Charles BARNES

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7 September 1846 , Pittsfield, Maine, USA

Died

21 December 1903 , Skowhegan, Maine, USA

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Androscoggin's Secret - Based on the 1900 murder of Jessie Cobb in Lewiston, Maine
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1846 Birth

Name: Charles H. Barnes
Gender: Male
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Birth Date: 07 Sep 1846
BirthPlace: Pittsfield, Somerset, Maine
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Father's Name: William Barnes
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C02176-5
System Origin: Maine-EASy
GS Film Number: 10626
Reference ID: 2:Z2D8SL

'Maine, Births and Christenings, 1739-1900,' index, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ F43M-WHP : accessed 25 Oct 2013), Charles H. Barnes, 07 Sep 1846.

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familysearch.org (Mormon Genealogy Records)
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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.

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

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 Skowhegan, Somerset, Maine

Name: Charles Barnes
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Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1900
Event Place: ED 164 Skowhegan town Skowhegan village, Somerset, Maine, United States
Birth Date: Sep 1846
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: 34
Marriage Year (Estimated): 1866
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Number of Living Children:
Immigration Year:
PAge: 28
Sheet Letter: A
Family Number: 627
Reference ID: 43
GS Film Number: 1240600
Digital Folder Number: 004120200
Image Number: 00470
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head Charles Barnes M 54 Maine
Wife Helen N Barnes F 52 Maine
Son Darius Barnes M 33 Maine
Son Galen Barnes M 32 Maine
Son Edgar A Barnes M 26 Maine
Son Earl P Barnes M 16 Maine
Son Carleton L Barnes M 15 Maine
Grandson Cecil I Barnes M 2 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)

Burial Information

Name: Charles Barnes
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 21 Dec 1903
Event Place: Skowhegan, Maine, United States
Birth Date: 07 Sep 1846
BirthPlace: Pittsfield, Maine
GS Film Number: 001001826
Digital Folder Number: 005246536
Image Number: 01487

'Maine, Veterans Cemetery Records, 1676-1918,' index and images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ KXQC-XFR : accessed 24 Oct 2013), Charles Barnes, 1903.