Charles Otis STORRS

(b. 7 December 1841 , Willington, Connecticut, USA d. 23 December 1886 , Mansfield, Massachusetts, USA )

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Charles Otis STORRS was born 7 December 1841 in Willington, Connecticut, USA

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Charles Otis STORRS died 23 December 1886 in Mansfield, Massachusetts, USA.

Occupation: Commercial Agent

Father: Royal O.
Mother: Lora Lee

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1841 Birth
7 December 1841
Willington, Connecticut, USA

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1845 - James Knox Polk becomes President of the United States

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1849 - Zachary Taylor becomes President of the United States

1850 - Millard Fillmore becomes President of the United States

1853 - Franklin Pierce becomes President of the United States

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - James Buchanan becomes President of the United States

1857 - March 6 – Dred Scott v. Sandford: The Supreme Court of the United States rules that Blacks are not citizens and slaves can not sue for freedom, driving the country further towards the American Civil War.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1861 - February 8 – American Civil War: The Confederate States of America are formed, comprising the first six break-away states.

1861 - Abraham Lincoln becomes President of the United States

1863 - January 1 - President Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, freeing slaves.

1863 - October 3 – President Lincoln proclaims a national Thanksgiving day to be celebrated the final Thursday in November in the United States

1863 - November 19 – American Civil War: U. S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the military cemetery dedication ceremony in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

April 14, 1865 - President Abraham Lincoln was mortally wounded by John Wilkes Booth at in Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. He died the next day. Andrew Johnson becomes President of the United States.

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)

1885 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

Death
Name: Charles Otis Storrs
Gender: Male
Burial Date:
Burial Place:
Death Date: 23 Dec 1886
Death Place: Mansfield, Massachusetts
Age: 45
Birth Date: 1841
Birth Place: Willington, Conn.
Occupation: Commercial Agent
Race: W
Marital Status: Single
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Royal O.
Father's Birthplace: Mansfield, Conn.
Mother's Name: Lora Lee
Mother's Birthplace: Vernon, Conn.
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B06799-7
System Origin: Massachusetts-EASy
GS Film number: 960232
Reference ID: v 374 p 261

'Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910,' database, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ ark:/ 61903/ 1:1:FC9M-H3J : 10 December 2014), Charles Otis Storrs, 23 Dec 1886; citing Mansfield, Massachusetts, reference v 374 p 261; FHL microfilm 960,232.'

Grave

Storrs Cemetery (New) Storrs, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA
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Charles is buried at: Storrs Cemetery (New) Storrs, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA

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