census: 1860 , Age:15y6m19d, Hardeman county Tennessee, Role:census federal, William age 16 with parents, ImageID: D__0456
Military: 1864, Age:19y11m7d, Tennessee, Role:soldier, Union army, Civil War, in company F of the Union 3rd Illinois Calvary, was originally with Captain Polk's Light Artillery. According to his younger brother Benjamin, William and their older brother Jonathan fought in the battle at Shiloh. Benjamin was age five at the time and was living forty miles away with his mother. Benjamin said they could hear the battle going and his worried mother paced outside their house all day because she knew her sons were in that battle. Benjamin said he did not get to have anything to eat that day.
Married: 1867-02-17, Age:22y8m4d, Vienna, Johnson county, Illinois, Role:groom, ImageID: D__0421,D__0022
Census: 1870 , Age:25y6m19d, McNairy county Tennessee, Role:census federal, William H age 26 b.AR farmer, Eliza age 26 b.TN Robert C age 2 b.TN, Samantha I age 1 b.IL, 7th Civil District, post office of Purdy, ImageID: D__0091
Census: 1880 , Age:35y6m19d, Crockett county Tennessee, Role:census federal, William H age 36 b.AR farmer parents b.TN, E.A. [Elizabeth Ann] age 37 b.TN parents b.TN, six children with only initials given -- son R.C. age 12 b.TN, dau. S.I. age 10 b.IL, son B.F. age 8 b.TN, dau. A.C. age 6 b.TN, son G.H. age 4 b.TN, son W.S. age 2 b.TN 12th Civil District, 134, ImageID: D__0093
Job: 1896 , Age:51y6m19d, Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee, 1896 Memphis city directory has Robert C. Deaton as a switchman for the N C & St I Railroad and that he beds at 171 Georgia. It also listed is his father William H. Deaton who works for the Mem Car and Foundry Co. and resides at 171 Georgia., ImageID: D__0400
Job: 1896 , Age:51y6m19d, Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee, ImageID: D__0399
Census: 1900 , Age:55y6m19d, Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee, Role:census federal, William H b.06-__-1844 AR parents b.TN m.1867 railroad car builder, Elizabeth b.11-__ 1843 TN mother of 10 of which 8 were still living parents b.TN, Samantha b.IL seamstress, Arrista b.07-__-1870 IL m.______ Fogle, Anna b.12-__-1875 TN, boarders Henry Vincent [future husband to above Christa] b.01-__-1875 Kentucky and his brother Clarence b.03-__-1880 Kentucky Address was at 171 Georgia Street, ImageID: D__0065
Census: 1910 , Age:65y6m19d, Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee, Role:census federal, William age 66, Eliza age 66 both b.TN and both parents for both of them were born in Tennessee. Living with them were daughter Buna Klinck age 28 b.TN, granddaughter Annie M. Klinck age 7 b.TN.
Death: 1916-01-29, Age:71y7m16d, Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee, apoplexy, His death certificate information was given by his wife., ImageID: D__0348
Burial: 1916-01-31, Age:71y7m18d, Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee, Elmwood Cemetery, ImageID: D__0096,D__0136
Birth: ?, Missouri
Job: ?, railroad car builder, perhaps he also worked for the same Illinois Central Railroad that his oldest son Robert, Robert's oldest son Charles, and Charles's oldest son Charles all worked for. Two pages from a book that lists occupations of residents of Memphis.
1. Page 90 has four Deatons at 69 Carolina St (near the intersection with north-south running Main St): William H. Deaton inspector of cars for the K.C.,M,& B. railroad; Robert Deaton a repairer of cars for the same railroad; Gilbert Deaton works at Bluff City Stove Works; William (no occupation listed). Two other Deatons are listed: B.J. and Pinckney who both live at addresses different from all other Deatons.
2. Page 305 has five Deatons at 69 Carolina St (near the intersection with north-south running Main St): Wm H. car repairer; Robert C. car repairer; Adella, packer; Arista, packer; Gilbert, molder at H. Wetter Mnfg Co. No other Deatons are listed.
Livedin: ?, McNairy county Tennessee, As per the birth of his children, William apparently lived in Illinois, Tennessee and Missouri.
Livedin: between and 1916 , Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee, 1122 Beechwood, Living here at the time of his death
Will-proven: ?, Role:standalone, The Shelby county Tennessee county clerk office reports they are unable to find a will for William Deaton.
Birth: 1844-06-13y0m0d, Carroll county Arkansas
Census: 1850 , Age:5y6m19d, McNairy county Tennessee, Role:census federal, William age 6 with parents, ImageID: D__0350
Census: 1860 , Age:15y6m19d, Hardeman county Tennessee, Role:census federal, William age 16 with parents, ImageID: D__0456
Military: 1864, Age:19y11m7d, Tennessee, Role:soldier, Union army, Civil War, in company F of the Union 3rd Illinois Calvary, was originally with Captain Polk's Light Artillery. According to his younger brother Benjamin, William and their older brother Jonathan fought in the battle at Shiloh. Benjamin was age five at the time and was living forty miles away with his mother. Benjamin said they could hear the battle going and his worried mother paced outside their house all day because she knew her sons were in that battle. Benjamin said he did not get to have anything to eat that day.
Married: 1867-02-17, Age:22y8m4d, Vienna, Johnson county, Illinois, Role:groom, ImageID: D__0421,D__0022
Census: 1870 , Age:25y6m19d, McNairy county Tennessee, Role:census federal, William H age 26 b.AR farmer, Eliza age 26 b.TN Robert C age 2 b.TN, Samantha I age 1 b.IL, 7th Civil District, post office of Purdy, ImageID: D__0091
Census: 1880 , Age:35y6m19d, Crockett county Tennessee, Role:census federal, William H age 36 b.AR farmer parents b.TN, E.A. [Elizabeth Ann] age 37 b.TN parents b.TN, six children with only initials given -- son R.C. age 12 b.TN, dau. S.I. age 10 b.IL, son B.F. age 8 b.TN, dau. A.C. age 6 b.TN, son G.H. age 4 b.TN, son W.S. age 2 b.TN 12th Civil District, 134, ImageID: D__0093
Job: 1896 , Age:51y6m19d, Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee, 1896 Memphis city directory has Robert C. Deaton as a switchman for the N C & St I Railroad and that he beds at 171 Georgia. It also listed is his father William H. Deaton who works for the Mem Car and Foundry Co. and resides at 171 Georgia., ImageID: D__0400
Job: 1896 , Age:51y6m19d, Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee, ImageID: D__0399
Census: 1900 , Age:55y6m19d, Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee, Role:census federal, William H b.06-__-1844 AR parents b.TN m.1867 railroad car builder, Elizabeth b.11-__ 1843 TN mother of 10 of which 8 were still living parents b.TN, Samantha b.IL seamstress, Arrista b.07-__-1870 IL m.______ Fogle, Anna b.12-__-1875 TN, boarders Henry Vincent [future husband to above Christa] b.01-__-1875 Kentucky and his brother Clarence b.03-__-1880 Kentucky Address was at 171 Georgia Street, ImageID: D__0065
Census: 1910 , Age:65y6m19d, Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee, Role:census federal, William age 66, Eliza age 66 both b.TN and both parents for both of them were born in Tennessee. Living with them were daughter Buna Klinck age 28 b.TN, granddaughter Annie M. Klinck age 7 b.TN.
Death: 1916-01-29, Age:71y7m16d, Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee, apoplexy, His death certificate information was given by his wife., ImageID: D__0348
Burial: 1916-01-31, Age:71y7m18d, Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee, Elmwood Cemetery, ImageID: D__0096,D__0136
Birth: ?, Missouri
Job: ?, railroad car builder, perhaps he also worked for the same Illinois Central Railroad that his oldest son Robert, Robert's oldest son Charles, and Charles's oldest son Charles all worked for. Two pages from a book that lists occupations of residents of Memphis.
1. Page 90 has four Deatons at 69 Carolina St (near the intersection with north-south running Main St): William H. Deaton inspector of cars for the K.C.,M,& B. railroad; Robert Deaton a repairer of cars for the same railroad; Gilbert Deaton works at Bluff City Stove Works; William (no occupation listed). Two other Deatons are listed: B.J. and Pinckney who both live at addresses different from all other Deatons.
2. Page 305 has five Deatons at 69 Carolina St (near the intersection with north-south running Main St): Wm H. car repairer; Robert C. car repairer; Adella, packer; Arista, packer; Gilbert, molder at H. Wetter Mnfg Co. No other Deatons are listed.
Livedin: ?, McNairy county Tennessee, As per the birth of his children, William apparently lived in Illinois, Tennessee and Missouri.
Livedin: between and 1916 , Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee, 1122 Beechwood, Living here at the time of his death
Will-proven: ?, Role:standalone, The Shelby county Tennessee county clerk office reports they are unable to find a will for William Deaton.
Places In
Springfield, Greene county, Missouri
Carroll county, Arkansas
Vienna, Johnson county, Illinois
Friendship, Crockett county, Tennessee
Hardeman county, Tennessee
McNairy county, Tennessee
Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee
Springfield, Greene county, Missouri
Carroll county, Arkansas
Vienna, Johnson county, Illinois
Friendship, Crockett county, Tennessee
Hardeman county, Tennessee
McNairy county, Tennessee
Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee
General
Ancestry.com family of William H. Deaton and his wife Elizabeth Clendenin with their 7 children including ancestor Robert C. Deaton. This family living shown in Tennessee.
From the Memphis City Directories of 1888 to 1899, including father and son William H. Deaton and Robert C. Deaton, and all the abbreviations used by the directories (with some notations added inside the pair of brackets): · 1888 (by Dow): (only a George W. Deaton, a travel agent) · 1889 (by Dow): (only a George W. Deaton, a travel agent) · 1890 (by Dow): Robert [no middle initial given] Deaton,carp[enter?], r[esides?] Milburn G. & M. Co, and, William H. Deaton, car repairer K.C., F.S., & M. R.R., r 122 Arkansas Ave, and, W. Deaton, porter Milburn G. & M. Co · 1891 (by Dow): Robert [no middle initial given] Deaton, car repairer, K.C., M. & B. RR, r 39 Georgia, and, William H. Deaton, car repairer, K.C., M. & B. RR, r 69 Georgia, and, George Deaton, wks Milburn G. & M. Co, r 39 Georgia, and, George Deaton Jr., wks Milburn G. & M. Co, r 39 Georgia · 1891 (by Polk): Adella Deaton, packer, bds 69 Carolina, and, Arista Deaton, packer, bds 69 Carolina, and, Robert [no middle initial given] Deaton, brakeman K.C., M. & B. RR, res 67 Carolina, and, William H. Deaton, carp[enter?] K.C., M. & B. RR, res 67 Carolina · 1892 (by Dow): Robert [no middle initial given] Deaton, car repairer, K.C., Ft.S. & M. RR, r 69 Carolina, and, William H. Deaton, car repairer, K.C., M. & B. RR, r 69 Carolina, and, William Deaton r 69 Carolina, and, B.J. Deaton wks Milburn G. & M. Co · 1892 (by Polk): Robert C Deaton, car repairer, bds 69 Carolina, and, William H. Deaton, car repairer, res 69 Carolina, and, Gilbert Deaton, molder H Wetter Mnfg Co., bds 69 Carolina, and, William Deaton r 69 Carolina, and, B.J. Deaton wks Milburn G. & M. Co, and, Adella Deaton, packer, bds 69 Carolina, and, Arista Deaton, packer, bds 69 Carolina · 1893 (by Polk): Robert C Deaton, car repairer, res 119 Louisiana Ave, and, William H. Deaton, car repairer, K.C., M. & B. RR, res 313 Georgia, and, William C Deaton, molder, bds 313 Georgia, and, Gilbert Deaton, molder H Wetter Mnfg Co., bds 313 Georgia, and, Fisher B Deaton, car repairer, K.C., M. & B. RR, bds 313 Georgia, and, Adella Deaton, packer, bds 69 Carolina, and, Arista Deaton, packer, bds 69 Carolina · 1894 (by Polk): Robert C Deaton, switchman, I C R R, bds 138 N Broadway, and, William H. Deaton, car repairer, K.C., M. & B. RR, res 138 Broadway, and, Berry F Deaton, switchman, bds 138 N Broadway, and, George F, student, bds 500 Union Ave, and, Robert S Deaton, farmer, res Kerr Ave. NW cor Latham Ave · 1895 (by Polk): William H Deaton, carp, res 138 N Broadway, and, Miss Stella Deaton, wks Sl Pants Co, bds 138 N Broadway · 1896 (by Polk): Robert C Deaton, switchman, N C & St L RR, bds 171 Georgia, and, William H. Deaton, wks Mem Car & Foundry Co, res 171 Georgia, and, William S Deaton, molder H Wetter Mnfg Co, bds 171 Georgia, and, Fisher Deaton, molder, bds 171 Georgia, and, Gilbert H Deaton, molder H Wetter Mnfg Co., bds 171 Georgia, and, Miss Della Deaton, wks Southern Pants Factory, bds 171 Georgia, and, William Deaton, clk Binghamton Car Wks, bds n s Poplar 2 w of Merton Ave · 1897 (by Degaris): Robert C Deaton, switchman, I M RR, res 311 Carolina, and, William H. Deaton, agt Sun Life Ins Co, res 171 Georgia, and, William S Deaton, driver S Leob & Co, bds 171 Georgia, and, Fischer Deaton, molder H Wetter Mnfg Co., bds 171 Georgia, and, Gilbert H Deaton, molder H Wetter Mnfg Co., bds 171 Georgia, and, Miss Della Deaton, pantsmaker So Pants Mnfg Co, bds 171 Georgia, and, Miss Anna Deaton, pantsmaker So Pants Mnfg Co, bds 171 Georgia, and, Robert Deaton clk M P R R · 1898 (by Degaris): Robert C Deaton, switchman, K C F S & M RR, res 311 Carolina, and, William H. Deaton, solr, res 171 Georgia, and, William S Deaton, clk Shepherd Bros, bds 171 Georgia, and, Fisher E Deaton, molder, bds 171 Georgia, and, Gilbert H Deaton, molder H Wetter Mnfg Co., bds 171 Georgia, and, Miss Della Deaton, pantsmaker So Pants Mnfg Co, bds 171 Georgia, and, Miss Anna Deaton, bds 171 Georgia · 1898 (by Polk): Robert C Deaton, engine foreman, K C M & B RR, res 311 Carolina, and, William H. Deaton, canvasser Singer Mfg Co, res 171 Georgia, and, William S Deaton, clk Shepherd Bros, bds 171 Georgia, and, Fisher Deaton, bds 171 Georgia, and, Gilbert H Deaton, bds 171 Georgia, and, Miss Annie Deaton, pantsmaker Southern Pants Mfg Co, res 171 Georgia · 1899 (by Polk): Robert C Deaton, yardmaster, K C M & B RR, res 309 Carolina, and, William H. Deaton, sol Singer Mfg Co, bds 171 Georgia, and, William S Deaton, molder, bds 171 Georgia, and, Fisher Deaton, bds 171 Georgia, and, Gilbert H Deaton, bds 171 Georgia, and, Miss Banney [sic?] Deaton bds 171 Georgia, and Miss Della Deaton, pantsmaker So Pants Mfg Co, bds 171 Georgia See image D__0278 for a portion of an article, or write-up, about William Harold Deaton and his difficulties with military service and long-term employment. On his death certificate his wife listed his occupation as "None".
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D__0022 - Marriage Notation of William H. Deaton and Elizabeth Clendenin
D__0065 - 1900 Census for Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee with William Deaton Family
D__0091 - 1870 Census for McNairy County Tennessee with William Deaton and wife Elizabeth
D__0093 - 1880 Census for Crockett County Tennessee with William Deaton and wife Elizabeth
D__0094 - Military Record for John B. Ragland 1847 to 1857
D__0095 - 1910 Census for Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee, with William and Eliza Deaton
D__0096 - Headstone of William Deaton and Elizabeth Clendenin
D__0121 - City Directory for Memphis 1892 Dow pg.420, Deaton address and occupations
D__0122 - City Directory for Memphis 1892 Polk pg.305, Deaton address and occupations
D__0136 - Headstone of William Deaton in Elmwood Cemetery
D__0220 - Family of William H. Deaton and wife Elizabeth (Clendenin) Deaton
D__0278 - Article about William H. Deaton and His Life
D__0348 - Death Certificate of William H. Deaton
D__0350 - 1850 Census for McNairy county Tennessee with Family of Littleberry Deaton
D__0399 - City Directory for Memphis 1890
D__0400 - City Directory for Memphis 1896
D__0421 - Marriage record of William H. Deaton and Eliza[beth] Ann Clendenin
D__0442 - City Directory 1904 Polk of Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee with Deatons
D__0456 - 1860 Census for Hardeman county Tennessee with Littleberry Deaton Family
Z__0024 - Map of Counties of Tennessee
Z__0035 - Map of Counties of Illinois
Z__0037 - Map of Counties of Arkansas
Z__0043 - Map of Counties of Missouri
D__0022 - Marriage Notation of William H. Deaton and Elizabeth Clendenin
D__0065 - 1900 Census for Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee with William Deaton Family
D__0091 - 1870 Census for McNairy County Tennessee with William Deaton and wife Elizabeth
D__0093 - 1880 Census for Crockett County Tennessee with William Deaton and wife Elizabeth
D__0094 - Military Record for John B. Ragland 1847 to 1857
D__0095 - 1910 Census for Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee, with William and Eliza Deaton
D__0096 - Headstone of William Deaton and Elizabeth Clendenin
D__0121 - City Directory for Memphis 1892 Dow pg.420, Deaton address and occupations
D__0122 - City Directory for Memphis 1892 Polk pg.305, Deaton address and occupations
D__0136 - Headstone of William Deaton in Elmwood Cemetery
D__0220 - Family of William H. Deaton and wife Elizabeth (Clendenin) Deaton
D__0278 - Article about William H. Deaton and His Life
D__0348 - Death Certificate of William H. Deaton
D__0350 - 1850 Census for McNairy county Tennessee with Family of Littleberry Deaton
D__0399 - City Directory for Memphis 1890
D__0400 - City Directory for Memphis 1896
D__0421 - Marriage record of William H. Deaton and Eliza[beth] Ann Clendenin
D__0442 - City Directory 1904 Polk of Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee with Deatons
D__0456 - 1860 Census for Hardeman county Tennessee with Littleberry Deaton Family
Z__0024 - Map of Counties of Tennessee
Z__0035 - Map of Counties of Illinois
Z__0037 - Map of Counties of Arkansas
Z__0043 - Map of Counties of Missouri
Sources
Benjamin F. Deaton "Short Sketch of My Life", 1931, in reprint of father's book
Book 1890 Civil War Veterans Census For Tennessee
Book Eleven Months of Exile Life in Southern Illinois, LB Deaton, 1862
Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis Tennessee
Larry Wilson self-knowledge thru family
Letter from Delores Deaton Nader, Jackson Mississippi, 1981
Letter from Howard A. Deaton, St. Louis Missouri, 1980
Letters from Lonnie Deaton, Seymour Tennessee, 1981
Shelby County Tennessee Occupation Directory, 1892
Website http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/hall/history/book/deaton.txt
Website https://gw.geneanet.org
William H. Deaton death certificate, Memphis Tennessee, 1916
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Benjamin F. Deaton "Short Sketch of My Life", 1931, in reprint of father's book
Book 1890 Civil War Veterans Census For Tennessee
Book Eleven Months of Exile Life in Southern Illinois, LB Deaton, 1862
Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis Tennessee
Larry Wilson self-knowledge thru family
Letter from Delores Deaton Nader, Jackson Mississippi, 1981
Letter from Howard A. Deaton, St. Louis Missouri, 1980
Letters from Lonnie Deaton, Seymour Tennessee, 1981
Shelby County Tennessee Occupation Directory, 1892
Website http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/hall/history/book/deaton.txt
Website https://gw.geneanet.org
William H. Deaton death certificate, Memphis Tennessee, 1916
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1845: Tonga - Unification of the Kingdom of Tonga under Ta-ufa?a-hau (King George Tupou I)
1846-1847: United States - Mormon migration to Utah
1846-1848: United States, Mexico - The Mexican-American War leads to cession by Mexico of much of the modern-day Southwestern United States
1847-1901: Mexico - The Caste War of Yucatan
1848-1849: Pakistan - Second Anglo-Sikh War in Punjab (Pakistan) between the Sikh Empire and the British East India Company, this war basically ends the Sikh Empire
1848-1858: United States - California Gold Rush
1848: Europe - Revolutions of 1848 in Europe as some type of revolution occurred in most all European countries (except England and the Netherlands), the revolutions were quickly put down as they were mostly unorganized peasants
1848: Russia - The Communist Manifesto published
1848: United States - Seneca Falls Convention is the first rights for women convention in the United States and leads to the battle for suffrage and legal rights for women
1850: Europe - The Little Ice Age ends around this time
1851-1852: South America - The Platine War (also known as the War against Oribe and Rosas) fought between the Argentine Confederation and an alliance consisting of the Empire of Brazil, Uruguay and the Argentine provinces of Entre Rios and Corrientes, the war was part of a long-running contest between Argentina and Brazil for Influence over Uruguay and Paraguay, and hegemony over the regions bordering the Rio de la Plata (River Plate), the conflict took place in Uruguay, on the Rio de la Plata and in the northeast of Argen
1851-1864: China - The Taiping Rebellion in China is the bloodiest conflict of the century
1851-60s: Australia - Victorian gold rush in Australia
1851: England - The Great Exhibition in London was the first International Expo or Worlds Fair
1853-1856: Ukraine, France, England, Turkey, Russia - Crimean War between France, the United Kingdom, the Ottoman Empire and Russia
1854: Japan - The Convention of Kanagawa formally ends policy of Isolation by Japan
1855: England - Henry Bessemer Invents a process that enables steel to be mass produced from molten pig Iron
1856: Romania - First oil refinery in Romania
1857-1858: India - Indian Rebellion of 1857 (also known as First War of Independence for India, the Great Rebellion, the Indian Mutiny, the Revolt of 1857, the Uprising of 1857, the Sepoy Rebellion and the Sepoy Mutiny), It began as a mutiny of native soldiers (sepoys) employed by the British East India Company's army
1859: England - Charles Darwin publishes "The Origin of Species", It is a work of scientific literature considered to be the foundation of evolutionary biology, Its full title is "On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life", It presents a body of evidence that the diversity of life arose by common descent through a branching pattern of evolution and Includes evidence Darwin gathered on the Beagle expedition in the 1830s and his subsequent findings
1861-1865: United States - American Civil War between the Union and seceding Confederacy
1861-1867: France, Mexico - French Intervention in Mexico and the creation of the Second Mexican Empire, ruled by Maximilian I of Mexico and his consort Carlota of Mexico
1861: Russia - Russia abolishes serfdom
1862-1877: China - Muslim Rebellion in northwest China
1863-1865: Poland, Russia - Polish uprising against the Russian Empire
1863: Iraq - Baha u llah declares His station as "He whom God shall make manifest", this date is celebrated in the Baha I Faith as The Festival of Ridvan
1863: Switzerland - Formation of the International Red Cross is followed by the adoption of the First Geneva Convention in 1864
1864-1866: Peru, Chile, Spain - The Chincha Islands War was an attempt by Spain to regain Its South American colonies in Peru and Cile
1864-1870: Paraguay - The War of the Triple Alliance ends Paraguayan ambitions for expansion and destroys much of the Paraguayan population
1865-1877: United States - Reconstruction in the United States, slavery is banned in the United States by the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
1865: United States - April 14, 1865, United States President Abraham Lincoln is assassinated while attending a performance at Fords Theater, Washington, D.C., he dies approximately nine hours after being shot on April 15, 1865
1865: United States - April 9, 1865 Robert E. Lee surrenders the Army of Northern Virginia (26,765 troops) to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia, effectively ending the American Civil War
1866-1868: Finland - Famine in Finland
1866-1869: Japan - After the Meiji Restoration, Japan embarks on a program of rapid modernization
1866: England, United States - Successful transatlantic telegraph cable follows an earlier attempt in 1858 by Cyrus West Field, the first cable used for telegraph communications laid across the floor of the Atlantic Ocean crosees from the Telegraph Field, Foilhommerum Bay, Valentia Island, in western Ireland to Hearts Content in eastern Newfoundland, messages that took at least ten days to deliver by ship now took only minutes
1866: Germany, Austria - Austro-Prussian War results in the dissolution of the German Confederation and the creation of the North German Confederation and the Austrian-Hungarian Dual Monarchy
1867: Canada - Canadian Confederation formed
1867: Serbia, Turkey - The Principality of Serbia passes a Constitution which defines Its Independence from the Ottoman Empire, International recognition followed in 1878
1867: United States, Russia - The United States purchased Alaska from Russia
1868: United States - The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was approved
1868: United States - The Expatriation Act is approved by Congress, guaranteeing U.S. citizens the right to expatriate, coupled with the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution approved only one day later, the Expatriation Act allows U.S. citizens to renounce federal citizenship in order to regain Constitutional rights ceded by U.S. citizens as defined by the 14th Amendment
1869: Egypt - The Suez Canal opens linking the Mediterranean to the Red Sea
1869: United States - First Transcontinental Railroad completed in United States on May 10
1870-1871: France, Germany, Italy - The Franco-Prussian War results in the unifications of Germany and Italy, the collapse of the Second French Empire, the breakdown of Pax Britannica, and the emergence of a New Imperialism
1870s-1890s: Europe, United States - Long Depression in Western Europe and North America
1871-1872: Iran - Famine in Persia is believed to have caused the death of two million
1871-1914: Europe, United States - Second Industrial Revolution, also known as the Technological Revolution, a phase of the larger Industrial Revolution in the period from the last half of the 19th century until about the time of World War I
1872: United States - Yellowstone National Park is created
1873: England - James Clerk Maxwell publishes "A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism", a set of four partial differential equations describing how the electric and magnetic fields relate to their sources, charge density and current density, and how they develop with time
1874-1875: Spain - First Republic in Spain
1874: France - The Societe Anonyme Cooperative des Artistes Peintres, Sculpteurs, and Graveurs, better known today as the Impressionists organize and present their first public group exhibition at the Paris studio of the photographer Nadar
1874: India, England - The British East India Company is dissolved
1875-1900: India - 26 million in India perish due to famine
1876-1879: China - 13 million die of famine in northern China
1876-1914: United States - The massive expansion in population, territory, Industry and wealth in the United States is referred to as the Gilded Age
1876: Bulgaria - The Bulgarian revolt against Ottoman rule
1877-1878: Europe - Following the tenth Russo-Turkish War, the Treaty of Berlin recognizes formal Independence of the Principality of Serbia, Montenegro and Romania, Bulgaria becomes autonomous
1877: United States - Great Railroad Strike in the United States may have been the first nationwide labor strike
1878: United States - First commercial telephone exchange in New Haven, Connecticut
1879-1883: Chile, Peru, Bolivia - Chile battles with Peru and Bolivia over Andean territory in the War of the Pacific
1879: South Africa - Anglo-Zulu War in South Africa
1880-1881: England, South Africa - the First Boer War between England and the Dutch-speaking Inhabitants of South Africa
1881-1899: Sudan - The Mahdist War in Sudan
1881: England - First electrical power plant and grid in Godalming, Britain
1882: England, Egypt - The British Invasion and the subsequent occupation of Egypt
1883: Indonesia - Krakatau (often mispelled Krakatoa) volcano explosion in Indonesia (Java and Sumatra)
1884-1885: Africa - The Berlin Conference signals the start of the European "scramble for Africa", attending nations also agree to ban trade in slaves
1884-1885: Japan, Korea - The Sino-French War led to the formation of French Indochina
1885: United States - Singer begins production of the "Vibrating Shuttle" which would become the Model T of sewing machines
1886: Russia - Russian-Circassian War ended with the defeat and the exile of many Circassians, Imam Shamil defeated
1888: Brazil - Slavery banned in Brazil
1888: England - Jack the Ripper is believed to have begun murdering in August and murdered his last victim in November
1889: Brazil - End of the Brazilian Empire and the beginning of the Brazilian Republic
1889: France - Eiffel tower was Inaugurated in Paris
1889: India - Mirza Ghulam Ahmad establishes the Ahmadi Muslim Community
1890: United States - The Wounded Knee Massacre was the last battle in the American Indian Wars, this event represents the end of the American Old West
1891: United States - James Naismith in Springfield, Massachusetts, Invents basketball
1894-1895: Japan, Korea - After the First Sino-Japanese War, China cedes Taiwan to Japan and grants Japan a free hand in Korea
1895-1896: Ethiopia, Italy - Ethiopia defeats Italy in the First Italo-Ethiopian War
1896: Canada - Klondike Gold Rush in Canada
1896: Greece - Olympic Games revived in Athens
1896: Philippines, Spain - Philippine Revolution ends declaring Philippines free from Spanish rule
1897: Korea - Gojong, or Emperor Gwangmu, proclaims the short-lived Korean Empire lasts until 1910
1898-1900: China - The Boxer Rebellion in China is suppressed by an Eight-Nation Alliance
1898-1902: Colombia - The One Thousand Days war in Colombia breaks out between the "Liberales" and "Conservadores", culminating with the loss of Panama in 1903
1898: United States, Cuba, Philippines - The United States gains control of Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines after the Spanish-American War
1899: England, South Africa - Second Boer War begins, lasting until 1902
1844: Haiti - Dominican War of Independence from Haiti
1844: Iran - Persian Prophet the Bab announces his revelation on May 23, founding Babism, he announced to the world of the coming of "He whom God shall make manifest", he is considered the forerunner of Baha u llah, the founder of the Baha I Faith
1844: United States - First publicly funded telegraph line in the world, It is between Baltimore and Washington and sends demonstration message on May 24, ushering in the age of the telegraph, this message read "What hath God wrought?" (Bible, Numbers 23:23)
1844: United States - Millerite (followers of the teachings of William Miller) movement awaits the Second Advent of Jesus Christ on October 22, the non-appearance of Christ becomes known as the Great Disappointment
1845-1846: Pakistan - First Anglo-Sikh War in Punjab (Pakistan) between the Sikh Empire and the British East India Company
1845-1849: Ireland - The Irish Potato Famine led to the Irish diaspora
1845-1872: New Zealand - The New Zealand Land Wars
1845: Tonga - Unification of the Kingdom of Tonga under Ta-ufa?a-hau (King George Tupou I)
1846-1847: United States - Mormon migration to Utah
1846-1848: United States, Mexico - The Mexican-American War leads to cession by Mexico of much of the modern-day Southwestern United States
1847-1901: Mexico - The Caste War of Yucatan
1848-1849: Pakistan - Second Anglo-Sikh War in Punjab (Pakistan) between the Sikh Empire and the British East India Company, this war basically ends the Sikh Empire
1848-1858: United States - California Gold Rush
1848: Europe - Revolutions of 1848 in Europe as some type of revolution occurred in most all European countries (except England and the Netherlands), the revolutions were quickly put down as they were mostly unorganized peasants
1848: Russia - The Communist Manifesto published
1848: United States - Seneca Falls Convention is the first rights for women convention in the United States and leads to the battle for suffrage and legal rights for women
1850: Europe - The Little Ice Age ends around this time
1851-1852: South America - The Platine War (also known as the War against Oribe and Rosas) fought between the Argentine Confederation and an alliance consisting of the Empire of Brazil, Uruguay and the Argentine provinces of Entre Rios and Corrientes, the war was part of a long-running contest between Argentina and Brazil for Influence over Uruguay and Paraguay, and hegemony over the regions bordering the Rio de la Plata (River Plate), the conflict took place in Uruguay, on the Rio de la Plata and in the northeast of Argen
1851-1864: China - The Taiping Rebellion in China is the bloodiest conflict of the century
1851-60s: Australia - Victorian gold rush in Australia
1851: England - The Great Exhibition in London was the first International Expo or Worlds Fair
1853-1856: Ukraine, France, England, Turkey, Russia - Crimean War between France, the United Kingdom, the Ottoman Empire and Russia
1854: Japan - The Convention of Kanagawa formally ends policy of Isolation by Japan
1855: England - Henry Bessemer Invents a process that enables steel to be mass produced from molten pig Iron
1856: Romania - First oil refinery in Romania
1857-1858: India - Indian Rebellion of 1857 (also known as First War of Independence for India, the Great Rebellion, the Indian Mutiny, the Revolt of 1857, the Uprising of 1857, the Sepoy Rebellion and the Sepoy Mutiny), It began as a mutiny of native soldiers (sepoys) employed by the British East India Company's army
1859: England - Charles Darwin publishes "The Origin of Species", It is a work of scientific literature considered to be the foundation of evolutionary biology, Its full title is "On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life", It presents a body of evidence that the diversity of life arose by common descent through a branching pattern of evolution and Includes evidence Darwin gathered on the Beagle expedition in the 1830s and his subsequent findings
1861-1865: United States - American Civil War between the Union and seceding Confederacy
1861-1867: France, Mexico - French Intervention in Mexico and the creation of the Second Mexican Empire, ruled by Maximilian I of Mexico and his consort Carlota of Mexico
1861: Russia - Russia abolishes serfdom
1862-1877: China - Muslim Rebellion in northwest China
1863-1865: Poland, Russia - Polish uprising against the Russian Empire
1863: Iraq - Baha u llah declares His station as "He whom God shall make manifest", this date is celebrated in the Baha I Faith as The Festival of Ridvan
1863: Switzerland - Formation of the International Red Cross is followed by the adoption of the First Geneva Convention in 1864
1864-1866: Peru, Chile, Spain - The Chincha Islands War was an attempt by Spain to regain Its South American colonies in Peru and Cile
1864-1870: Paraguay - The War of the Triple Alliance ends Paraguayan ambitions for expansion and destroys much of the Paraguayan population
1865-1877: United States - Reconstruction in the United States, slavery is banned in the United States by the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
1865: United States - April 14, 1865, United States President Abraham Lincoln is assassinated while attending a performance at Fords Theater, Washington, D.C., he dies approximately nine hours after being shot on April 15, 1865
1865: United States - April 9, 1865 Robert E. Lee surrenders the Army of Northern Virginia (26,765 troops) to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia, effectively ending the American Civil War
1866-1868: Finland - Famine in Finland
1866-1869: Japan - After the Meiji Restoration, Japan embarks on a program of rapid modernization
1866: England, United States - Successful transatlantic telegraph cable follows an earlier attempt in 1858 by Cyrus West Field, the first cable used for telegraph communications laid across the floor of the Atlantic Ocean crosees from the Telegraph Field, Foilhommerum Bay, Valentia Island, in western Ireland to Hearts Content in eastern Newfoundland, messages that took at least ten days to deliver by ship now took only minutes
1866: Germany, Austria - Austro-Prussian War results in the dissolution of the German Confederation and the creation of the North German Confederation and the Austrian-Hungarian Dual Monarchy
1867: Canada - Canadian Confederation formed
1867: Serbia, Turkey - The Principality of Serbia passes a Constitution which defines Its Independence from the Ottoman Empire, International recognition followed in 1878
1867: United States, Russia - The United States purchased Alaska from Russia
1868: United States - The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was approved
1868: United States - The Expatriation Act is approved by Congress, guaranteeing U.S. citizens the right to expatriate, coupled with the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution approved only one day later, the Expatriation Act allows U.S. citizens to renounce federal citizenship in order to regain Constitutional rights ceded by U.S. citizens as defined by the 14th Amendment
1869: Egypt - The Suez Canal opens linking the Mediterranean to the Red Sea
1869: United States - First Transcontinental Railroad completed in United States on May 10
1870-1871: France, Germany, Italy - The Franco-Prussian War results in the unifications of Germany and Italy, the collapse of the Second French Empire, the breakdown of Pax Britannica, and the emergence of a New Imperialism
1870s-1890s: Europe, United States - Long Depression in Western Europe and North America
1871-1872: Iran - Famine in Persia is believed to have caused the death of two million
1871-1914: Europe, United States - Second Industrial Revolution, also known as the Technological Revolution, a phase of the larger Industrial Revolution in the period from the last half of the 19th century until about the time of World War I
1872: United States - Yellowstone National Park is created
1873: England - James Clerk Maxwell publishes "A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism", a set of four partial differential equations describing how the electric and magnetic fields relate to their sources, charge density and current density, and how they develop with time
1874-1875: Spain - First Republic in Spain
1874: France - The Societe Anonyme Cooperative des Artistes Peintres, Sculpteurs, and Graveurs, better known today as the Impressionists organize and present their first public group exhibition at the Paris studio of the photographer Nadar
1874: India, England - The British East India Company is dissolved
1875-1900: India - 26 million in India perish due to famine
1876-1879: China - 13 million die of famine in northern China
1876-1914: United States - The massive expansion in population, territory, Industry and wealth in the United States is referred to as the Gilded Age
1876: Bulgaria - The Bulgarian revolt against Ottoman rule
1877-1878: Europe - Following the tenth Russo-Turkish War, the Treaty of Berlin recognizes formal Independence of the Principality of Serbia, Montenegro and Romania, Bulgaria becomes autonomous
1877: United States - Great Railroad Strike in the United States may have been the first nationwide labor strike
1878: United States - First commercial telephone exchange in New Haven, Connecticut
1879-1883: Chile, Peru, Bolivia - Chile battles with Peru and Bolivia over Andean territory in the War of the Pacific
1879: South Africa - Anglo-Zulu War in South Africa
1880-1881: England, South Africa - the First Boer War between England and the Dutch-speaking Inhabitants of South Africa
1881-1899: Sudan - The Mahdist War in Sudan
1881: England - First electrical power plant and grid in Godalming, Britain
1882: England, Egypt - The British Invasion and the subsequent occupation of Egypt
1883: Indonesia - Krakatau (often mispelled Krakatoa) volcano explosion in Indonesia (Java and Sumatra)
1884-1885: Africa - The Berlin Conference signals the start of the European "scramble for Africa", attending nations also agree to ban trade in slaves
1884-1885: Japan, Korea - The Sino-French War led to the formation of French Indochina
1885: United States - Singer begins production of the "Vibrating Shuttle" which would become the Model T of sewing machines
1886: Russia - Russian-Circassian War ended with the defeat and the exile of many Circassians, Imam Shamil defeated
1888: Brazil - Slavery banned in Brazil
1888: England - Jack the Ripper is believed to have begun murdering in August and murdered his last victim in November
1889: Brazil - End of the Brazilian Empire and the beginning of the Brazilian Republic
1889: France - Eiffel tower was Inaugurated in Paris
1889: India - Mirza Ghulam Ahmad establishes the Ahmadi Muslim Community
1890: United States - The Wounded Knee Massacre was the last battle in the American Indian Wars, this event represents the end of the American Old West
1891: United States - James Naismith in Springfield, Massachusetts, Invents basketball
1894-1895: Japan, Korea - After the First Sino-Japanese War, China cedes Taiwan to Japan and grants Japan a free hand in Korea
1895-1896: Ethiopia, Italy - Ethiopia defeats Italy in the First Italo-Ethiopian War
1896: Canada - Klondike Gold Rush in Canada
1896: Greece - Olympic Games revived in Athens
1896: Philippines, Spain - Philippine Revolution ends declaring Philippines free from Spanish rule
1897: Korea - Gojong, or Emperor Gwangmu, proclaims the short-lived Korean Empire lasts until 1910
1898-1900: China - The Boxer Rebellion in China is suppressed by an Eight-Nation Alliance
1898-1902: Colombia - The One Thousand Days war in Colombia breaks out between the "Liberales" and "Conservadores", culminating with the loss of Panama in 1903
1898: United States, Cuba, Philippines - The United States gains control of Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines after the Spanish-American War
1899: England, South Africa - Second Boer War begins, lasting until 1902