William Burton Tompkins
Spouse
Lucretia Snell
Lucretia Snell
1798 - 1856
Children
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1820


Age: 23y
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1822


Age: 25y
1822 Chinese junk Tek Sing sinks in the South China Sea with the loss of around 1600 people on board.

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 Uruguay secedes from Brazil.
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1826


Age: 29y
1826 • The French newspaper Le Figaro begins publication in Paris, initially as a weekly.
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1829


Age: 32y
1829 Russo-Turkish War, 1828-1829: The Treaty of Adrianople gains for Russia some territory at the mouth of the Danube and along the eastern coast of the Black Sea.

1830


Age: 33y
William Burton Tompkins - 1830 United States Federal Census

residence


Randolph County, Missouri, USA ⇓
Right next door to Joseph Higby, and a house or two away is a May Burton and Elijah Burton.
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1830 • The London Protocol establishes the full independence and sovereignty of Greece from the Ottoman Empire as the final result of the Greek War of Independence.
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1839


Age: 42y
1839 • First photograph of the Moon taken by photographer Louis Daguerre.
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1842


Age: 45y

birth of child


Lucy Mildred Tompkins
Kentucky, USA ⇓
1842 • The Relief Society, a philanthropic and educational women's organization of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) was founded.

1856


Dec 21
Age: 60y

marriage


Randolph, Missouri, USA ⇓
He married secondly a Phillitia Robertson.
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1856 Battle of Osawatomie: Proslavery forces defeat antislavery forces in Bleeding Kansas.

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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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 • Peace treaty to end the Indian Rebellion.

1858


Age: 61y
1858 The Advertiser, the daily news paper still in circulation, begins publication in Adelaide, Australia.

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