Martha Elizabeth MOSHER

Born

24 September 1842 , New York, USA

Died

24 August 1930 , Motley, Morrison, Minnesota, USA

Martha Elizabeth married Malvin Howland SEELY 13 November 1860 . The couple had (at least) 6 children.
Malvin Howland SEELY was born 20 July 1835 in Deerfield, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA. Malvin Howland died 28 April 1925 in Morrison, Minnesota, USA.

Parents & Family of Martha Elizabeth MOSHER

Parents of Martha Elizabeth MOSHER

Father

Rensselaer Seneca MOSHER

Mother

Martha LUTHER

Grandparents of Martha Elizabeth MOSHER

Paternal grandparents

David MOSHER Betsey LEE?

Maternal grandparents

Maternal grandfather not yet recorded Maternal grandmother not yet recorded

m. M. H. Seely

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Martha Elizabeth MOSHER

Martha Elizabeth MOSHER married

Malvin Howland SEELY
Marriage date: 13 November 1860
Marriage place:

Children of Malvin Howland SEELY and Martha Elizabeth MOSHER

Charles Eugene SEELY

Born: 31 August 1866, , Illinois, USA
Died: 10 July 1934, St Louis, Minnesota, USA

Frederich Mohr SEELY

Born: 3 August 1870, Knoxville, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA
Died: 19 August 1933, Motley, Cass, Minnesota, USA

George Wright SEELY

Born: 11 March 1874, Henry, Illinois, USA
Died: 23 December 1954, Wadena, Minnesota, USA

Letta Blanch SEELY

Born: 20 November 1876, , Illinois, USA
Died: 18 November 1963,

Ransler Warren SEELY

Born: 26 February 1878, , Illinois, USA
Died: 17 May 1950, Wadena, Minnesota, USA

Malvin Eddy SEELY

Born: 5 March 1883, , Minnesota, USA
Died: 25 December 1945, San Francisco, California, USA

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Birth — 1842
24 September 1842
New York, USA

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

1860 - Deerfield, Tioga, Pennsylvania

Name: Elizabith Mosher
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1860
Event Place: Town of Deerfield, Tioga, Pennsylvania, United States
Gender: Female
Age: 19
Race: White
Race (Original): [Blank]
Birth Year (Estimated): 1841
BirthPlace: New York
PAge: 122
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Seneca R Mosher Male 43 New York
Martha Mosher Female 37 New York
Elizabith Mosher Female 19 New York
Mary Mosher Female 16 New York
Harvey Mosher Male 8 Pennsylvania
Franklin Mosher Male 4 Pennsylvania
Eddy Mosher Male 1 Pennsylvania

Source / record details
1860 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
Exploring the U.S. Census: Your Guide to America’s Data

1860 Marriage / Partner
Martha Elizabeth MOSHER and Malvin Howland SEELY 13 November 1860,

She was 18 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.

1866 Birth of Child
Charles Eugene SEELY was born 31 August 1866, , Illinois, USA

Martha Elizabeth was 23 years old.

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.

1870 Birth of Child
Frederich Mohr SEELY was born 3 August 1870, Knoxville, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA

Martha Elizabeth was 27 years old.

1874 Birth of Child
George Wright SEELY was born 11 March 1874, Henry, Illinois, USA

Martha Elizabeth was 31 years old.

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1876 Birth of Child
Letta Blanch SEELY was born 20 November 1876, , Illinois, USA

Martha Elizabeth was 34 years old.

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.

1878 Birth of Child
Ransler Warren SEELY was born 26 February 1878, , Illinois, USA

Martha Elizabeth was 35 years old.

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.

1883 Birth of Child
Malvin Eddy SEELY was born 5 March 1883, , Minnesota, USA

Martha Elizabeth was 40 years old.

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

1915 - January 25 - First United States coast-to-coast long-distance telephone call

1917 - March 2 – The enactment of the Jones Act grants Puerto Ricans United States citizenship.

1917 - April 6 – WWI: The United States declares war on Germany

1918 - March 19 – The United States Congress establishes time zones and approves daylight saving time

1919 - June 4 – Women's rights: The United States Congress approves the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which would guarantee suffrage to women, and sends it to the U.S. states for ratification

1920 - January 17 - Prohibition goes into effect on January 17, 1920, under the provisions of the 18th Amendment to the United States Constitution

1921 - Warren G. Harding becomes President of the United States

1921 - Charles Strite of Minnesota patents the pop-up toaster.

1923 to 1927 - Television is invented (Vladimir Kosma Zworykin (Russia), Philo Taylor Farnsworth (United States))

1923 - Calvin Coolidge becomes President of the United States

1925 Death of Spouse/Partner
Malvin Howland SEELY died 28 April 1925, Morrison, Minnesota, USA

1927 - The aerosol can is invented (Erik Rotheim, Norway)

1927 - April 7 – Bell Telephone Co. transmits an image of Herbert Hoover (then the Secretary of Commerce), which becomes the first successful long distance demonstration of television

1928 - Sliced bread (bread slicing machine) is invented by Otto Frederick Rohwedder (United States)

1929 - Herbert Hoover becomes President of the United States

1929 - October 29 - Black Tuesday - Stock market crash - The Great Depression Begins - It lasted until 1941 (WW2)

Death

Minnesota Deaths and Burials, 1835-1990 for Martha Elizabeth Seely

Name: Martha Elizabeth Seely
Gender: Female
burial date:
burial Place:
Death Date: 24 Aug 1930
death Place: Motley, Morrison, Minnesota
Age: 87
Birth Date: 1843
birthPlace:
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Marital Status: Married
spouse's Name: M. H. Seely
father's Name: Ranseler Mosher
father's birthPlace:
mother's Name: Martha Luther
mother's birthPlace:
indexing project (batch) number: B02540-0
system origin: Minnesota-EASy
source Film Number: 2242290
reference number: 8657

Source / record details
familysearch.org (Mormon Genealogy Records)
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