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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.
1821
Dec 19
| 1821 • James Monroe is sworn in for his second term as President of the United States. |
1845
Dec 4
Age: 23y
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marriagePaulina Jane Tompkins Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1845 • Anglo-French blockade of the Río de la Plata: Battle of Vuelta de Obligado: The Argentine Confederation is narrowly defeated by an Anglo-French fleet on the waters of the Paraná River but Argentina attracts political support in South America. |
1846
Sep 23
Age: 24y
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birth of childElizabeth Catherine Bourn Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1846 • Revolutionary insurrection in Portugal (crushed by royalist troops on February 22, 1847) |
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Age: 25y
1848
Age: 25y
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birth of childAmbrose E Bourn 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1848 • Wisconsin is admitted as the 30th U.S. state. |
1850
Aug 5
Age: 28y
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birth of childJohn Dudley Bourn Missouri, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1850 • Delegate Edward Ralph May delivers speech on behalf of African American suffrage to the Indiana Constitutional Convention. |
1852
Jan
Age: 30y
birth of childJames W Bourn Missouri, USA ⇓ |
| 1852 • Taiping Rebellion: Taiping forces began the siege of Guilin. |
1854
Dec 6
Age: 32y
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birth of childLucy Francis Bourn Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
1857
Jan
Age: 35y
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birth of childNancy J Bourn Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1857 • November 19 – Indian rebellion of 1857: Siege of Lucknow. |
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Age: 36y
1859
Age: 36y
birth of childMay W Bourn Missouri, USA ⇓ |
| 1859 • German scholar Constantin von Tischendorf rediscovers the Codex Sinaiticus, a 4th-century uncial manuscript of the Greek Bible, in Saint Catherine's Monastery on the foot of Mount Sinai in the Khedivate of Egypt. |
1860
Age: 37y
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residenceMiller, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ His parents were living only a house away. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1860 • In Buenos Aires, leader Bartolomé Mitre subverts the Argentine Confederation and begins to establish a new centralist government with the help of Uruguayan Colorado party leader Venancio Flores. |
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Age: 38y
1861
Age: 38y
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birth of childJoseph Anderson Bourn 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1861 • American Civil War: President Abraham Lincoln issues a Proclamation calling for 75,000 men to confront in the South, "combinations too powerful to be suppressed in the ordinary way". |
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Age: 39y
1862
Age: 39y
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birth of childMary Susan Bourn 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1862 • American Civil War: General Ulysses S. Grant gives the United States its first victory of the war, by capturing Fort Henry, Tennessee. |
1863
Nov 22
Age: 41y
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birth of childThomas Jefferson Bourn Missouri, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1863 • The Arts Club is founded by Charles Dickens, Frederic Leighton and others in Hanover Square, London. |
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Age: 42y
1865
Age: 42y
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militaryMiller, Scotland, Missouri, USA ⇓ He was drafted into the civil war under J.F. Benjamin, who was a provost marshal of the Union Army. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1865 • The first narrow gauge mainline railway in the world opens at Grandchester, Australia. |
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Age: 44y
1867
Age: 44y
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birth of childCharles Albert Bourn 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1867 • African-American men are granted the right to vote in the District of Columbia. |
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Age: 46y
1869
Age: 46y
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birth of childMartha E Bourn 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1869 • Ranavalona II, the Merina Queen of Madagascar, is baptized. |
1880
Age: 57y
| 1880 • Vaudeville actress Lillian Russell makes her debut at Tony Pastor's Theatre in New York City. |
1887
Dec 18
Age: 65y
| 1887 • At the Sydney Cricket Ground, George Lohmann becomes the first bowler to take eight wickets in a Test innings. The famous William Frawley was born. |