Thomas Benjamin 'Blunt' Gleaves

Age

Year

Date

Place

Event

 

1830

 

USA

Mass Immigration to the United States until 1930

0

1836

Oct 09

Williamson County, TN

Birth of Thomas Benjamin “Blunt” Gleaves

4

1841

 

USA

Migration along the Oregon Trail through 1869

7

1844

Jan 15

TN

Birth of spouse – Nancy Ann Burnham

8

1845

Jul 20 or 21

Williamson County, TN

Death of mother – Harriet Simpkins

9

1846

 

Williamson County, TN

Father married 2nd wife – Louisa P. Morgan

9

1846

 

USA – Mexico

Mexican-American War – 1846 – 1848

11

1848

 

California

California Gold Rush through 1855

14

1850

 

Williamson County, TN

US census Father listed as a Farmer with land valued at $1,400

21

1857

 

Dyer County, TN

William B. sold tract of land  - TB signed as witness

20

1857

 

Dyer County, TN

Death of father – William B. Gleaves

24

1859

Oct 09

Dyer County, TN

Marriage to Lucinda Wright
1860 US Census: Married less than 1 year to Lucinda Wright

24

1860

 

Dyer County, TN

US Census – TB, Occupation: Farmer – Real Estate valued at $3600,  Personal at $207

25

1861

 

USA    

American Civil War – Apr 12, 1861 – Apr 9, 1865

25

1861

Jul 26

Dyer County, TN

Birth of son – John Elly

25

1862

Sept 22

USA

Emancipation Proclamation

26

1863

 

USA

US Transcontinental Railroad – built 1863 – 1869

27

1863

 

Dyer County, TN

Sold 55.5 acres of 1,000 acres received from William B.

27

1863

Mar 10

Dyer County, TN

Birth of son – Jacob Thomas

28

1864

 

Dyer County, TN

Birth of son – Baby Boy Gleaves

28

1864

Aug 14

Effingham, Illinois

Death of wife Lucinda (age 31) and Baby Boy Gleaves

28

1864

August

Ill – TN – OK

Lucinda was killed in Aug of 1864 (as told by family members). She was shot by someone on horseback who was shooting at TB.  Apparently she was holding her infant boy and the shots killed her and the child. It is unknown at this time where she is buried. Possibly Tennessee, Kentucky or Illinois.  Thomas left the boys with relatives in Tennessee and followed Lucinda's killer to the panhandle of OK and had him hanged. 

28

1864 – 65

 

OK – TN – Ill

Lillie Mae Orr, TB's granddaughter tells a story of TB escaping from Confederate soldiers by hiding in a log; and afterwards taking the boys back to Illinois.

29

1865

Mar 25

Chicago, Illinois

Enlists in Union Army for 3 years.  Assigned to Co. G Regt. 10, Infantry. Listed as 5' 5 ½” Tall, Blue Eyes, Light Hair with Light complexion

25

1865

Apr 09

Appomatox, Virginia

Lee's surrender to Grant, effectively ending the Civil War

29

1865

Apr 14

Washington, DC

Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

29

1865

Jun 14

Arlington, Virginia

Discharged from Army due to aneurism of aorta of stomach

30

1866

Sept 19

Dyer County, TN

Returned to Tennessee and married Nancy Ann Burnham

31

1867

Aug 01

TN

Birth of daughter – Cecila A, "Sely"

33

1869

Mar 09

Cape Girardeau, MO

Birth of daughter – Lura

34

1870

 

Arkansas

Moved to AK -as told by Lillie Mae Orr

35

1871

Feb 14

?

Birth of daughter – Sarah Bell

37

1873

Jan 23

Emporia,  Kansas

Birth of daughter – Emily Field “Minnie”

39

1875

 

McCamish, Kansas

Kansas Census – Blunt listed as a Farmer

39

1875

Feb 04

Kansas

Birth of daughter – Gracie Priscilla

41

1877

Feb 16

Lebanon, Laclede MO

Birth of son – David Alexander

43

1879

Aug 30

Lebanon, Laclede, MO

Birth of son – William James

46

1882

Mar 04

Arkansas

Birth of son – Arthur Nealy

47

1883

 

Arkansas or MO

Wrote letter to William Columbus Burnham requesting affidavits from family members regarding his health so he can apply for Pension from the Army.   This was the start of a process to apply for a pension which continued at least until 1895.

48

1884

Feb 11

Laclede County, MO

Marriage of daughter – Cecile A. to William Bohannon - Marriage Certificate signed by TB

48

1884

Aug 14

Laclede County, MO

Marriage of son – Jacob Thomas to Sarah Ellen Thomas

49

1885

Aug 27

Laclede County, MO

Birth of son – Ananias "Andy";  TB listed as Medical Attendant

50

1886

Jul 11

Laclede County, MO

Marriage of daughter – Lura  to Thomas Jefferson Bohannon – Marriage Certificate signed by TB

53

1889

Feb 14

Dyer County, TN

Marriage of son – John Elly to Martha Lorene Murray

54

1889

Oct

McLoud, OK

TB surely heard OK was opening up land for settlement and arrived in OK around October of 1889.  TB and Nancy lived close to the Canadian River near McLoud, OK.  Their son Arthur went to school at McLoud around 1895 to 1900.  In 1892 TB drew for a Lottery ticket for land that was opening up in OK.  He wasn't lucky enough.  TB and Nancy lived in a small house that had a big attic where all the kids slept.  One night a tornado came through and TB got the kids up and downstairs just as the roof blew off of the house.  TB and Nancy packed up and left there soon afterwards and headed further west. Story from Lillie Mae Orr.

54

1890

 

Guthrie, Logan, OK

First Territory Census of OK – Listed them as being there 8 months

55

1891

 

OK

Death of daughter – Sarah Bell,  age 20

55

1891

Sept 28

Texas

Marriage of daughter – Gracie Priscilla to Thomas Russell Crow

56

1892

 

Fleetwood, OK

Death of daughter – Cecilia A. age 25

62

1898

 

USA, Cuba

Spanish – American War – Apr 25, 1898 – Aug 12, 1898

63

1899

Apr 23

Pottawatomie, OK

Death of son – William James – from typhoid fever, age 20

64

1900

 

Harrah, Oklahoma, OK

US Census – TB, Occupation: Farmer, unemployed 5 months;
Living in household: TB, Nancy, Arthur, Ananias and two borders

65

1901

Sept 6

Buffalo, New York

William McKinley Assassination

67

1903

 

Kitty Hawk, NC

Wright Brothers First Flight

70

1906

Aug 15

Lawton, Blaine, OK

Applied for Homestead at Lawton, OK.

71

1907

Sept 18

Harrison, Cimarron, OK

Marriage of son – David Alexander to Maude Mae Wilson

72

1907

Nov 16

Oklahoma

Became the 46th state.

72

1907

Nov 16

Beckham, Oklahoma

Upon statehood, Beckham County created from parts of Roger Mills and Greer Counties.

72

1908

 

Roger Mills, OK

Marriage of son – Ananias B. to Pearl Bain

72

1908

Mar 20

Roger Mills, OK

Homestead Certificate # 306, application # 18589 was issued to TB and recorded in the Land Office at Lawton, OK on March 20, 1908 for 160 acres of land in Roger Mills County, OK.   TB and Nancy finally had a home.  They lived in a dugout for a while until a Soddy could be built                                        

72

1908

 

Detroit, Michigan

Ford Model T Manufactured

73

1909

August

Roger Mills, OK

Marriage of son – Arthur Neal to Estella Elizabeth Atha

74

1910

 

 Elk City, Beckham, OK

Census – Listed as Farmer, Owned Home;
Living in household: TB, Nancy, Andy and 1 border

74

1910/11

 

Roger Mills, OK

Sometime after their youngest son, Andy, was grown (about age 25), he needed money to go to California.  So TB mortgaged his farm for $300.  TB and Nancy went to California with Andy but did not stay long, returning to Elk City.  Andy never repaid the money and TB lost the farm.  With no money and no place to live, TB and Nancy finally moved in with their daughter, Minnie, who had an extra room

75

1911

Mar 11

Grimes, OK

Death of Thomas Benjamin Gleaves – burial: Brookside Cemetery, Grimes, OK

 

1912

Feb 24

Grimes, OK

Death of wife – Nancy Ann Burnham, age 68 - burial: Brookside Cemetery, Grimes, OK

 

1947

Feb 15

Ottawa County, OK

Death of son – John Elly, age 86  - burial: Ottawa Indian Cemetery, Miami, OK

 

1948

Oct 12

Miami, OK

Death of son – Jacob Thomas, age 85 - burial: Ottawa Indian Cemetery, Miami, OK

 

1955

Feb 14

Paden, OK

Death of son – Arthur Neal, age 73

 

1960

Dec 20

Reno, Nevada

Death of son – Ananias “Andy”, age 75

 

1962

Mar 21

Marietta, OK

Death of daughter – Gracie Priscilla, age 87

 

1963

 

 

Death of daughter – Laura, age 94

 

1964

Feb 21

Raton, New Mexico

Death of son – David Alexander, age 87

 

 

 

 

Death of daughter – Emily Field “Minnie”