George Myron MATTOON

Born

9 October 1834 , Massachusetts, USA

Died

24 July 1893 , Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA

Parents & Family of George Myron MATTOON

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Born: 9 October 1834 in Massachusetts, USA

Parents of George Myron MATTOON

Father

Myron Burnham MATTOON

Mother

Lovina (Laverna) Deborah HIGLEY

Grandparents of George Myron MATTOON

Paternal grandparents

Charles MATTOON Julia Ann BURNHAM

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Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

George Myron married Cornelia Olivia BELDEN 25 November 1859 in Springfield, Massachusetts, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Cornelia Olivia BELDEN was born 6 April 1835 in Lenox, Massachusetts, USA. Cornelia Olivia died 26 July 1916 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA . Cornelia Olivia was the child of Albert Gallintin BELDEN and Olivia NORTON.

George Myron MATTOON died 24 July 1893 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA .

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Spouses, Marriages & Children of George Myron MATTOON

George Myron MATTOON married

Cornelia Olivia BELDEN
Marriage date: 25 November 1859
Marriage place: Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
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Cornelia Olivia BELDEN was the child of Albert Gallintin BELDEN and Olivia NORTON

Marriage notes:

Name: Cornelia O Belden

Event Type: Marriage Intention (Marriage)

Marriage Date: 14 Nov 1859

Marriage Place: Lenox, Massachusetts

Spouse Name: George M Mattson

Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.

Children of George Myron MATTOON and Cornelia Olivia BELDEN

Cornelia Katherine MATTOON

Born: 18 June 1877, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 19 March 1931, Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA

Married: Charles Frederick REINHARDT 15 April 1903 Place: Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA

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Birth — 1834
9 October 1834
Massachusetts, USA

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

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

1859 Marriage / Partner
George Myron MATTOON and Cornelia Olivia BELDEN 25 November 1859, Springfield, Massachusetts, USA (Indian Orchard)

He was 25 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 Birth of Child
Cornelia Katherine MATTOON was born 18 June 1877, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA (Coltsville)

George Myron was 42 years old.

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

Death

Name: Geo. M Mattoon
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 24 Jul 1893
Event Place: Pittsfield, Massachusetts
Residence Place: Pittsfield
Address:
Gender: Male
Age: 58
Marital Status: Married
Occupation: Retired
Birth Date:
BirthPlace: Pittsfield
Birth Year (Estimated): 1835
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Father's Name: Myron Mattoon
Father's Titles and Terms:
Father's BirthPlace: Lenox
Mother's Name: Laverna
Mother's Titles and Terms:
Mother's BirthPlace: Becket
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Reference ID: v 436 p 100
GS Film Number: 961509
Frame Number:
Digital Folder Number: 4225004
Image Number: 85

'Massachusetts, Deaths, 1841-1915,' index and images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ N7BX-WNG : accessed 25 Jun 2013), Myron Mattoon in entry for Geo. M Mattoon, 1893.

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