Mary Elizabeth COGGESHALL

Born

28 May 1843 , Tiverton, Rhode Island, USA

Died

25 November 1904 , Tiverton, Rhode Island, USA

Mary Elizabeth married Isaac GRINNELL 1 January 1861 in Newport, Rhode Island, USA . The couple had (at least) 7 children.
Isaac GRINNELL was born 11 September 1815 in Tiverton, Rhode Island, USA .

Parents & Family of Mary Elizabeth COGGESHALL

Parents of Mary Elizabeth COGGESHALL

Father

Abner COGGESHALL

Mother

Elizabeth ALBERT

Grandparents of Mary Elizabeth COGGESHALL

Paternal grandparents

John COGGESHALL Ruth DEVOL

Maternal grandparents

Joel ALBERT Ruth SIMMONS

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Mary Elizabeth COGGESHALL

Mary Elizabeth COGGESHALL married

Isaac GRINNELL
Marriage date: 1 January 1861
Marriage place: Newport, Rhode Island, USA

Children of Isaac GRINNELL and Mary Elizabeth COGGESHALL

Ellen F GRINNELL

Born: 29 March 1861, Tiverton, Rhode Island, USA
Died: ,

Frank O GRINNELL

Born: 1 May 1864, Tiverton, Rhode Island, USA
Died: ,

Clarence Alton GRINNELL

Born: 1 November 1867, Tiverton, Rhode Island, USA
Died: ,

Edgar Forrest GRINNELL

Born: 1 November 1869, Tiverton, Rhode Island, USA
Died: ,

Isaac GRINNELL

Born: 11 October 1871, Tiverton, Rhode Island, USA
Died: ,

Lester L GRINNELL

Born: 20 August 1873, Tiverton, Rhode Island, USA
Died: ,

Minerva Ethel GRINNELL

Born: 28 June 1877, Tiverton, Rhode Island, USA
Died: ,

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Birth — 1843
28 May 1843
Tiverton, Rhode Island, 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 Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island

Name: Mary E Cogshall
Residence: Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island
Age: 6 years
calculated Birth Year: 1844
birthPlace: Rhode Island
Gender: Female
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Film Number: 22265
digital gs number: 4191657
Image Number: 00456
Line Number: 27
dwelling house number: 146
family number: 152
Marital Status:
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Household Gender Age
Abner Cogshall M 58y
Elizabeth Cogshall F 37y
Caroline Albert F 12y
Asa Cogshall M 8y
Mary E Cogshall F 6y
Ellen F Cogshall F 5y
Abner Cogshall M 2y
George F Cogshall M 1y

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1850 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
Exploring the U.S. Census: Your Guide to America’s Data

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 Marriage / Partner
Mary Elizabeth COGGESHALL and Isaac GRINNELL 1 January 1861, Newport, Rhode Island, USA

She was 17 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

1861 Birth of Child
Ellen F GRINNELL was born 29 March 1861, Tiverton, Rhode Island, USA (Tiverton, Massachusetts)

Mary Elizabeth was 17 years old.

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)

1864 Birth of Child
Frank O GRINNELL was born 1 May 1864, Tiverton, Rhode Island, USA (Tiverton, Massachusetts)

Mary Elizabeth was 20 years old.

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.

1867 Birth of Child
Clarence Alton GRINNELL was born 1 November 1867, Tiverton, Rhode Island, USA (Tiverton, Massachusetts)

Mary Elizabeth was 24 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

1869 Birth of Child
Edgar Forrest GRINNELL was born 1 November 1869, Tiverton, Rhode Island, USA (Tiverton, Massachusetts)

Mary Elizabeth was 26 years old.

1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states.

1871 Birth of Child
Isaac GRINNELL was born 11 October 1871, Tiverton, Rhode Island, USA (Tiverton, Massachusetts)

Mary Elizabeth was 28 years old.

1873 Birth of Child
Lester L GRINNELL was born 20 August 1873, Tiverton, Rhode Island, USA (Tiverton, Massachusetts)

Mary Elizabeth was 30 years old.

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 Birth of Child
Minerva Ethel GRINNELL was born 28 June 1877, Tiverton, Rhode Island, USA (Tiverton, Massachusetts)

Mary Elizabeth was 34 years old.

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 Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island

Name: Mary E. Grinnell
Residence: Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island
birthdate: 1842
birthPlace: Rhode Island, United States
relationship to head: Wife
spouse's Name: Isaac Grinnell
spouse's birthPlace: Rhode Island, United States
father's Name:
father's birthPlace: Rhode Island, United States
mother's Name:
mother's birthPlace: Rhode Island, United States
race or color (expanded): White
ethnicity (standardized): American
Gender: Female
martial status: Married
age (expanded): 38 years
Occupation: Keeping House
nara Film Number: T9-1210
pAge: 92
page character: B
entry number: 3994
Film Number: 1255210
Household Gender Age
spouse Isaac Grinnell M 63
Mary E. Grinnell F 38
child Frank Grinnell M 16
child Clarence Grinnell M 12
child Edgar Grinnell M 10
child Lester Grinnell M 7
child Minerva Grinnell F 3

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1880 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
Exploring the U.S. Census: Your Guide to America’s Data

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.

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 Death

Rhode Island Deaths and Burials, 1802-1950
Name: Mary Elizabeth Coggeshall Grinnell
Gender: Female
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Death Date: 25 Nov 1904
death Place: Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island
Age: 61
Birth Date: 1843
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father's Name: Abner Coggeshall
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mother's Name: Elizabeth Albert Coggeshall
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indexing project (batch) number: I09586-2
system origin: Rhode Island-EASy
source Film Number: 2316083
reference number: p 9

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