Sheridan Lafayette MOSHER

Born

10 June 1849 , La Salle Co., Illinois, USA

Died

26 February 1939 , St Louis, Missouri, USA

Sheridan Lafayette married Elizabeth Amanda COLLINS 24 August 1877 in Perry, Illinois, USA . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Elizabeth Amanda COLLINS was born abt. 1858 in Illinois, USA. Elizabeth Amanda died abt. 1900

Parents & Family of Sheridan Lafayette MOSHER

Parents of Sheridan Lafayette MOSHER

Father

Ira S MOSHER

Mother

Louisa PEASE

Grandparents of Sheridan Lafayette MOSHER

Paternal grandparents

Benjamin MOSHER Abigail? MOSHER?

Maternal grandparents

Maternal grandfather not yet recorded Maternal grandmother not yet recorded

m. Elizabeth Collins, 1874, Illinois

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Sheridan Lafayette MOSHER

Sheridan Lafayette MOSHER married

Elizabeth Amanda COLLINS
Marriage date: 24 August 1877
Marriage place: Perry, Illinois, USA

Children of Sheridan Lafayette MOSHER and Elizabeth Amanda COLLINS

Elsie Louisa MOSHER

Born: 7 May 1878, Pinckneyville, Perry, Illinois, USA
Died: October 1972, , Illinois, USA

Edgar W MOSHER

Born: 22 January 1880, Perry, Illinois, USA
Died: ,

Della MOSHER

Born: 18 August 1883, , Illinois, USA
Died: abt. 1966, St Louis, Missouri, USA

Charles Lafayette MOSHER

Born: 16 May 1884, Perry, Illinois, USA
Died: ,

Lina Elizabeth MOSHER

Born: 19 February 1886, Perry, Illinois, USA
Died: ,

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Birth — 1849
10 June 1849
La Salle Co., Illinois, USA

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

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 Marriage / Partner
Sheridan Lafayette MOSHER and Elizabeth Amanda COLLINS 24 August 1877, Perry, Illinois, USA

He was 28 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
Elsie Louisa MOSHER was born 7 May 1878, Pinckneyville, Perry, Illinois, USA

Sheridan Lafayette was 28 years old.

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1880 Birth of Child
Edgar W MOSHER was born 22 January 1880, Perry, Illinois, USA

Sheridan Lafayette was 30 years old.

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
Della MOSHER was born 18 August 1883, , Illinois, USA

Sheridan Lafayette was 34 years old.

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1884 Birth of Child
Charles Lafayette MOSHER was born 16 May 1884, Perry, Illinois, USA

Sheridan Lafayette was 34 years old.

1885 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

1886 Birth of Child
Lina Elizabeth MOSHER was born 19 February 1886, Perry, Illinois, USA

Sheridan Lafayette was 36 years old.

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