Abner COGGESHALL

Born

11 December 1846 , Tiverton, Rhode Island, USA

Died

28 January 1914 , Tiverton, Rhode Island, USA

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Born: 11 December 1846 in Tiverton, Rhode Island, USA

Parents of Abner COGGESHALL

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Abner COGGESHALL

Mother

Elizabeth ALBERT

Grandparents of Abner COGGESHALL

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John COGGESHALL Ruth DEVOL

Maternal grandparents

Joel ALBERT Ruth SIMMONS

Abner was a soldier in the U.S. Civil War.
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Abner married Laura Ann BLISS 25 May 1888 in Tiverton, Rhode Island, USA . Laura Ann BLISS was born 12 May 1838 in Tiverton, Rhode Island, USA . Laura Ann died 2 November 1917 in Fall River, Massachusetts, USA. Laura Ann was the child of Cyrenus BLISS and Sarah ROUNDS.

Abner COGGESHALL died 28 January 1914 in Tiverton, Rhode Island, USA .
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Abner COGGESHALL

Abner COGGESHALL married

Laura Ann BLISS
Marriage date: 25 May 1888
Marriage place: Tiverton, Rhode Island, USA
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Laura Ann BLISS was the child of Cyrenus BLISS and Sarah ROUNDS

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Rhode Island Marriages, 1724-1916

groom's name: Abner Coggeshall

groom's birth date: 1847

groom's birthplace:

groom's age: 41

bride's name: Laura A.B. Law

bride's birth date: 1838

bride's birthplace:

bride's age: 50

marriage date: 25 May 1888

marriage place: Tiverton, Newport County, Rhode Island

groom's father's name: Abner Coggeshall

groom's mother's name: Elizabeth Albert

bride's father's name: Cyrenus Bliss

bride's mother's name: Phebe Rounds

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indexing project (batch) number: I09357-8

system origin: Rhode Island-EASy

source film number: 913055

reference number: 95

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Birth — 1846
11 December 1846
Tiverton, Rhode Island, USA

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: Abner Cogshall
Residence: Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island
Age: 2 years
calculated Birth Year: 1848
birthPlace: Rhode Island
Gender: Male
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Film Number: 22265
digital gs number: 4191657
Image Number: 00456
Line Number: 29
dwelling house number: 146
family number: 152
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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 - 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 - 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 Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island

Name: Abner Coggeshall
Residence: Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island
birthdate: 1847
birthPlace: Rhode Island, United States
relationship to head: Son
spouse's Name:
spouse's birthPlace:
father's Name:
father's birthPlace: Rhode Island, United States
mother's Name: Elizabeth Coggeshall
mother's birthPlace: Rhode Island, United States
race or color (expanded): White
ethnicity (standardized): American
Gender: Male
martial status: Single
age (expanded): 33 years
Occupation: Marketman
nara Film Number: T9-1210
pAge: 94
page character: A
entry number: 4134
Film Number: 1255210
Household Gender Age
parent Elizabeth Coggeshall F 67
Abner Coggeshall M 33
Frank Coggeshall M 31
Geo. Henry Coggeshall M 26
Caroline Wilbur F 42
Cora E. Wilbur F 10
Joseph G. Wilbur M 8

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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

1888 Marriage / Partner
Abner COGGESHALL and Laura Ann BLISS 25 May 1888, Tiverton, Rhode Island, USA (Tiverton, Massachusetts)

He was 41 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

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 Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island

Name: Abner Coggeshall
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Residence: Tiverton town (north side), Newport, Rhode Island
Birth Date: Dec 1846
birthPlace: Rhode Island
relationship to head-of-household: Self
spouse Name: Laura A Coggeshall
spouse titles:
spouse birth Place: Rhode Island
father Name:
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father birthPlace: Rhode Island
mother Name:
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mother birthPlace: Rhode Island
race or color (expanded): White
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Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
years Married: 12
estimated marriage year: 1888
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enumeration District: 0229
Sheet Number and Letter: 11B
Household ID: 253
reference number: 99
gsu Film Number: 1241505
Image Number: 00686
Household Gender Age
Abner Coggeshall M
spouse Laura A Coggeshall F

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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.

1905 Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island

Name: Abner Coggeshall
Residence: Tiverton, E.D. 0250, Newport, Rhode Island
Age: 58
Gender: Male
race or color: White
Marital Status: Married
Birth Date: 11 Dec 1846
birthPlace: Tiverton Rhode Island
father's birthPlace: Canada French
mother's birthPlace: Canada French
Relationship to Head of Household: Self
number of family in the order of visitation: 15
number in this family: 4
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number of these children living june 1, 1905:
Digital Folder Number: 4493327
Image Number: 01637
Film Number: 2166714

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1905 Rhode Island State Census
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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

1910 Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island

Name: Abner Coggshall
birthPlace: Rhode Island
Relationship to Head of Household: Self
Residence: Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island
Marital Status: Married
race : White
Gender: Male
Immigration Year:
father's birthPlace: Rhode Island
mother's birthPlace: Rhode Island
family number: 31
page number: 2
Household Gender Age
Abner Coggshall M 63y
spouse Laura A B Coggshall F 71y

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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

1914 Death

Rhode Island Deaths and Burials, 1802-1950
Name: Abner Coggeshall
Gender: Male
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Death Date: 28 Jan 1914
death Place: Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island
Age: 67
Birth Date: 1847
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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 32

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