Nellie M GOSS

(b. abt. 1860 , East Longmeadow, Massachusetts, USA d. 30 November 1896 , Agawam, Massachusetts, USA )

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Nellie M GOSS was born abt. 1860 in East Longmeadow, Massachusetts, USA

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Nellie M GOSS died 30 November 1896 in Agawam, Massachusetts, USA .

Occupation: Housewife

Father: Horatio E. Goss
Mother: Martha A. Cleveland
Spouse: James A. Chaffee

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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.

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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

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

1896 Death
30 November 1896
Agawam, Massachusetts, USA (Feeding Hills)

Name: Nellie M. Chaffee
Gender: Female
Burial Date:
Burial Place: East Longmeadow
Death Date: 30 Nov 1896
Death Place: Feeding Hills
Age: 36
Birth Date: 1860
Birth Place: East Longmeadow
Occupation: Housewife
Race:
Marital Status: Widowed
Spouse's Name: James A. Chaffee
Father's Name: Horatio E. Goss
Father's Birthplace: Enfield, Conn.
Mother's Name: Martha A. Cleveland
Mother's Birthplace: East Longmeadow
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B07552-0
System Origin: Massachusetts-EASy
GS Film number: 2028187
Reference ID: it9 v2 p17 n60

"Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910," database, FamilySearch (https:/ / familysearch.org/ ark:/ 61903/ 1:1:FC9G-T4V : 10 December 2014), Nellie M. Chaffee, 30 Nov 1896; citing Feeding Hills, reference it9 v2 p17 n60; FHL microfilm 2,028,187."

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