Mary Tompkins CLARK

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15 October 1867 , Harrodsburg, Mercer, Kentucky, USA

Died

15 April 1943 , Atlanta, Georgia, USA

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John Wesley CLARK Sarah Elizabeth UNKNOWN

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Born: 15 October 1867 in Harrodsburg, Mercer, Kentucky, USA

Father: John Wesley CLARK

Mother: Sarah Elizabeth UNKNOWN

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Mary Tompkins married Landon GOINS abt. 1884 in Frankfort, Kentucky, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Landon GOINS was born 25 February 1865 in Frankfort, Kentucky, USA. Landon died 30 March 1914 in Kentucky, USA. Landon was the child of Allen J GOINS and Martha Jane WHITE.

Mary Tompkins CLARK died 15 April 1943 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
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Landon GOINS
Marriage date: abt. 1884
Marriage place: Frankfort, Kentucky, USA
Landon GOINS was the child of Allen J GOINS and Martha Jane WHITE

Children of Landon GOINS and Mary Tompkins CLARK

Edgar Hume GOINS

Born: 1 October 1884, Frankfort, Kentucky, USA
Died: 28 October 1966, Los Gatos, California, USA

Married: Neva CAMPBELL 11 October 1908 Place: , Alabama, USA

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Birth — 1867
15 October 1867
Harrodsburg, Mercer, Kentucky, USA

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1869 - Ulysses S. Grant becomes President of the United States

1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states.

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - Rutherford B. Hayes becomes President of the United States

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1881 - The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton.

1881 - March 4 - James A. Garfield becomes President of the United States

1881 - July 2 - James A. Garfield was shot at the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station in Washington, D.C., at 9:30 am on Saturday, July 2, 1881. He died in Elberon, New Jersey, two months later on September 19, 1881. The shooting occurred less than four months into his term as president. Charles J. Guiteau was convicted of Garfield's murder and executed by hanging one year after the shooting. Chester Arthur becomes President of the United States.

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1884 Birth of Child
Edgar Hume GOINS was born 1 October 1884, Frankfort, Kentucky, USA

Mary Tompkins was 16 years old.

1885 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

1886 - October 28 - Statue of Liberty is Unveiled

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1889 - Benjamin Harrison becomes President of the United States

1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)

The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)

First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented

1893 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

1897 - William McKinley becomes President of the United States

1898 - April 25 – Spanish-American War: The United States declares war on Spain

1898 - December 10 – The Treaty of Paris is signed, ending the Spanish-American War.

1901 - King Camp Gillette and William Emery Nickerson invented the world's first disposable razor blade in 1901. (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

1901 - William McKinley, the 25th president of the United States, was shot on the grounds of the Pan-American Exposition in the Temple of Music in Buffalo, New York, on September 6, 1901, six months into his second term. He was shaking hands with the public when an anarchist, Leon Czolgosz, shot him twice in the abdomen. Theodore Roosevelt becomes President of the United States.

1902 - July 17 - Willis Haviland Carrier designed the first modern air-conditioning system. (Buffalo, New York, USA)

1903 - The first engine-powered airplane is invented (Wilbur & Orville Wright, United States)

1904 - June 28 - U.S. begins construction of Panama Canal.

1906 - August 22 – The first Victor Victrola, a phonographic record player, was manufactured, revolutionizing the way people listened to music at home.

In 1906, Reginald Fessenden made the first AM radio broadcast on December 24th. This event marked a significant advancement in radio technology, paving the way for the modern broadcasting industry.

1907-1908 - The electric washing machine is invented (Alva J. Fisher, United States)

1908 - First Model-T car is produced by Henry Ford (United States)