Harvey N LEIGHTON

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14 August 1839 , Augusta, Maine, USA

Died

9 August 1925 , Zephyrhills, Florida, USA

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Birth — 1839
14 August 1839
Augusta, Maine, 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 Augusta, Kennebec, Maine

Name: Harvey Leighton
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1850
Event Place: Augusta, Kennebec, Maine, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 11
Marital Status:
Race (Original):
Race:
BirthPlace: Maine
Birth Year (Estimated): 1839
House Number: 1078
Family Number: 1228
Line Number: 18
Affiliate Publication Number: M432
Affiliate Film Number: 256
GS Film Number: 443493
Digital Folder Number: 004198846
Image Number: 00188
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Nathan Leighton M 58 Maine
Marinda Leighton F 25 Maine
Henry M Leighton M 21 Maine
Hannah E Leighton F 21 Maine
Harvey Leighton M 11 Maine
Hampton Leighton M 6 Maine
Harriet Leighton F 4 Maine

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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

1860 Augusta, Kennebec, Maine

Name: Harvey Leighton
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Event Year:
Event Place:
Minor Civil Division: Augusta
Age (Expanded): 20 years
Birth Year (Estimated):
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Gender:
PAge: 87
Household ID:
Affiliate Publication Number: M653
GS Film Number: 803441
Digital Folder Number: 4231252
Image Number: 00208

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1860 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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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 Augusta, Kennebec, Maine

Name: Harvey N Leighton
Birth Year (Estimated): 1840
Gender: Male
Age (Original): 30y
Race: White
BirthPlace: Maine
Event Place: Maine, United States
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Nathan Leighton M 67y Maine
Miranda Leighton F 65y Maine
Harvey N Leighton M 30y Maine
Lizzie A Leighton F 23y Maine
Hampton W Leighton M 26y Maine
Harriet B Leighton F 24y Maine
Hannah E Leighton F 40y Maine

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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 Augusta, Kennebec, Maine

Name: Harvey N. Leighton
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1880
Event Place: Augusta, Kennebec, Maine, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 40
Marital Status: Married
Occupation: Farmer
Race (Original):
Ethnicity: American
Relationship to Head of Household: Self
BirthPlace: Maine, United States
Birth Date: 1840
Spouse's Name: Lizzie A. Leighton
Spouse's BirthPlace: Maine, United States
Father's Name:
Father's BirthPlace: Maine, United States
Mother's Name: Miranda Leighton
Mother's BirthPlace: Maine, United States
PAge: 42
Page Letter: D
Entry Number: 607
Affiliate Film Number: T9-0481
GS Film Number: 1254481
Digital Folder Number: 004241566
Image Number: 00088
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Self Harvey N. Leighton M 40 Maine, United States
Wife Lizzie A. Leighton F 33 Maine, United States
Son Burton F. Leighton M 3 Maine, United States
Mother Miranda Leighton F 75 Maine, United States

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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 Buckeye, Shasta, California

Name: Harvey N Leighton
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Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1900
Event Place: ED 117 Buckeye Township, Shasta, California, United States
Birth Date: Aug 1839
BirthPlace: Maine
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Father's BirthPlace: Maine
Mother's BirthPlace: Maine
Race: White
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Years Married: 35
Marriage Year (Estimated): 1865
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Number of Living Children:
Immigration Year:
PAge: 4
Sheet Letter: A
Family Number: 56
Reference ID: 14
GS Film Number: 1240112
Digital Folder Number: 004112090
Image Number: 00784
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head Harvey N Leighton M 61 Maine
Wife Lizzie A Leighton F 53 Maine
Brother Fletcher J Leighton M 23 Maine
Sister Elizabeth H Leighton F 71 Maine

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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 Buckeye, Shasta, California

Name: Harvey N Leighton
Event Place: Buckeye, Shasta, California
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Relationship to Head of Household: Self
Immigration Year:
BirthPlace: Maine
Father's BirthPlace: Maine
Mother's BirthPlace: Maine
Household ID: 127
PAge: 7
Household Gender Age Birthplace
SELF Harvey N Leighton M 70y Maine
WIFE Lizzie A Leighton F 62y Maine

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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 - January 17 - Prohibition goes into effect on January 17, 1920, under the provisions of the 18th Amendment to the United States Constitution

1921 - Warren G. Harding becomes President of the United States

1921 - Charles Strite of Minnesota patents the pop-up toaster.

1923 to 1927 - Television is invented (Vladimir Kosma Zworykin (Russia), Philo Taylor Farnsworth (United States))

1923 - Calvin Coolidge becomes President of the United States

Death

Name: Harvey N. Leighton
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Event Date: 09 Aug 1925
Event Place: Zephyrhills, Pasco, Florida
Gender: Male
Race (Original): white
Race: White
Age (Original): 85y 11m 25d
Birth Year (Estimated):
Birth Date: 14 Aug 1839
BirthPlace: Augusta, Me.
Marital Status: Married
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Father's Name: Mathew Leighton
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Father's BirthPlace: Me.
Mother's Name: Amanda Dolf
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Mother's BirthPlace: Me.
Occupation: Retired
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Cemetery: Zephyrhills
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Burial Date: 10 Aug 1925
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GS Film Number: 2116435
Reference ID: 11172

'Florida, Deaths, 1877-1939,' index, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ FP85-22V : accessed 19 Apr 2013), Harvey N. Leighton, 09 Aug 1925.