Leverett Asa BRIGGS

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6 June 1858 , Hopkinton, Rhode Island, USA

Died

5 October 1932 , Westerly, Rhode Island, USA

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Asa Sheldon BRIGGS Mary Caroline BURDICK

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Born: 6 June 1858 in Hopkinton, Rhode Island, USA

Father: Asa Sheldon BRIGGS

Mother: Mary Caroline BURDICK

Paternal grandparents: Bowen BRIGGS , Hannah SHELDON

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Leverett Asa married Ruth Ada WHITE 24 November 1881 in Hopkinton, Rhode Island, USA . The couple had (at least) 6 children.
Ruth Ada WHITE was born 6 August 1858 in Westerly, Rhode Island, USA (Watch Hill) (Misquamicut). Ruth Ada died 15 November 1933 in Hopkinton, Rhode Island, USA (Ashaway) (Hope Valley). Ruth Ada was the child of Maxson Perry WHITE and Abby GAVITT.

Leverett Asa BRIGGS died 5 October 1932 in Westerly, Rhode Island, USA .
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Ruth Ada WHITE
Marriage date: 24 November 1881
Marriage place: Hopkinton, Rhode Island, USA
Ruth Ada WHITE was the child of Maxson Perry WHITE and Abby GAVITT

Children of Leverett Asa BRIGGS and Ruth Ada WHITE

Asa Lloyd BRIGGS

Born: 9 December 1882, Hopkinton, Rhode Island, USA
Died: 25 January 1962, Hopkinton, Rhode Island, USA

Married: Mildred Pauline Amelia GIMLICH 18 September 1909 Place: Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA (Coltsville)

Married: Mildred Grace EILER 8 May 1937

Ralph Maxson BRIGGS

Born: 23 September 1885, , Rhode Island, USA
Died: 5 September 1938, Manhattan, New York, USA

Charles Bowen BRIGGS

Born: June 1887, , Rhode Island, USA
Died: 4 April 1961,

Caroline Minerva BRIGGS

Born: 9 October 1888, , Rhode Island, USA
Died: abt. 1965,

Maud BRIGGS

Born: 19 June 1891, Hopkinton, Rhode Island, USA
Died: abt. 1986,

Leverett Asa BRIGGS

Born: 12 January 1896, Coventry, Rhode Island, USA
Died: 1 January 1972, Seattle, Washington, USA

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Birth — 1858
6 June 1858
Hopkinton, Rhode Island, USA

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 Marriage / Partner
Leverett Asa BRIGGS and Ruth Ada WHITE 24 November 1881, Hopkinton, Rhode Island, USA (Ashaway) (Hope Valley)

He was 23 years old.

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.

1882 Birth of Child
Asa Lloyd BRIGGS was born 9 December 1882, Hopkinton, Rhode Island, USA (Ashaway) (Hope Valley)

Leverett Asa was 24 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

1885 Birth of Child
Ralph Maxson BRIGGS was born 23 September 1885, , Rhode Island, USA

Leverett Asa was 27 years old.

1886 - October 28 - Statue of Liberty is Unveiled

1887 Birth of Child
Charles Bowen BRIGGS was born June 1887, , Rhode Island, USA

Leverett Asa was 29 years old.

1888 Birth of Child
Caroline Minerva BRIGGS was born 9 October 1888, , Rhode Island, USA

Leverett Asa was 30 years old.

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

1891 Birth of Child
Maud BRIGGS was born 19 June 1891, Hopkinton, Rhode Island, USA (Ashaway) (Hope Valley)

Leverett Asa was 33 years old.

1893 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

1896 Birth of Child
Leverett Asa BRIGGS was born 12 January 1896, Coventry, Rhode Island, USA (Washington) (Harris)

Leverett Asa was 37 years old.

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

1909 Marriage of Child
Asa Lloyd BRIGGS married 18 September 1909, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA (Coltsville) to Mildred Pauline Amelia GIMLICH

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