♂ William Harrison Bourne

1821 - 1887

 

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William Harrison Bourne
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Parents
John Davis Bourne
John Davis Bourne
1794 - 1877
Nancy Higbee
Nancy Higbee
1797 - 1868
Spouse
Paulina Jane Tompkins
Paulina Jane Tompkins
1830 - 1917
Children
Ambrose E Bourn
Ambrose E Bourn
1849 - 1905
John Dudley Bourn
John Dudley Bourn
1850 - 1912
Lucy Francis Bourn
Lucy Francis Bourn
1854 - 1937
Nancy J Bourn
Nancy J Bourn
1857 - 1947
Joseph Anderson Bourn
Joseph Anderson Bourn
1860 - 1937
Mary Susan Bourn
Mary Susan Bourn
1862 - 1940
Charles Albert Bourn
Charles Albert Bourn
1866 - 1937
Siblings
Joseph Stultz Bourne
Joseph Stultz Bourne
1823 - 1896
Frances Jane Bourne
Frances Jane Bourne
1825 - 1859
John J Bourne
John J Bourne
1836 - 1917

William was drafted into the Civil War around 1865 for the Union Army under John F. Benjamin , and worked as a farmer in Miller Township.  He was a Master Mason, a justice of the peace of Scotland county for a number of years, and a member of the Baptist Church.

1845


Dec 4
Age: 23y
1845 • The eminent and controversial Anglican, John Henry Newman, is received into the Roman Catholic Church.

1846


Sep 23
Age: 24y
1846 Christ College, Tasmania, opens with the hope that it would develop along the lines of an Oxbridge college and provide the basis for university education in Tasmania. By the 21st century it will be the oldest tertiary institution in Australia.
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1848


Age: 25y

1852


Jan
Age: 30y
1852 • Nine men representing various Hebrew charitable organizations came together to form what became the Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City.
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1859


Age: 36y
1859 Brisbane is declared the capital of newly separated colony Queensland, Australia.

1860


Age: 37y
1860 The Open Championship, also known as the British Open, is played for the first time at Prestwick Golf Club in Ayrshire, Scotland. The event is won by Willie Park Snr.
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1861


Age: 38y
1861 American Civil War: Delaware votes not to secede from the Union.
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1862


Age: 39y
1862 • Government of Vietnam is forced to cede the territories of Biên Hòa, Gia Định and Dinh Tuong to France.

1863


Nov 22
Age: 41y
1863 American Civil WarBattle of Campbell's Station: Near Knoxville, Tennessee, Confederate troops led by General James Longstreet unsuccessfully attack Union forces under General Ambrose Burnside.
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1865


Age: 42y
William Harrison Bourn - U.S., Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865

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Miller, Scotland, Missouri, USA ⇓
He was drafted into the civil war under J.F. Benjamin, who was a provost marshal of the Union Army.
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1865 Assassination of Abraham Lincoln: President of the United States Abraham Lincoln is shot while attending an evening performance of the farce Our American Cousin at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. by actor and Confederate sympathizer John Wilkes Booth. Doctors move the unconscious President to a bed in a house across the street.
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1869


Age: 46y

1880


Age: 57y

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