1870 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1870; Census Place: West Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania; Roll: M593_1294; Page: 54A; Image: 331010; Family History Library Film: 552793 / Ancestry.com
1900 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1900; Census Place: Allegheny Ward 4, Allegheny, Pennsylvania; Page: 13; Enumeration District: 0041; FHL microfilm: 1241355 / Ancestry.com
Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1964, Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission; Pennsylvania, USA; Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates, 1906–1966; Certificate Number Range: 008941-012010 / Ancestry.com
Findagrave, Thomas Ford 22 Sep 1902 / www.findagrave.com
January 1 » The first American college football bowl game, the Rose Bowl between Michigan and Stanford, is held in Pasadena, California.
February 27 » Second Boer War: Australian soldiers Harry "Breaker" Morant and Peter Handcock are executed in Pretoria after being convicted of war crimes.
May 17 » Greek archaeologist Valerios Stais discovers the Antikythera mechanism, an ancient mechanical analog computer.
May 31 » Second Boer War: The Treaty of Vereeniging ends the war and ensures British control of South Africa.
June 28 » The U.S. Congress passes the Spooner Act, authorizing President Theodore Roosevelt to acquire rights from Colombia for the Panama Canal.
December 14 » The Commercial Pacific Cable Company lays the first Pacific telegraph cable, from San Francisco to Honolulu.
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