William Burton Tompkins
Spouse
Lucretia Snell
Lucretia Snell
1798 - 1856
Children

1819


Feb 17
Age: 22y
1819 Norwich University is founded by Captain Alden Partridge in Vermont as the first private military school in the United States.
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1820


Age: 23y
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1822


Age: 25y
1822 • The Chippewas turn over a huge tract of land in Ontario to the United Kingdom.

1825


Oct 1
Age: 28y

property


Randolph, Missouri, USA ⇓
Purchases land in Missouri, possibly the first he owns there - he would later purchase more in April of 1829.
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1825 • Scottish adventurer Gregor MacGregor issues a £300,000 loan with 2.5% interest through the London bank of Thomas Jenkins & Company for the fictitious Central American republic of Poyais. His actions lead to the Panic of 1825, the first modern stock market crash, in England.
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1829


Age: 32y
1829 Vicente Guerrero becomes the president of Mexico.

1830


Age: 33y
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1839


Age: 42y
1839 • The Chinese government dispatches scholar-official Lin Zexu to Guangzhou to deal with the growing problem of opium addiction.
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1842


Age: 45y

1856


Dec 21
Age: 60y

marriage


Randolph, Missouri, USA ⇓
He married secondly a Phillitia Robertson.
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1856 • The American Party (Know-Nothings) convene in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to nominate their first Presidential candidate, former President Millard Fillmore.

1857


Nov 14
Age: 60y
William B Tompkins - Laws of the State of Missouri Passed by the Adjourned Section

event


Randolph, Missouri, USA ⇓
Went to the Randolph county court to sell and convey real estate - His stepchildren, heirs of Joseph Robertson, are mentioned.
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1857 • Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria issues a decree, Es ist Mein Wille, which leads to the demolition of the city walls of Vienna, allowing the construction of the Ringstraße.

1858


Sep 27
Age: 61y

will


Randolph, Missouri, USA ⇓
His heirs are his widow Philitia; James B. & John C., Grundy Co; Mary B. Tompkins & Ambrose, Boone Co; Priscilla T. & Joseph W. Robertson, heirs of Sarah Francis Robertson, Rand. Co; Paulina J. wife William Bowen (presumed Bourn), Scotland Co; Lucy M. & May N. Tompkins, Rand. Co; signed: G. W. Dameron
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1858 • First ascent of Dom, the third highest summit in the Alps.

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