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Thomas Nolan person

born: [1889-01-01,1890-01-01)died/dissolved: [1889-01-01,1890-01-01)🌐 Q100891645id: p_thomas-nolan_b71988

also known as: Tom Nolan, old Tom

Probable 70%
Summary:  The 'father of the camp' in Georgetown who died from a morphine overdose taken with suicidal intent.
Completeness: 100/100 Grade A
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Claims (7)

died_in

Georgetown1889-10-03
cited from Thomas Nolan, the “father of the camp,”… (1889) · +1 more
covered up. Trees were rooted up, and in fact the soil was washed out to bedrock in the track of the flood. It is quite remarkable that several people were not drowned. From the October 11, 1889, Issue of The Enterprise Tired Of Life A …

fought_in

cited from On the forenoon of the 4th Mr… (1889)
poison Dr. B. became suspicious that all was not right, and mentioned the subject to John A. Deemer and other friends of the deceased, who also were apprehensive that Tom had suicidal intentions, he having made a similar attempt once before,…
cited from On the forenoon of the 4th Mr… (1889)
poison Dr. B. became suspicious that all was not right, and mentioned the subject to John A. Deemer and other friends of the deceased, who also were apprehensive that Tom had suicidal intentions, he having made a similar attempt once before,…

lived_at

cited from Thomas Nolan, the “father of the camp,”… (1889) · +1 more
covered up. Trees were rooted up, and in fact the soil was washed out to bedrock in the track of the flood. It is quite remarkable that several people were not drowned. From the October 11, 1889, Issue of The Enterprise Tired Of Life A …

occupation

miner
cited from On the forenoon of the 4th Mr… (1889)
poison Dr. B. became suspicious that all was not right, and mentioned the subject to John A. Deemer and other friends of the deceased, who also were apprehensive that Tom had suicidal intentions, he having made a similar attempt once before,…

owned

nearly the whole place of Georgetown
cited from On the forenoon of the 4th Mr… (1889)
poison Dr. B. became suspicious that all was not right, and mentioned the subject to John A. Deemer and other friends of the deceased, who also were apprehensive that Tom had suicidal intentions, he having made a similar attempt once before,…

worked_for

United States army
cited from On the forenoon of the 4th Mr… (1889)
poison Dr. B. became suspicious that all was not right, and mentioned the subject to John A. Deemer and other friends of the deceased, who also were apprehensive that Tom had suicidal intentions, he having made a similar attempt once before,…

Sources (2)

On the forenoon of the 4th Mr…

1889 · newspaper · public-domain · details

Thomas Nolan, the “father of the camp,”…

1889 · newspaper · public-domain · details

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