Lewis Eugene STILES

(b. 19 February 1857 , New Jersey, USA d. 2 November 1885 , Mendham, New Jersey, USA )

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Lewis Eugene STILES was born 19 February 1857 in New Jersey, USA

Lewis Eugene STILES was the child of ? and ?

Lewis Eugene STILES died 2 November 1885 in Mendham, New Jersey, USA.

son of William H Stiles and Phebe M Axtell

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Lewis Eugene STILES was a Farmer.

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1857 Birth
19 February 1857
New Jersey, USA

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)

Death
Name: Lewis E. Stiles
Gender: Male
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Death Date: 02 Nov 1885
Death Place: Mendham, Morris, New Jersey
Age: 28
Birth Date: 1857
Birth Place: Us
Occupation: Farmer
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Marital Status: Married
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Father's Name:
Father's Birthplace: Us
Mother's Name:
Mother's Birthplace: Us
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B06594-4
System Origin: New Jersey-EASy
GS Film number: 589307
Reference ID: v 19 p 162

'New Jersey Deaths and Burials, 1720-1988,' database, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ ark:/ 61903/ 1:1:FZHJ-TBG : 12 December 2014), Lewis E. Stiles, 02 Nov 1885; citing Mendham, Morris, New Jersey, reference v 19 p 162; FHL microfilm 589,307.'