Parents
Spouse
Children
Siblings
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 • King Badi VII of Sennar surrenders his throne and realm to Ismail Pasha, general of the Ottoman Empire, ending the existence of that Sudanese kingdom. |
1845
Dec 4
Age: 23y
|
marriagePaulina Jane Tompkins Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1845 • James K. Polk succeeds John Tyler as President of the United States. |
1846
Sep 23
Age: 24y
|
birth of childElizabeth Catherine Bourn Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1846 • The Oregon Treaty establishes the 49th parallel as the border between the United States and Canada, from the Rocky Mountains to the Strait of Juan de Fuca. |
about
Age: 25y
1848
Age: 25y
|
birth of childAmbrose E Bourn 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1848 • Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels publish The Communist Manifesto (Manifest der Kommunistischen Partei) in London. |
1850
Aug 5
Age: 28y
|
birth of childJohn Dudley Bourn Missouri, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1850 • Opening of the Britannia Bridge over the Menai Strait. |
1852
Jan
Age: 30y
birth of childJames W Bourn Missouri, USA ⇓ |
| 1852 • The semaphore line in France was superseded by the telegraph. |
1854
Dec 6
Age: 32y
|
|
birth of childLucy Francis Bourn Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1854 • Professor Benjamin Silliman of Yale University is the first person to fractionate petroleum into its individual components by distillation. |
1857
Jan
Age: 35y
|
|
birth of childNancy J Bourn Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1857 • Elisha Otis' first elevator is installed (at 488 Broadway, New York City). |
about
Age: 36y
1859
Age: 36y
birth of childMay W Bourn Missouri, USA ⇓ |
| 1859 • Troops under Colonel Robert E. Lee overpower Brown at the Federal arsenal. |
1860
Age: 37y
|
|
residenceMiller, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ His parents were living only a house away. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1860 • Giuseppe Garibaldi's forces capture Naples. |
about
Age: 38y
1861
Age: 38y
|
birth of childJoseph Anderson Bourn 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1861 • American Civil War: Mississippi becomes the second state to secede from the Union. |
about
Age: 39y
1862
Age: 39y
|
birth of childMary Susan Bourn 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1862 • Princess Alice, the second daughter of Queen Victoria, marries Prince Ludwig of Hesse and by Rhine. |
1863
Nov 22
Age: 41y
|
birth of childThomas Jefferson Bourn Missouri, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1863 • President Lincoln proclaims a national Thanksgiving day to be celebrated the final Thursday in November in the United States. |
about
Age: 42y
1865
Age: 42y
|
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 • American Civil War – Battle of Five Forks: In Petersburg, Virginia, Confederate General Robert E. Lee begins his final offensive. |
about
Age: 44y
1867
Age: 44y
|
birth of childCharles Albert Bourn 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1867 • First performance of Johann Strauss II's waltz "The Blue Danube" (An der schönen blauen Donau) at a concert of the Vienna Men's Choral Association. Strauss adapts it into its popular purely orchestral version for the International Exposition in Paris later this year. |
about
Age: 46y
1869
Age: 46y
|
birth of childMartha E Bourn 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1869 • James Gordon Bennett, Jr. of the New York Herald asks Henry Morton Stanley to find Dr. Livingstone. |
1880
Age: 57y
| 1880 • Toowong State School is founded in Queensland, Australia. |
1887
Dec 18
Age: 65y
| 1887 • Publication begins of Futabatei Shimei's Ukigumo, the first modern novel in Japan. |