Charles Francis ADAMS

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18 August 1807 , Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Died

21 November 1886 , Boston, Massachusetts, USA

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John Qunicy ADAMS Louisa Catherine JOHNSON

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Born: 18 August 1807 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Father: John Qunicy ADAMS

Mother: Louisa Catherine JOHNSON

Paternal grandparents: John ADAMS , Abigail SMITH

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Charles Francis married Abigail Brown BROOKS 5 September 1829 . Abigail Brown BROOKS was born 25 April 1808 in Medford, Massachusetts, USA. Abigail Brown died 6 June 1889 in Quincy, Massachusetts, USA. Abigail Brown was the child of Peter Chardon BROOKS and Ann GORHAM.

Charles Francis ADAMS died 21 November 1886 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA .

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Abigail Brown BROOKS
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Abigail Brown BROOKS was the child of Peter Chardon BROOKS and Ann GORHAM

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Birth — 1807
18 August 1807
Boston, Massachusetts, USA

1809 - James Madison becomes President of the United States

The War of 1812 was a conflict between the United States and Great Britain, lasting from 1812 to 1815. It was primarily fueled by issues such as trade restrictions due to Britain's ongoing war with France, impressment of American sailors into the British Navy, and British support of Native American tribes against American expansion. The war ended with the Treaty of Ghent, restoring pre-war boundaries but resolving few of the initial disputes.

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1817 - James Monroe becomes President of the United States

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1825 - John Quincy Adams becomes President of the United States

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1826 - Former U.S. Presidents Thomas Jefferson and John Adams both die on the 50th Anniversary of the signing of the United States Declaration of Independence.

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1827 - The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad is incorporated, becoming the first railroad in America offering commercial transportation of both people and freight.

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1829 Marriage / Partner
Charles Francis ADAMS and Abigail Brown BROOKS 5 September 1829,

He was 22 years old.

1829 - Andrew Jackson becomes President of the United States

1830 - The Indian Removal Act marks the beginning of the forced relocation of five tribes of native Americans, known as Trail of Tears

1837 - Martin Van Buren becomes President of the United States

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 - Franklin Pierce becomes President of the United States

1855 Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts
Name: Charles F Adams
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1855
Event Place: Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
Age: 48
Birth Year (Estimated): 1807
Gender: Male
Race:
Birthplace: Massachusetts, United States
Family Number: 246
Line Number:
GS Film number: 000953955
Digital Folder Number: 004279373
Image Number: 00023
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Charles F Adams M 48 Massachusetts, United States
Abby B Adams F 46 Massachusetts, United States
John Q Adams M 22 Massachusetts, United States
Charles F Adams Junior M 20 Massachusetts, United States
Henry B Adams M 17 Massachusetts, United States
Mary Adams F 10 Massachusetts, United States
Peter C B Adams M 7 Massachusetts, United States
Patrick Mcchaughlin M 42 Ireland
Bernard Braddey M 38 Ireland
Margaret O'Connor F 30 Ireland
Bridget Marr F 28 Ireland
Sarah Gallagher F 27 Ireland
Rebecca Blanch F 50 Ireland
1855 Massachusetts Census
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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.

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

1880 Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts
Name: Charles F. Adams
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1880
Event Place: Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 73
Marital Status: Married
Occupation: Retired Lawyer
Race (Original):
Ethnicity: American
Relationship to Head of Household: Self
Birthplace: Massachusetts, United States
Birth Date: 1807
Spouse's Name: Abagail Brooks Adams
Spouse's Birthplace: Massachusetts, United States
Father's Name:
Father's Birthplace: Massachusetts, United States
Mother's Name:
Mother's Birthplace: Massachusetts, United States
Page: 163
Page Letter: C
Entry Number: 97
Affiliate Film Number: T9-0549
GS Film number: 1254549
Digital Folder Number: 004241777
Image Number: 00139
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Self Charles F. Adams M 73 Massachusetts, United States
Wife Abagail Brooks Adams F 72 Massachusetts, United States
Other Patrick T. Connor M 28 Ireland
Other Ellen F. Ring F 25 Massachusetts, 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

Death
Name: Charles F. Adams
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 21 Nov 1886
Event Place: Boston, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Residence Place:
Address: 57 Mt. Vernon St.
Gender: Male
Age: 79
Marital Status: Married
Occupation:
Birth Date:
Birthplace: Boston
Birth Year (Estimated): 1807
Burial Date:
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Father's Name: John Q.
Father's Titles and Terms:
Father's Birthplace: Quincy
Mother's Name: Louisa C.
Mother's Titles and Terms:
Mother's Birthplace: England
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Reference ID: v 375 p 316
GS Film number: 960233
Frame Number:
Digital Folder Number: 4223257
Image Number: 372

'Massachusetts, Deaths, 1841-1915,' index and images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ N75Z-T7J : accessed 26 Apr 2013), Charles F. Adams, 1886.