1903                 Documents in Year 1904                      1905


Document

Person

State

Photos
1832-1915

 Jeremiah Vardaman Cockrell
Civil War Veteran - Confederate
Prior Congressman

72 years old - Texas

Photos
1834-1915

Senator Francis Marion Cockrell
Civil War Veteran - Confederate

70 years old - Missouri

Photos
1838-1923

John Thomas Vardiman
Civil War Veteran - Union

66 years old - Missouri

Photos
1846-1921

Cornelia F. Gaines Vardiman
(Wife of John Thomas)

58 years old - Missouri

Photos
1861-1930
Mississippi Governor
(1904-1908)

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

43 years old - Mississippi

Photos
1867-1956

Ernest Johnson Vardiman
(son of John Thomas)

37 years old - Missouri

Photos
1869-1945

John Peter Vardiman
(son of John Thomas)

35 years old - Missouri

Photos
1871-1949

Richard Henry Vardiman
(son of John Thomas)

23 years old - Missouri

Photos
1872-1966

Luella "May" Smith
(Wife of John Peter)

32 years old - Missouri

Photos
1873-1959

Jeremiah "Jerry" Vardiman
(son of John Thomas)

31 years old - Missouri

Photos
1875-1945

Hiram Botts Vardiman
(son of John Thomas)

29 years old - Missouri

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1878-1952

Grace Truman Vardiman
(daughter of John Thomas)

26 years old - Missouri

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1880-1949

Miles Standish Vardiman
(son of John Thomas)

24 years old - Missouri

Photos
1882-1958

Bonnie Stanley Vardiman
(daughter of John Thomas)

22 years old - Missouri

Photos
1885-1980

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

19 years old - Missouri

Photos
1885-1964

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

19 years old - Missouri

Photos
1887-1977

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

17 years old - Missouri

Photos
1890-1970

Frances Laura "Fannie" Vardiman
(Daughter of John Thomas)

14 years old - Missouri

Photos
1890-1985

Emma Henriette Jensen
(future wife of Charles Henry)

14 years old - Minnesota 

Photos
1893-1972

Captain James K. Vardaman Jr.
(Future Naval Aide to President Truman during WWII & Son of James Kimble Vardaman)

11 years old - Mississippi

Photos
1896-1962

Charles Henry Vardiman
(son of John Peter)

8 years old - Missouri

Photos
1899-1984

John Wesley Vardiman "Johnny"
(son of John Peter)

5 years old - Missouri

Links of Interest:

  • Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt, Twenty-sixth U.S. President

  • (1901-1909)

  • Edward S. Curtis

  • (American Photographer of Native Americans 1899-1929)

  • World's Fair

  • Held in St. Louis, Missouri April 30 - December 1, 1904 to celebrate 100 years since the Louisiana Purchase. The Fair hosted the 1904 Summer Olympic Games, the first Olympics held in the United States.

  • Tea merchant Thomas Sullivan invents the tea bag. The St. Louis World's Fair introduces puffed rice, Popcorn, Burgers on buns, Iced tea, Ice cream cones, Peanut Butter. Campbell's cans Pork & Beans and The "Campbell Kids" debut in Philadelphia streetcar ads.
    Anderson, Jean American Century Cookbook. p 19 & 39

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