Thomas Samuel JOHNSON

(b. 17 September 1854 , Shreveport, Louisiana, USA d. 7 December 1918 , Locker, San Saba, Texas, USA )

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Thomas Samuel JOHNSON was born 17 September 1854 in Shreveport, Louisiana, USA

Thomas Samuel JOHNSON was the child of William Keener JOHNSON and Julia Ann TAYLOR and the grandchild of: (paternal) Samuel J JOHNSON and Mary Gibbs KEENER

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Thomas Samuel married Columbia Anna WRIGHT 11 November 1875 in Gray Rock, Franklin, Texas, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child. Columbia Anna WRIGHT was born 2 June 1855 in Meriwether, Georgia, USA. Columbia Anna died 9 April 1899 in Austin, Texas, USA. Columbia Anna was the child of George Washington WRIGHT and Eliza Jane GRESHAM.

Thomas Samuel JOHNSON died 7 December 1918 in Locker, San Saba, Texas, USA.
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Thomas Samuel JOHNSON married

Columbia Anna WRIGHT-- Date: 11 November 1875 Place: Gray Rock, Franklin, Texas, USA
Columbia Anna WRIGHT was the child of George Washington WRIGHT and Eliza Jane GRESHAM

Children of Thomas Samuel JOHNSON and Columbia Anna WRIGHT:

Freddie May JOHNSON (b.20 March 1878, Grayrock, Franklin, Texas, USA d. 20 October 1962, Carlsbad, Eddy, New Mexico, USA)
m. John Henry NELSON 13 June 1895

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1854 Birth
17 September 1854
Shreveport, Louisiana, USA

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - James Buchanan becomes President of the United States

1857 - March 6 – Dred Scott v. Sandford: The Supreme Court of the United States rules that Blacks are not citizens and slaves can not sue for freedom, driving the country further towards the American Civil War.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1861 - February 8 – American Civil War: The Confederate States of America are formed, comprising the first six break-away states.

1861 - Abraham Lincoln becomes President of the United States

1863 - January 1 - President Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, freeing slaves.

1863 - October 3 – President Lincoln proclaims a national Thanksgiving day to be celebrated the final Thursday in November in the United States

1863 - November 19 – American Civil War: U. S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the military cemetery dedication ceremony in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

April 14, 1865 - President Abraham Lincoln was mortally wounded by John Wilkes Booth at in Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. He died the next day. Andrew Johnson becomes President of the United States.

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1869 - Ulysses S. Grant becomes President of the United States

1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states.

1875 Marriage / Partner
Thomas Samuel JOHNSON and Columbia Anna WRIGHT 11 November 1875, Gray Rock, Franklin, Texas, USA

He was 21 years old.

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - Rutherford B. Hayes becomes President of the United States

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1878 Birth of Child
Freddie May JOHNSON was born 20 March 1878, Grayrock, Franklin, Texas, USA

Thomas Samuel was 23 years old.

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1881 - The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton.

1881 - March 4 - James A. Garfield becomes President of the United States

1881 - July 2 - James A. Garfield was shot at the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station in Washington, D.C., at 9:30 am on Saturday, July 2, 1881. He died in Elberon, New Jersey, two months later on September 19, 1881. The shooting occurred less than four months into his term as president. Charles J. Guiteau was convicted of Garfield's murder and executed by hanging one year after the shooting. Chester Arthur becomes President of the United States.

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1885 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

1886 - October 28 - Statue of Liberty is Unveiled

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1889 - Benjamin Harrison becomes President of the United States

Shreveport, Louisiana, USA
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1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)

The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)

First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented

1893 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

1897 - William McKinley becomes President of the United States

1898 - April 25 – Spanish-American War: The United States declares war on Spain

1898 - December 10 – The Treaty of Paris is signed, ending the Spanish-American War.

1899 Death of Spouse/Partner
Columbia Anna WRIGHT died 9 April 1899, Austin, Texas, USA

1901 - King Camp Gillette and William Emery Nickerson invented the world's first disposable razor blade in 1901. (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

1901 - William McKinley, the 25th president of the United States, was shot on the grounds of the Pan-American Exposition in the Temple of Music in Buffalo, New York, on September 6, 1901, six months into his second term. He was shaking hands with the public when an anarchist, Leon Czolgosz, shot him twice in the abdomen. Theodore Roosevelt becomes President of the United States.

1902 - July 17 - Willis Haviland Carrier designed the first modern air-conditioning system. (Buffalo, New York, USA)

1903 - The first engine-powered airplane is invented (Wilbur & Orville Wright, United States)

1904 - June 28 - U.S. begins construction of Panama Canal.

1906 - August 22 – The first Victor Victrola, a phonographic record player, was manufactured, revolutionizing the way people listened to music at home.

In 1906, Reginald Fessenden made the first AM radio broadcast on December 24th. This event marked a significant advancement in radio technology, paving the way for the modern broadcasting industry.

1907-1908 - The electric washing machine is invented (Alva J. Fisher, United States)

1908 - First Model-T car is produced by Henry Ford (United States)

1909 - William Howard Taft becomes President of the United States

1912 - April 15 - Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic

1913 - The assembly line is invented (Henry Ford, United States)

The bra is invented (Mary Phelps Jacob, United States)

1913 - Woodrow Wilson becomes President of the United States

1913 - October 31 – The Lincoln Highway, the first automobile road across the United States, is dedicated

1915 - January 25 - First United States coast-to-coast long-distance telephone call

1917 - March 2 – The enactment of the Jones Act grants Puerto Ricans United States citizenship.

1917 - April 6 – WWI: The United States declares war on Germany

Grave
Shiloh Cemetery San Saba County Texas, USA
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1918 Death
7 December 1918
Locker, San Saba, Texas, USA

He died at the age of 64.

Thomas is buried at: Shiloh Cemetery San Saba County Texas, USA

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