1886                 Documents in Year 1887                      1888

Document

Person

State

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1832-1915

 Congressman
Jeremiah Vardaman Cockrell
Civil War Veteran - Confederate

55 years old - Texas

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1834-1915

Senator Francis Marion Cockrell
Civil War Veteran - Confederate

53 years old - Missouri

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1838-1923

John Thomas Vardiman
(son of Peter Vardeman II)
Civil War Veteran - Union

49 years old - Missouri

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1846-1921

Cornelia F. Gaines Vardiman
(Wife of John Thomas)

41 years old - Missouri

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1861-1930

Major James Kimble Vardaman
(Future Spanish American War Veteran, Mississippi Senator & Great, Great Grandson of John II Vardeman "the pioneer")

26 years old - Mississippi

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1867-1956

Ernest Johnson Vardiman
(son of John Thomas)

20 years old - Missouri

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1869-1945

John Peter Vardiman
(son of John Thomas)

18 years old - Missouri

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1871-1949

Richard Henry Vardiman
(son of John Thomas)

16 years old - Missouri

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1872-1966

Luella "May" Smith
(future wife of John Peter)

15 years old - Illinois

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1873-1959

Jeremiah "Jerry" Vardiman
(son of John Thomas)

14 years old - Missouri

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1875-1945

Hiram Botts Vardiman
(son of John Thomas)

12 years old - Missouri

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1878-1952

Grace Truman Vardiman
(daughter of John Thomas)

9 years old - Missouri

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1880-1949

Miles Standish Vardiman
(son of John Thomas)

7 years old - Missouri

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1882-1958

Bonnie Stanley Vardiman
(daughter of John Thomas)

5 years old - Missouri

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1885-1980

Mary "Mollie" Josephine Harris
(future wife of Miles Standish)

2 years old - Missouri

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1885-1964

Margaret May "Maggie" Vardiman
(daughter of John Thomas)

2 years old - Missouri

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1887-1977

Elizabeth "Lizzie" Gaimes Vardiman
(Daughter of John Thomas)

born in Saline County, Missouri

  • Grover Cleveland, Twenty-second U.S. President

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    (1885-1889)

  • Technology:

    • The Men Who Built America (Electricity)

    "America's advancement in the last three decades is staggering. Railroads (Vanderbilt) have replaced wagon trails to unite the nation. And the Country's cities stand tall on steel (Carnegie). First kerosene (Rockefeller) transformed the night and now electricity (Edison/Morgan) is about to light homes from coast to coast." Edison financed by JP Morgan is providing DC electricity for New York City and Tesla is working on his patent for AC electricity.

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