Ollis  BOWEN

Born

abt. 1805 ,  Norwich, New York, USA

Died

abt. 1879 , 

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Amos BOWENRebecca SALISBURY

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Born: abt. 1805 in Norwich, New York, USA

Father: Amos BOWEN

Mother: Rebecca SALISBURY

Maternal grandparents: Gilbert SALISBURY , Rebecca WHEELER

Ollis BOWEN died abt. 1879
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 1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

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

 1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

 1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

 1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

 1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

 1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 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)

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

 1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

 1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

 1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

 1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

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

 1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

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