Sylvanus PORTER

Born

23 August 1833 , North Yarmouth, Maine, USA

Died

28 January 1903 , Cumberland, Maine, USA

Sylvanus married Sarah Foss JORDAN 14 November 1857 in Maine, USA .
Sarah Foss JORDAN was born abt. 1832 in Maine, USA. Sarah Foss died abt. 1903

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Sylvanus PORTER married

Sarah Foss JORDAN
Marriage date: 14 November 1857
Marriage place: , Maine, USA
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Spouse's Name: Sarah F. Jordan

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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I01758-6

System Origin: Maine-EASy

GS Film number: 12243

Reference ID: p 61

"Maine, Marriages, 1771-1907," index, FamilySearch.org : accessed 26 Oct 2013), Sylvanus Porter and Sarah F. Jordan, 14 Nov 1857.

Children:

Lizzie Ella Porter (1858 - 1864)*

George Cushman Porter (1863 - 1927)*

Samuel Scammon Jordan Porter (1866 - 1944)*

Ralph Stanwood Porter (1873 - 1937)*

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1833 Birth

Name: Silvanus Porter
Gender: Male
Christening Date: 23 Aug 1833
Christening Place: NORTH YARMOUTH,CUMBERLAND,MAINE
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Father's Name: Barbour B. Porter
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Mother's Name: Mary
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C50345-1
System Origin: Maine-ODM
GS Film Number: 11591
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'Maine, Births and Christenings, 1739-1900,' index, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ F4W1-SQ2 : accessed 26 Oct 2013), Silvanus Porter, .

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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 North Yarmouth, Cumberland, Maine

Name: Silvanus P Porter
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1850
Event Place: North Yarmouth, Cumberland, Maine, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 17
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BirthPlace: Maine
Birth Year (Estimated): 1833
House Number: 516
Family Number: 633
Line Number: 6
Affiliate Publication Number: M432
Affiliate Film Number: 249
GS Film Number: 9719
Digital Folder Number: 004193967
Image Number: 00516
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Barber B Porter M 35 Maine
Mary H Porter F 37 Maine
Silvanus P Porter M 17 Maine
George H Porter M 14 Maine
Abba C Porter F 12 Maine
Caleb H Porter M 11 Maine
Charles C Porter M 8 Maine
Frances S Porter F 6 Maine
Louisa Chase F 28 Maine
Joseph H Chase M 6 Maine
Jane G Carlton F 47 Maine
Hellen A Carlton F 13 Maine
Meriam Carlton F 7 Maine
Vincent Meserve M 30 Maine
Henery W Prime M 22 Maine
Francis Carle M 30 Maine
Henery Fitzgeral M 50 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 Marriage / Partner
Sylvanus PORTER and Sarah Foss JORDAN 14 November 1857, , Maine, USA

He was 24 years old.

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 North Yarmouth, Cumberland, Maine

Name: Sylvanus Porter
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Minor Civil Division: North Yarmouth
Age (Expanded): 26 years
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PAge: 9
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Affiliate Publication Number: M653
GS Film Number: 803437
Digital Folder Number: 4231248
Image Number: 00548

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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 North Yarmouth, Cumberland, Maine

Name: Sylvanus Porter
Birth Year (Estimated): 1833
Gender: Male
Age (Original): 37y
Race: White
BirthPlace: Maine
Event Place: Maine, United States
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Sylvanus Porter M 37y Maine
Sarah F Porter F 37y Maine
Arbell Porter F 9y Maine
George C Porter M 6y Maine
Samuel J Porter M 4y Maine
Charles B Porter M 2y Maine
Mary I Tripp F 26y Maine

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1870 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
Exploring the U.S. Census: Your Guide to America’s Data

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 Cumberland, Cumberland, Maine

Name: Sylvanus Porter
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1880
Event Place: Cumberland, Cumberland, Maine, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 46
Marital Status: Married
Occupation: Farmer
Race (Original): W
Ethnicity: American
Relationship to Head of Household: Self
BirthPlace: Maine, United States
Birth Date: 1834
Spouse's Name: Sarah F. Porter
Spouse's BirthPlace: Maine, United States
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Father's BirthPlace: Maine, United States
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Mother's BirthPlace: Maine, United States
PAge: 182
Page Letter: A
Entry Number: 571
Affiliate Film Number: T9-0477
GS Film Number: 1254477
Digital Folder Number: 004241562
Image Number: 00617
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Self Sylvanus Porter M 46 Maine, United States
Wife Sarah F. Porter F 47 Maine, United States
Son George C. Porter M 16 Maine, United States
Son Samuel J. Porter M 14 Maine, United States
Son Charles B. Porter M 12 Maine, United States
Son William O.

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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.

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 Death

Name: Sylvanus Porter
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 28 Jan 1903
Event Place: Cumberland, , Maine
Gender: Male
Age: 69
Birth Year (Estimated): 1834
Father's Name: Barber B Porter
Mother's Name: Mary H Parsons
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GS Film Number: 10019
Digital Folder Number: 4703858
Image Number: 00906

'Maine, Vital Records, 1670-1907 ,' index and images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ KCDD-3QB : accessed 26 Oct 2013), Sylvanus Porter, 1903.

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Burial Information

Name: Sylvanus Porter
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 28 Jan 1903
Event Place: Cumberland, Maine, United States
Birth Date: 23 Aug 1833
BirthPlace: North Yarmouth, Maine
GS Film Number: 001001833
Digital Folder Number: 005246543
Image Number: 02685

'Maine, Veterans Cemetery Records, 1676-1918,' index and images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ KXQZ-X2Y : accessed 24 Oct 2013), Sylvanus Porter, 1903.