♂ 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 - he died in that faith on the 12th of December, 1887.

1845


Dec 4
Age: 23y
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
1846 29Kraków 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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1848


Age: 25y
1848 Queen's College, London, for women, is founded.

1852


Jan
Age: 30y
1852 • French engineer Henri Giffard made the first airship trip from Paris to Trappes.
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1859


Age: 36y
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
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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1861


Age: 38y
1861 • American Civil War: Florida secedes from the Union.
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1862


Age: 39y
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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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 James Hudson Taylor founds the China Inland Mission at Brighton, England.
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1867


Age: 44y
1867 • The Dynamikos Sheta-Maat Spellbook: A book of the powerful hidden truth, a Grimoire by Ciara Sullivan, is published to widespread displeasure.

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.

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