John Hamilton ADAMS

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12 November 1824 , Lyons, New York, USA

Died

4 March 1898 , Rochester, New York, USA

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Born: 12 November 1824 in Lyons, New York, USA

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John Hamilton married Sophia Adaline WOOD 11 November 1847 in Ledyard, New York, USA . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Sophia Adaline WOOD was born 27 March 1827 in Auburn, New York, USA. Sophia Adaline died 11 May 1900 in Rochester, New York, USA. Sophia Adaline was the child of Seneca WOOD and Sophia Adeline BURNHAM.

John Hamilton ADAMS died 4 March 1898 in Rochester, New York, USA.

son of John Adams and Rebecca Bemis Hamilton

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Sophia Adaline WOOD
Marriage date: 11 November 1847
Marriage place: Ledyard, New York, USA
Sophia Adaline WOOD was the child of Seneca WOOD and Sophia Adeline BURNHAM

Children of John Hamilton ADAMS and Sophia Adaline WOOD

Walter Wood ADAMS

Born: 22 August 1848, Lyons, New York, USA
Died: 14 June 1913, Manhattan, New York, USA

Charles Hamilton ADAMS

Born: 2 February 1851, Lyons, New York, USA
Died: 3 August 1852, Lyons, New York, USA

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Birth — 1824
12 November 1824
Lyons, New York, 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
John Hamilton ADAMS and Sophia Adaline WOOD 11 November 1847, Ledyard, New York, USA (Aurora)

He was 23 years old.

1848 Birth of Child
Walter Wood ADAMS was born 22 August 1848, Lyons, New York, USA

John Hamilton was 23 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

1851 Birth of Child
Charles Hamilton ADAMS was born 2 February 1851, Lyons, New York, USA

John Hamilton was 26 years old.

1852 Death of Child
Charles Hamilton ADAMS died 3 August 1852, Lyons, New York, USA

John Hamilton was 27 years old.

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

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)

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

Obituary

Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, Rochester, New York, Monday, March 7, 1898

John Hamilton Adams.

An Aged Resident of This City Has Passed Away.

John Hamilton Adams died March 4th in the 74th year of his age, at No. 57 South Clinton street, where he resided. Deceased was born in Lyons, this state, November 12, 1824. His parents were John Adams and Rebecca Bemis Hamilton. He was educated at Geneva, now Hobart College, and was in the class of 1847. He was a member of the Sigma Phi Society. In 1847 he married Sophia Adeline Wood, daughter of Seneca Wood and Sophia Adaline Burnham.

Mr. Adams was in business with his father in Lyons until 1857, when he removed to Rochester, and had been a continuous resident here, with the exception of about two years, when he was engaged in building what is now the Des Moines Valley railroad in Iowa.

During his residence here he had not been engaged in active business, but was the executor of several large estates and manager of various

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