Thomas Mial Allen
Thomas Mial Allen is born to his Father William G. And Mother Carrie Jane Allen @ the Peach state of Georgia 169 years ago in February of 1850... ( Some records indicate he was born in 1849 )
** Interesting events that occurred around the World during Mr. Allen's birth year of 1850 included...
• On January 27th, 1850 future British Naval Officer and ill-fated Captain of the RMS Titanic, Edward Smith is born @ Hanley Staffordshire, England...
• On June 1st, 1850 the United States Census shows that 11.2% of the population classified as "Negro" are actually of mixed race...
• On June 29th, 1850 former British-Prime Minister Sir Robert Peel falls off his horse and dies three days later..
• On July 9th, 1850 12th United States President and former Major General of the U.S. Army, Zachary Taylor dies suddenly at the age of 65... Millard Fillmore is sworn in as the 13th President of the United States that same day....
• On September 9th, 1850 California is admitted as the 31st state of the Union ...
• In 1850, Harriet Tubman becomes an official conductor of the Underground Railroad...
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Thomas Mial was the eldest of five boys born to his Mother and Father... ( His younger Brother's names were John B, William, Samuel, and Sanford )
Family Patriarch, William supports the family for decades as a physician in Cotton Hill Georgia ...
( 1870 census records showing Thomas at 20 years old and attending school in comments below )
On March 15th 1876 Thomas marries 18 year old Olivia May Hanes in Clayton County Georgia.... ( Handwritten marriage record in comments below )
In 1887, Thomas and Olivia move to Birmingham, Alabama where Thomas would follow in his Father's footsteps by entering the medical field... Thomas will become an accomplished dentist and Dean of the Birmingham Dental School ...
Together the couple would have four children together between 1880 and 1893... ( Thomas Mial Jr, Carrie Laura, Rowena Hanes, and Fred Lund Allen )
Matriarch Olivia May passes away on Thursday December 14th, 1899 at the age of 41 from a "complication of diseases" just one month after moving into a beautiful new home...
The 1900 census shows the family living together in the home on 11th avenue in Birmingham where Olivia died the year prior with the addition Thomas's widowed Mother Carrie Jane, other extended family members, and a servant named John Gooden...
Thomas would relocate his maturing family to Tampa, Florida after 1900 where he would open a small dental practice and remain for the rest of his life...
He passes away on January 27th, 1913...
Thomas Mial Allen... Beloved Father and Husband...