Thomas Arthur Duke was the son of John William Duke CSA and Catherine Elizabeth Packer. He was b. 15 Apr 1878 in Maysfield, Milam Co., TX and d. 17 Aug 1953 in Texas. His wife Plannah Ethel Nichols was the daughter Washington Taylor Nichols and Mary Matilda LaGrene. She was b. 18 Apr 1882 in Ad Hall, Milam, TX and d. 13 Oct 1940 in Wichita Falls, Wichita Co., TX. After she died he married someone by the name of Hallie.
The 1800s where the end of the industrial revolution and the birth of scientists.
The Industrial Revolution began around 1760 and ran through the 1840's. Then began the birth of the profession of science. Louis Pasteur, Charles Darwin, Michael Faraday, Thomas Edison, and Nikola Te...
Photos of the 1900's which brought us from the industrial age to the technological age.
From 1900 through 1999 we witnessed the beginning of flight to a man on the moon and a Mars Rover. We went from using phones tethered by cords and computers that filled rooms, to carrying the equivale...
The Eisenhower Years - A Time of Optimism and Growth
After the Great Depression and World War II, everyone was ready to take a breath and have fun. Population boomed, families moved to the suburbs, television (by the end of the decade) would be in most...
Coming out of the Great Depression, the world faced another challenge in the 1940's: World War II. Although the war began in the 1930's, it expanded and gained in ferocity (and atrocities) in the 194...
It is probable that everyone has one - or maybe even a few - royal ancestors. Are you related to royalty? Keep reading to discover photos of your royals.
Everyone alive now is probably related to royalty. So say scientists and genealogists. Why? Because the further back in time you go, the fewer people were alive and the more the chance that there was ...
My ancestors are: Bridger, Duke, Dennis, Raynor, DeAtley, Dant, Nash, Bowden, to name a few. They came from England and Ireland and some settled in Virginia and eventually moved South and West.