Riches to Rags Family Tree » Wiley Thornton (1785-1862)

Personal data Wiley Thornton 

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  • He was born in the year 1785 in Wilkes County, Georgia, Verenigde Staten.
  • He died on July 16, 1862 in Liberty Hill, Pike, Georgia, Verenigde Staten, he was 77 years old.

Household of Wiley Thornton

He is married to Elizabeth Johnston.

They got married on May 7, 1803, he was 18 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Lucy Thornton  1804-1845
  2. Mary (Polly) Thornton  1806-1877 
  3. Sophia Thornton  1808-1810
  4. Elijah Thornton  1810-> 1870
  5. James Monroe Thornton  1812-> 1882
  6. Johnston Thornton  1814-1875
  7. William Thornton  1816-????
  8. Littleton Thornton  1818-1879
  9. Nancy Thornton  1822-1822
  12. Susan Thornton  1828-1897

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Day of marriage May 7, 1803

  • The temperature on May 7, 1803 was about 12.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northeast. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
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    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • In the year 1803: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 1 » Ohio becomes the 17th state of The United States.
    • July 4 » The Louisiana Purchase is announced to the American people.
    • September 23 » Second Anglo-Maratha War: The Battle of Assaye is fought between the British East India Company and the Maratha Empire in India.
    • October 20 » The United States Senate ratifies the Louisiana Purchase.
    • November 18 » The Battle of Vertières, the last major battle of the Haitian Revolution, is fought, leading to the establishment of the Republic of Haiti, the first black republic in the Western Hemisphere.
    • November 30 » The Balmis Expedition starts in Spain with the aim of vaccinating millions against smallpox in Spanish America and Philippines.

Day of death July 16, 1862

  • The temperature on July 16, 1862 was about 13.8 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • From March 14, 1861 till January 31, 1862 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Loudon with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.P. baron Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. J. Loudon (liberaal).
  • In The Netherlands , there was from February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1862: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • January 30 » The first American ironclad warship, the USSMonitor is launched.
    • January 31 » Alvan Graham Clark discovers the white dwarf star Sirius B, a companion of Sirius, through an 18.5-inch (47cm) telescope now located at Northwestern University.
    • April 16 » American Civil War: Battle at Lee's Mills in Virginia.
    • August 28 » American Civil War: Second Battle of Bull Run, also known as the Battle of Second Manassas. The battle ends on August 30.
    • September 17 » American Civil War: The Allegheny Arsenal explosion results in the single largest civilian disaster during the war.
    • December 26 » The largest mass-hanging in U.S. history took place in Mankato, Minnesota, where 38 Native Americans died.


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