Robert JOHNSON

Born

10 March 1843 , Buckhorn, Perry, Kentucky, USA

Died

23 December 1911 , Berea, Kentucky, USA

Robert married Hannah BREWER 15 February 1865 in Bullskin Creek, Clay, Kentucky, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Hannah BREWER was born 20 August 1845 in Buckhorn, Perry, Kentucky, USA. Hannah died 15 March 1913 in Berea, Kentucky, USA.

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son of James Johnson and Margaret "Peggy" Gay

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Robert JOHNSON

Robert JOHNSON married

Hannah BREWER
Marriage date: 15 February 1865
Marriage place: Bullskin Creek, Clay, Kentucky, USA

Children of Robert JOHNSON and Hannah BREWER

Armilda JOHNSON

Born: 26 October 1871, Longs Creek, Kentucky, USA
Died: 21 June 1930, Berea, Kentucky, USA

Married: David Nathaniel WELCH 31 January 1889 Place: , Kentucky, USA

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Birth — 1843
10 March 1843
Buckhorn, Perry, Kentucky, 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 - 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)

1865 Marriage / Partner
Robert JOHNSON and Hannah BREWER 15 February 1865, Bullskin Creek, Clay, Kentucky, USA

He was 21 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.

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.

1871 Birth of Child
Armilda JOHNSON was born 26 October 1871, Longs Creek, Kentucky, USA

Robert was 28 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 - 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 - Crocketsville, Kentucky

Name: Robert Johnson
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1880
Event Place: Crocketsville, Breathitt, Kentucky, United States
District: ED 14
Gender: Male
Age: 37
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Race: W
Occupation: Farming
Relationship to Head of Household: Self
Relationship to Head of Household: Self
Birth Year (Estimated): 1843
BirthPlace: Kentucky, United States
Father's BirthPlace: North Carolina, United States
Mother's BirthPlace: Kentucky, United States
Note:
Sheet Letter: A
Sheet Number: 592
Sheet Number and Letter: 592A
Household ID: 13454862
Person Number: 0
Volume: 1
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: T9
Affiliate Film Number: 0404
GS Film Number: 1254404
Digital Folder Number: 005160665
Image Number: 00794

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Robert Johnson Self M 37 Kentucky, United States
Hannah Johnson Wife F 35 Kentucky, United States
Granville

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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 Marriage of Child
Armilda JOHNSON married 31 January 1889, , Kentucky, USA to David Nathaniel WELCH

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 - 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