Harriet L. COBB

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abt. 1866 , Halifax, Massachusetts, USA

Died

5 June 1886 , Halifax, Massachusetts, USA

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Father: Lewis A. Cobb
Mother: Harriet Cobb
Spouse: Benton

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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

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Name: Harriet L. Benton
Gender: Female
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Death Date: 05 Jun 1886
Death Place: Halifax, Massachusetts
Age: 20
Birth Date: 1866
Birth Place: Halifax
Occupation: At Home
Race: white
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Benton
Father's Name: Lewis A. Cobb
Father's BirthPlace: Middleboro
Mother's Name: Harriet Cobb
Mother's BirthPlace: Halifax
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B06800-6
System Origin: Massachusetts-EASy
GS Film Number: 960232
Reference ID: v 374 p 327

'Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910,' database, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ ark:/ 61903/ 1:1:FC9S-M2L : 10 December 2014), Harriet L. Benton, 05 Jun 1886; citing Halifax, Massachusetts, reference v 374 p 327; FHL microfilm 960,232.'

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