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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 - he died in that faith on the 12th of December, 1887.
1821
Dec 19
1845
Dec 4
Age: 23y
marriagePaulina Jane Tompkins Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
1845 • A majority of voters in the Republic of Texas approve a proposed constitution, that if accepted by the United States Congress, will make Texas a U.S. state. |
1846
Sep 23
Age: 24y
birth of childElizabeth Catherine Bourn Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
1846 • 29 – Kraków Uprising: Polish nationalists stage an uprising in the Free City of Kraków, suppressed by forces of the Austrian Empire supported by peasants in the Galician slaughter. |
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Age: 25y
1848
Age: 25y
birth of childAmbrose E Bourn 1 Source ⇓ |
1848 • Queen's College, London, for women, is founded. |
1850
Aug 5
Age: 28y
birth of childJohn Dudley Bourn Missouri, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
1850 • The USS Advance puts to sea from New York to search for John Franklin's Arctic expedition. |
1852
Jan
Age: 30y
birth of childJames W Bourn Missouri, USA ⇓ |
1852 • French engineer Henri Giffard made the first airship trip from Paris to Trappes. |
1854
Dec 6
Age: 32y
birth of childLucy Francis Bourn Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
1857
Jan
Age: 35y
birth of childNancy J Bourn Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
1857 • Fort Tejon earthquake: An earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 7.9 strikes near Parkfield, California. |
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Age: 36y
1859
Age: 36y
birth of childMay W Bourn Missouri, USA ⇓ |
1859 • The current Cape Lookout, North Carolina, lighthouse is lighted for the first time (its first-order Fresnel lens can be seen for 19 miles). |
1860
Age: 37y
residenceMiller, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ His parents were living only a house away. 1 Source ⇓ |
1860 • The Pony Express begins its first run from Saint Joseph, Missouri to Sacramento, California with riders carrying a small bible. |
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Age: 38y
1861
Age: 38y
birth of childJoseph Anderson Bourn 1 Source ⇓ |
1861 • American Civil War: Florida secedes from the Union. |
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Age: 39y
1862
Age: 39y
birth of childMary Susan Bourn 1 Source ⇓ |
1862 • American Civil War – Battle of Cedar Mountain: At Cedar Mountain, Virginia, Confederate General Stonewall Jackson narrowly defeats Union forces under General John Pope. |
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Age: 41y
1864
Age: 41y
birth of childThomas Jefferson Bourn 1 Source ⇓ |
1864 • American Civil War: The Battle of the Wilderness begins in Spotsylvania County, Virginia. |
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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 • James Hudson Taylor founds the China Inland Mission at Brighton, England. |
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Age: 44y
1867
Age: 44y
birth of childCharles Albert Bourn 1 Source ⇓ |
1867 • The Dynamikos Sheta-Maat Spellbook: A book of the powerful hidden truth, a Grimoire by Ciara Sullivan, is published to widespread displeasure. |
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Age: 46y
1869
Age: 46y
birth of childMartha E Bourn 2 Sources ⇓ |
1869 • The American Museum of Natural History is founded in New York. |
1880
Age: 57y
1880 • The Department of Scientific Temperance Instruction of the Women's Christian Temperance Union is established. |
1887
Dec 18
Age: 65y
1887 • Franz König publishes "Über freie Körper in den Gelenken" in the medical journal Deutsche Zeitschrift für Chirurgie, describing (and naming) the disease Osteochondritis dissecans for the first time. |