Sherman Minot BURTON

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June 1812 , Pinckney, New York, USA

Died

21 May 1910 , Woburn, Massachusetts, USA

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Nehemiah BURTON

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Sarah NEWTON

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Isaac NEWTON Rebecca MINOT

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Birth — 1812
June 1812
Pinckney, New York, USA

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1817 - James Monroe becomes President of the United States

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

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

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1849 - Zachary Taylor becomes President of the United States

1850 - Seal, Pike, Ohio

Name: Sherman M Burton
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1850
Event Place: Seal, Pike, Ohio, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 37
Race: White
Race (Original):
Birth Year (Estimated): 1813
BirthPlace: New York
Household ID: 540
House Number: 540
Line Number: 32
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: M432
Affiliate Film Number: 721
GS Film Number: 444714
Digital Folder Number: 004204500
Image Number: 00083

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
John J Vanmeter M 52 Virginia
Mary Vanmeter F 50 Ohio
Elizabeth Vanmeter F 23 Ohio
Joseph H Vanmeter M 21 Ohio
Isaac Vanmeter M 18 Ohio
John M Vanmeter M 13 Ohio
Eliza Vanmeter F 11 Ohio
Mary Vanmeter F 7 Ohio
Joseph L Hibbs M 25 Ohio
Sherman M Burton M 37 New York
Mariah Burton F 31 Ohio
Hellen M Burton F 4 Ohio
Thomas A Chrighton M 23
James Bier M 30 Ohio
John Strickey M 35 Virginia
Daniel Love M 26 Ohio
George

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1850 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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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 - Morgan, Ohio

Name: Sherman Burton
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1870
Event Place: Ohio, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 56
Race: White
Race (Original): W
Birth Year (Estimated): 1813-1814
BirthPlace: New York
Page Number: 11
Household ID: 93
Line Number: 19
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: M593
GS Film Number: 000552669
Digital Folder Number: 004093963
Image Number: 00569

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Sherman Burton M 56 New York
Maria Burton F 51 Ohio
Annette Burton F 11 Michigan

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1870 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
Exploring the U.S. Census: Your Guide to America’s Data

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)

1880 - Golconda, Pope, Illinois

Name: Sherman M Burton
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1880
Event Place: Golconda, Pope, Illinois, United States
District: ED 86
Gender: Male
Age: 67
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Race (Original): W
Occupation: Prespeyterian Minst.
Relationship to Head of Household: Self
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Self
Birth Year (Estimated): 1813
BirthPlace: New York, United States
Father's BirthPlace: Connecticut, United States
Mother's BirthPlace: Connecticut, United States
Note:
Sheet Letter: C
Sheet Number: 115
Sheet Number and Letter: 115C
Household ID: 7195685
Person Number: 0
Volume: 2
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: T9
Affiliate Film Number: 0243
GS Film Number: 1254243
Digital Folder Number: 005157462
Image Number: 00599

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Sherman M Burton Self M 67 New York, United States
Maria S Burton Wife F 61 Ohio, United States
Hellen M

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1880 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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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.

1900 Woburn, Massachusetts

Name: Sherman N Burton
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1900
Event Place: Woburn city Ward 3, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
District: 1003
Gender: Male
Age: 88
Marital Status: Widowed
Race: White
Race (Original): W
Relationship to Head of Household: Boarder
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Boarder
Number of Living Children:
Years Married: 36
Birth Date: Jun 1812
BirthPlace: New York
Marriage Year (Estimated): 1864
Immigration Year:
Father's BirthPlace: Connecticut
Mother's BirthPlace: Connecticut
Mother of how many children:
Sheet Number and Letter: 1A
Household ID: 2
Line Number: 13
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: T623
GS Film Number: 1240668
Digital Folder Number: 004113855
Image Number: 00413

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Chas H Taylor Head M 54 Massachusetts
Marion H Taylor Wife F 51 Massachusetts
George H

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1900 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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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

Death

Name: Sherman Minot Burton
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 21 May 1910
Event Place: Woburn,,Massachusetts
Residence Place:
Address:
Gender: Male
Age: 97
Marital Status: Widowed
Occupation:
Birth Date: 1813
BirthPlace: Pinckney, New York
Birth Year (Estimated): 1813
Burial Date:
Burial Place:
Cemetery:
Father's Name: Nehemiah Burton
Father's Titles and Terms:
Father's BirthPlace:
Mother's Name: Sarah Newton
Mother's Titles and Terms:
Mother's BirthPlace:
Additional Relatives:
Spouse's Name:
Reference ID: 496
GS Film Number: 2315055
Frame Number:
Digital Folder Number: 4283220
Image Number: 00455

'Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915,' database with images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ ark:/ 61903/ 1:1:N43L-RJN : 11 March 2018), Nehemiah Burton in entry for Sherman Minot Burton, 21 May 1910; citing Woburn,,Massachusetts, 496, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,315,055.

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