Name Info

Gordon A. Lawhead 1880-1960

Search.........Person
Gender.........male
PAF-ID.........09112347
Age............80y 2m 5d
Fam-Group......DEATON
Fam-ID.........DEATON
Citizenship....US born
Status.........deceased
Last-Marital...married

#Marriages.....1
#Divorces......0
#Sources.......2
#Events........1
#Images:.......0
#Comments......0
#Siblings......0
#Children......1

Person-Type....T
Immigrant?.....no
Immig-Known?...no
Parent?........father
Spouse?........husband
Sibling?.......brother
Child?.........son
Twin...........no
Adopted?.......

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Burial.........Forest Hill Cemetery

Parents and Siblings
  1. Parent: Gordon A. Lawhead
  2. Parent: Gordon A. Lawhead

Spouse(s) and Children
  1. Marriage: 1912-02-25 Memphis (Shelby) Tennessee
  2. Spouse: 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, #SrcDocs:2
  3. ..Child: Gordon A. Lawhead Jr., male, born:1916-10-03 Memphis (Shelby) Tennessee, died:1936-2006 (19y 2m 29d) , Dad:Gordon A. Lawhead, Mom:Buna Jane DEATON, #SrcDocs:1

Events
Birth
: 1880-07-12, Age:80y 2m 5d, Evansville, Vanderburgh county, Indiana
Married
: 1912-02-25, Age:80y 2m 5d, Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee, Role:groom
Death
: 1960-09-17, Age:80y 2m 5d, Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee
Burial
: ?, Age:80y 2m 5d, Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee, Forest Hill Cemetery

Places In
Evansville (Vanderburgh) Indiana
Memphis (Shelby) Tennessee

Sources
Letter from Howard A. Deaton, St. Louis Missouri, 1980


Historical
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