Asa Sheldon BRIGGS

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28 May 1824 , Charlestown, Rhode Island, USA

Died

15 April 1901 , Hopkinton, Rhode Island, USA

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Bowen BRIGGS Hannah SHELDON

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Born: 28 May 1824 in Charlestown, Rhode Island, USA

Father: Bowen BRIGGS

Mother: Hannah SHELDON

Paternal grandparents: Sweet BRIGGS , Martha "Patty" TANNER

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Asa Sheldon married Mary Caroline BURDICK 11 February 1847 in Hopkinton, Rhode Island, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Mary Caroline BURDICK was born 8 July 1827 in Hopkinton, Rhode Island, USA (Ashaway) (Hope Valley). Mary Caroline died 5 March 1909 in Hopkinton, Rhode Island, USA (Ashaway) (Hope Valley).

Asa Sheldon BRIGGS died 15 April 1901 in Hopkinton, Rhode Island, USA .

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Mary Caroline BURDICK
Marriage date: 11 February 1847
Marriage place: Hopkinton, Rhode Island, USA

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Leverett Asa BRIGGS

Born: 6 June 1858, Hopkinton, Rhode Island, USA
Died: 5 October 1932, Westerly, Rhode Island, USA

Married: Ruth Ada WHITE 24 November 1881 Place: Hopkinton, Rhode Island, USA (Ashaway) (Hope Valley)

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Birth — 1824
28 May 1824
Charlestown, Rhode Island, USA

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1825 - John Quincy Adams becomes President of the United States

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1826 - Former U.S. Presidents Thomas Jefferson and John Adams both die on the 50th Anniversary of the signing of the United States Declaration of Independence.

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1827 - The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad is incorporated, becoming the first railroad in America offering commercial transportation of both people and freight.

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1829 - Andrew Jackson becomes President of the United States

1830 - The Indian Removal Act marks the beginning of the forced relocation of five tribes of native Americans, known as Trail of Tears

1837 - Martin Van Buren becomes President of the United States

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

From the 1840s through the 1880s, thousands trekked westward, carrying only a few belonging and supplies for the journey, and settling on the western frontier, forever changing the American West.

1841 - William Henry Harrison becomes President of the United States

1841 - John Tyler becomes President of the United States

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

1847 Marriage / Partner
Asa Sheldon BRIGGS and Mary Caroline BURDICK 11 February 1847, Hopkinton, Rhode Island, USA (Ashaway) (Hope Valley)

He was 22 years old.

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

1858 Birth of Child
Leverett Asa BRIGGS was born 6 June 1858, Hopkinton, Rhode Island, USA (Ashaway) (Hope Valley)

Asa Sheldon was 34 years old.

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.

1881 Marriage of Child
Leverett Asa BRIGGS married 24 November 1881, Hopkinton, Rhode Island, USA (Ashaway) (Hope Valley) to Ruth Ada WHITE

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

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.

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Name: Asa Sheldon Briggs
Gender: Male
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Death Date: 15 Apr 1901
Death Place: Hopkinton, Washington, Rhode Island, United States
Age: 76
Birth Date: 1825
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Father's Name: Bowen Briggs
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Mother's Name: Hannah Sheldon Briggs
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I09330-0
System Origin: Rhode Island-EASy
GS Film number: 1906587
Reference ID: p 55

'Rhode Island Deaths and Burials, 1802-1950,' database, FamilySearch.org : 6 December 2014), Asa Sheldon Briggs, 15 Apr 1901; citing Hopkinton, Washington, Rhode Island, United States, reference p 55; FHL microfilm 1,906,587.'