Ralph Houston NELSON

Born

September 17, 1843 , Alabama Crossing, Houston County, Republic of Texas

Died

April 8, 1895 , Porter Springs, Houston County, Texas, USA

Age: 51

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Born: September 17, 1843 in Alabama Crossing, Houston County, Republic of Texas

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Ralph Houston married Sarah Wilburn WATSON . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Sarah Wilburn WATSON was born January 8, 1850 in Conyers, Rockdale County, Georgia, USA. Sarah Wilburn died February 5, 1907 in Austin, Texas, USA.

Ralph Houston NELSON died April 8, 1895 in Porter Springs, Houston County, Texas, USA.

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Sarah Wilburn WATSON
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Levi Oliver NELSON

Born: July 24, 1871, Porter Springs, Houston County, Texas, USA
Died: October 5, 1935, Crockett, Houston County, Texas, USA

Married: Lona Rebecca WRIGHT

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Birth — 1843
September 17, 1843
Alabama Crossing, Houston County, Republic of Texas

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

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.

1871 Birth of Child
Levi Oliver NELSON was born July 24, 1871, Porter Springs, Houston County, Texas, USA

Ralph Houston was 27 years old.

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)

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

Death — 1895
April 8, 1895
Porter Springs, Houston County, Texas, USA
He died at the age of 51.

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Boggs Cemetery - Houston County, Texas

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The name Texas is derived from the word 'teyshas' (meaning friends or allies), from the native American Caddo language. (statesymbolsusa.org)

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December 29, 1845 - Texas becomes 28th U.S. state

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