Mary Elizabeth ACKINGTON

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November 1837 , Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Died

11 January 1911 , Deerfield, Massachusetts, USA

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Born: November 1837 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA

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Mary Elizabeth married Horatio PRATT 14 April 1853 in Deerfield, Massachusetts, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Horatio PRATT was born 19 February 1832 in Guilford, Vermont, USA (Center, West) (Algiers) (Green River). Horatio died 13 May 1876 in Deerfield, Massachusetts, USA (South Deerfield).

Mary Elizabeth ACKINGTON died 11 January 1911 in Deerfield, Massachusetts, USA .

daughter of Benjamin F Ackington (Ockington) and Martha P Hazelton

alternate birth 26 Sep 1831, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA

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Mary Elizabeth ACKINGTON married

Horatio PRATT
Marriage date: 14 April 1853
Marriage place: Deerfield, Massachusetts, USA
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Name: Mary Elizabeth G Kington

Age: 22

Birth Year: abt 1831

Birth Place: Boston MS

Marriage Date: 14 Apr 1853

Marriage Place: Deerfield, Massachusetts, USA

Father: Benj Kington

Mother: Martha P O Kington

Spouse: Horatio Pratt

Name: Horatio Pratt

Age: 21

Birth Year: abt 1832

Birth Place: Gilford Vermont

Marriage Date: 14 Apr 1853

Marriage Place: Deerfield, Massachusetts, USA

Father: Chester Pratt

Mother: Ellen Pratt

Spouse: Mary Elizabeth G Kington

Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Marriage Records, 1840-1915 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.

Children of Horatio PRATT and Mary Elizabeth ACKINGTON

Jesse Horatio PRATT

Born: 22 May 1873, Conway, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 2 April 1926, Easthampton, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Ida Mae RANSOM 29 March 1900 Place: Northampton, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Lillian Alice BADER 27 January 1906 Place: Easthampton, Massachusetts, USA

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Birth — 1837
November 1837
Boston, Massachusetts, USA

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

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

From the 1840s through the 1880s, thousands trekked westward, carrying only a few belonging and supplies for the journey, and settling on the western frontier, forever changing the American West.

1841 - William Henry Harrison becomes President of the United States

1841 - John Tyler becomes President of the United States

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)

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 Marriage / Partner
Mary Elizabeth ACKINGTON and Horatio PRATT 14 April 1853, Deerfield, Massachusetts, USA (South Deerfield)

She was 15 years old.

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.

1873 Birth of Child
Jesse Horatio PRATT was born 22 May 1873, Conway, Massachusetts, USA

Mary Elizabeth was 35 years old.

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

1876 Death of Spouse/Partner
Horatio PRATT died 13 May 1876, Deerfield, Massachusetts, USA (South Deerfield)

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)

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.

1900 Marriage of Child
Jesse Horatio PRATT married 29 March 1900, Northampton, Massachusetts, USA to Ida Mae RANSOM

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 Marriage of Child
Jesse Horatio PRATT married 27 January 1906, Easthampton, Massachusetts, USA to Lillian Alice BADER

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

Death — 1911
11 January 1911
Deerfield, Massachusetts, USA
She died at the age of 73.

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