Ira Rigsbec SLEETH

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17 August 1879 , Indiana, USA

Died

15 July 1915 , Hanover, Shelby, Indiana, USA

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James Monroe SLEETH Eunice Arrabelle MILLER

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Born: 17 August 1879 in Indiana, USA

Father: James Monroe SLEETH

Mother: Eunice Arrabelle MILLER

Ira Rigsbec SLEETH died 15 July 1915 in Hanover, Shelby, Indiana, USA.
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Birth — 1879
17 August 1879
Indiana, USA

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

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.

1901 - King Camp Gillette and William Emery Nickerson invented the world's first disposable razor blade in 1901. (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

1901 - William McKinley, the 25th president of the United States, was shot on the grounds of the Pan-American Exposition in the Temple of Music in Buffalo, New York, on September 6, 1901, six months into his second term. He was shaking hands with the public when an anarchist, Leon Czolgosz, shot him twice in the abdomen. Theodore Roosevelt becomes President of the United States.

1902 - July 17 - Willis Haviland Carrier designed the first modern air-conditioning system. (Buffalo, New York, USA)

1903 - The first engine-powered airplane is invented (Wilbur & Orville Wright, United States)

1904 - June 28 - U.S. begins construction of Panama Canal.

1906 - August 22 – The first Victor Victrola, a phonographic record player, was manufactured, revolutionizing the way people listened to music at home.

In 1906, Reginald Fessenden made the first AM radio broadcast on December 24th. This event marked a significant advancement in radio technology, paving the way for the modern broadcasting industry.

1907-1908 - The electric washing machine is invented (Alva J. Fisher, United States)

1908 - First Model-T car is produced by Henry Ford (United States)

1909 - William Howard Taft becomes President of the United States

1912 - April 15 - Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic

1913 - The assembly line is invented (Henry Ford, United States)

The bra is invented (Mary Phelps Jacob, United States)

1913 - Woodrow Wilson becomes President of the United States

1913 - October 31 – The Lincoln Highway, the first automobile road across the United States, is dedicated

Death

Name: Ira G. Sleeth
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 15 Jul 1915
Event Place: Hanover Township, Indiana
Age: 35
Birth Year (Estimated): 1880
Gender: Male
Race: W
Affiliate Repository Place: County Health Office, Shelbyville
Source Reference: The source of this record is the book H-25 on page 46 within the series produced by the Indiana Works Progress Administration.
Note:

'Indiana Death Index, 1882-1920,' database, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ ark:/ 61903/ 1:1:VZ7J-46V : 3 December 2014), Ira G. Sleeth, 15 Jul 1915, Hanover Township, Indiana; from 'Indiana Deaths, 1882-1920,' database, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : 2003); citing 'The source of this record is the book CSS-2 on page 113 within the series produced by the Indiana Works Progress Administration.' County Health Office, Shelbyville.

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