Abraham VERRILL

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23 July 1840 , New Gloucester, Maine, USA

Died

24 March 1921 , Gray, Maine, USA

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William VERRILL Lydia TRIPP

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Born: 23 July 1840 in New Gloucester, Maine, USA

Father: William VERRILL

Mother: Lydia TRIPP

Paternal grandparents: Jeremiah VERRILL , Lydia TRIPP

Abraham was a soldier in the U.S. Civil War.
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Abraham VERRILL died 24 March 1921 in Gray, Maine, USA.

married Lydia Tripp (b. Nov 18, 1848, Jay, Maine - d. March 8, 1938)

Served in the Civil War

NOTE: Abraham Verrill was the uncle of Jessie Cobb, the murdered woman in the story above.

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Androscoggin's Secret - Based on the 1900 murder of Jessie Cobb in Lewiston, Maine
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1840 Birth
Maine, Births and Christenings, 1739-1900
name: Abraham Verrill
gender: Male
baptism/ christening date:
baptism/ christening place:
birth date: 23 Jul 1840
birthplace:
death date:
name note:
race:
father's name: William Verrill
father's birthplace:
father's age:
mother's name: Lydia Verrill
mother's birthplace:
mother's age:
indexing project (batch) number: I00650-4
system origin: Maine-EASy
source film number: 11587
reference number: yr 1745-1858 p 171
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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 New Gloucester, Cumberland, Maine
name: Abraham Varrill
event: Census
event date: 1850
event place: New Gloucester, Cumberland, Maine, United States
gender: Male
age: 8
marital status:
race (original):
race (expanded):
birthplace: Maine
estimated birth year: 1842
dwelling house number: 103
family number: 110
line number: 37
nara publication number: M432
nara roll number: 250
film number: 9720
digital folder number: 004193968
image number: 00323
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Wm Varrill M 45 Maine
Lydia Varrill F 40 Maine
Henry Varrill M 20 Maine
Sarah A Varrill F 11 Maine
Lydia J Varrill F 13 Maine
Harriet Varrill F 9 Maine
Abraham Varrill M 8 Maine
Joseph Varrill M 1 Maine

1850 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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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 Gray, Cumberland, Maine
name: Abraham Verrile
estimated birth year: 1840
gender: Male
age in 1870: 30y
color (white, black, mulatto, chinese, indian): White
birthplace: Maine, United States
home in 1870: Maine, United States
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Abraham Verrile M 30y Maine, United States
Lydia A Verrill F 21y Maine, United States
Jane Verrill F 4y Maine, United States
Herbert Verrill M 2y Maine, United States
1870 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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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 Gray, Cumberland, Maine
name: Abram Verrill
residence: Gray, Cumberland, Maine
birthdate: 1837
birthplace: Maine, United States
relationship to head: Self
spouse's name: Lydia A. Verrill
spouse's birthplace: Maine, United States
father's name:
father's birthplace: Maine, United States
mother's name:
mother's birthplace: Maine, United States
race or color (expanded): White
ethnicity (standardized): American
gender: Male
martial status: Married
age (expanded): 43 years
occupation: Farmer
nara film number: T9-0478
page: 338
page character: D
entry number: 376
film number: 1254478
Household Gender Age Birthplace
self Abram Verrill M 43 Maine, United States
wife Lydia A. Verrill F 33 Maine, United States
dau Jennie Verrill F 14 Maine, United States
son Herbert B. Verrill M 12 Maine, United States
dau Mary A. Verrill F 9 Maine, United States
son Elmer E. Verrill M 7 Maine, United States
dau Rhoda E. Verrill F 5 Maine, United States
son Willie Verrill M 2 Maine, United...Read full story

1880 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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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 - 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 Gray, Cumberland, Maine
name: Abraham Verrill
titles & terms:
event: Census
event date: 1900
event place: ED 45 Gray town, Cumberland, Maine, United States
birth date: Jul 1840
birthplace: Maine
relationship to head of household: Head
father's birthplace: Maine
mother's birthplace: Maine
race or color (standardized): White
gender: Male
marital status: Married
years married: 37
estimated marriage year: 1863
mother how many children:
number living children:
immigration year:
page: 10
sheet letter: A
family number: 261
reference number: 41
film number: 1240590
digital folder number: 004119817
image number: 00277
Household Gender Age Birthplace
head Abraham Verrill M 60 Maine
wife Lydia A Verrill F 53 Maine
son Ernest R Verrill M 19 Maine
daughter Mabel M Verrill F 15 Maine
son John E Verrill M 13 Maine
son Charles L Verrill M 11 Maine
boarder Perley Bryant M 10 Maine
1900 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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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.

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 Gray, Cumberland, Maine
name: Abram Verrill
birthplace: Maine
relationship to head of household: Self
residence: Gray, Cumberland, Maine
marital status: Married
race : White
gender: Male
immigration year:
father's birthplace: Maine
mother's birthplace: Maine
family number: 200
page number: 8
Household Gender Age Birthplace
self Abram Verrill M 69y Maine
wife Lavinia Verrill F 61y Maine
son John E Verrill M 22y Maine
son Charles L Verrill M 19y Maine

1910 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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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

1915 - January 25 - First United States coast-to-coast long-distance telephone call

1917 - March 2 – The enactment of the Jones Act grants Puerto Ricans United States citizenship.

1917 - April 6 – WWI: The United States declares war on Germany

1918 - March 19 – The United States Congress establishes time zones and approves daylight saving time

1919 - June 4 – Women's rights: The United States Congress approves the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which would guarantee suffrage to women, and sends it to the U.S. states for ratification

1920 Cumberland County, Maine
name: Abram Verrill
residence: , Cumberland, Maine
estimated birth year: 1841
age: 79
birthplace: Maine
relationship to head of household: Self
gender: Male
race: White
marital status: Married
father's birthplace: Maine
mother's birthplace: Maine
film number: 1820639
digital folder number: 4300994
image number: 00539
sheet number: 3
Household Gender Age Birthplace
self Abram Verrill M 79y Maine
wife Lydia A Verrill F 71y Maine

1920 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1920 - January 17 - Prohibition goes into effect on January 17, 1920, under the provisions of the 18th Amendment to the United States Constitution