Henry Ambrose BROWN

(b. 7/1/1850 , Sodus, Wayne County, New York, USA d. 5/22/1901 , Chicago, Illinois, USA )
Cause of Death: Gastroenteritis

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Henry Ambrose BROWN was born 7/1/1850 in Sodus, Wayne County, New York, USA

Henry Ambrose BROWN was the child of Ambrose BROWN and Matilda ALLEN

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Henry Ambrose married Nancy Catherine KEITH . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Nancy Catherine KEITH was born 7/9/1852 in Pavilion, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, USA. Nancy Catherine died 6/15/1925 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Henry Ambrose BROWN died 5/22/1901 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
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Occupation

Henry Ambrose BROWN was a Photographer.

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Children of Henry Ambrose BROWN and Nancy Catherine KEITH:

Lela Mae BROWN (b.August 13, 1878, Comstock, Michigan, USA d. December 22, 1973, Chicago, Illinois, USA)
m. Louis August MUELLER

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1850 Birth
7/1/1850
Sodus, Wayne County, New York, USA

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.

1878 Birth of Child
Lela Mae BROWN was born August 13, 1878, Comstock, Michigan, USA (Comstock Charter Township) (Galesburg)

Henry Ambrose was 28 years old.

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

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)