Name Info

William Shimmin DEATON 1878-c1950
Fathers:WILLIAM,LITTLEBERRY,ELIAS,JOSEPH,THOMAS,THOMAS,WILLIAM,WILLIAM\ROBERT,HENRY,RICHARD,THOMAS

Search.........Person
PAF-ID.........09112330
Gender.........male
Age............71y 10m 30d
Fam-Group......DEATON
Fam-ID.........DEATON
Citizenship....US born
Status.........deceased
Last-Marital...single

#Marriages.....0
#Divorces......0
#Sources.......3
#Events........1
#Images:.......0
#Comments......1
#Siblings......11
#Children......0

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Immigrant?.....no
Immig-Known?...no
Parent?........father
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Sibling?.......brother
Child?.........son
Twin...........no
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Parents and Siblings
  1. Parent: WILLIAM HAROLD DEATON, male, born:1844-06-13 Carroll county Arkansas, died:1916-01-29 (71y 7m 16d) Memphis (Shelby) Tennessee, Anc:1, Dad:LITTLEBERRY BIONEY DEATON, Mom:CHRISTINA A. WALKER, #M:1, #Cmnts:2, #SrcDocs:12
  2. Parent: ELIZABETH ANN CLENDENIN, female, born:1843-11-13 Tennessee, died:1919-11-28 (76y 0m 15d) Memphis (Shelby) Tennessee, Anc:1, Dad:SAMUEL G. CLENDENIN, Mom:MARIA MAYS, #M:1, #Cmnts:2, #SrcDocs:10
  3. Sibling: ROBERT CARNAHAN DEATON, male, born:1867-11-14 McNairy county Tennessee, died:1939-11-28 (72y 0m 14d) Los Angeles (Los Angeles) California, Anc:1, Dad:WILLIAM HAROLD DEATON, Mom:ELIZABETH ANN CLENDENIN, #M:3, #Cmnts:3, #SrcDocs:9
  4. Sibling: Samantha Idella DEATON, female, born:1869-07-10 Illinois, died:1950-11-24 (81y 4m 14d) , Dad:WILLIAM HAROLD DEATON, Mom:ELIZABETH ANN CLENDENIN, #M:1, #SrcDocs:2
  5. Sibling: Berry Fisher DEATON, male, born:1871-12-12 Tennessee, died:1940-01-01 (68y 0m 20d) California, Dad:WILLIAM HAROLD DEATON, Mom:ELIZABETH ANN CLENDENIN, #M:1, #SrcDocs:2
  6. Sibling: Arista Caroline DEATON, female, born:1873-12-17 Tennessee, died:1955 (81y 0m 15d) , Dad:WILLIAM HAROLD DEATON, Mom:ELIZABETH ANN CLENDENIN, #M:2, #SrcDocs:2
  7. Sibling: Gilbert Haven DEATON, male, born:1876-01-09 ?Missouri, died:1950-11-24 (74y 10m 15d) , Dad:WILLIAM HAROLD DEATON, Mom:ELIZABETH ANN CLENDENIN, #M:1, #SrcDocs:2
  8. Sibling: Christa Anna DEATON, female, born:1880-07-23 Tennessee, died:1967 (86y 5m 9d) , Dad:WILLIAM HAROLD DEATON, Mom:ELIZABETH ANN CLENDENIN, #M:1, #SrcDocs:2
  9. Sibling: Buna Jane DEATON, female, born:1882-12-23 Friendship (Crockett) Tennessee, died:1974-02 (91y 1m 9d) , Dad:WILLIAM HAROLD DEATON, Mom:ELIZABETH ANN CLENDENIN, #M:2, #SrcDocs:2
  10. Sibling: Frederick Jackson DEATON, male, born:1885-02-09 Springfield (Greene) Missouri, died:1885-02-12 (0y 0m 3d) Springfield (Greene) Missouri, Dad:WILLIAM HAROLD DEATON, Mom:ELIZABETH ANN CLENDENIN, #SrcDocs:2
  11. Sibling: Effie DEATON, female, born:1886-03-16 ?Springfield (Greene) Missouri, died:1886-03-19 (0y 0m 3d) ?Springfield (Greene) Missouri, Dad:WILLIAM HAROLD DEATON, Mom:ELIZABETH ANN CLENDENIN, #SrcDocs:2
  12. Sibling: Robert McDonald DEATON, male, born:1897-02-02 ?Tennessee, died:1897-07-07 (0y 5m 5d) ?Tennessee, Dad:WILLIAM HAROLD DEATON, Mom:ELIZABETH ANN CLENDENIN, #SrcDocs:2
  13. Sibling: Elizabeth Clendenin DEATON, female, born:1902 ?Tennessee, died:1904-11-20 (2y 10m 19d) ?Tennessee, Dad:WILLIAM HAROLD DEATON, Mom:ELIZABETH ANN CLENDENIN, #SrcDocs:2

Events
Birth
: 1878-02-02, Crockett county Tennessee
Census
: 1880 , Age:1y 10m 30d, Crockett county Tennessee, Role:census federal, W.S. age 2 b.TN with parents
Death
: c1950 , Age:71y 10m 30d

Places In
Miami (Dade) Florida
Crockett county Tennessee

General

William was the great grandfather of Lonnie Deaton of Seymour (Knox) Tennessee.


Sources
Letters from Lonnie Deaton, Seymour Tennessee, 1981


Historical
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