Stillman HOWARD

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30 March 1831 , Livermore Falls, Maine, USA

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29 July 1923 , Guilford, Maine, USA

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Born: 30 March 1831 in Livermore Falls, Maine, USA

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Stillman was a soldier in the U.S. Civil War.
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Stillman married Persis Nelson BURSLY 20 June 1868 in Guilford, Maine, USA . Persis Nelson BURSLY was born 29 August 1837 in Guilford, Maine, USA. Persis Nelson died abt. 1870 in Maine, USA.

Stillman HOWARD died 29 July 1923 in Guilford, Maine, USA.
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Stillman HOWARD married

Persis Nelson BURSLY
Marriage date: 20 June 1868
Marriage place: Guilford, Maine, USA
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Name: Stillman Howard

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Spouse's Name: Persis N. Bursly

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Event Date: 20 Jun 1868

Event Place: Guilford,Piscataquis,Maine

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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M52223-1

System Origin: Maine-ODM

GS Film number: 10923

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"Maine, Marriages, 1771-1907," index, FamilySearch.org : accessed 27 Oct 2013), Stillman Howard and Persis N. Bursly, 20 Jun 1868.

Children:

Stanley Howard (1869 - 1918)*

Effie M Howard Crafts (1870 - 1911)*

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Birth — 1831
30 March 1831
Livermore Falls, Maine, USA

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 Guilford, Piscataquis, Maine

Name: Stillman Howard
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1850
Event Place: Guilford, Piscataquis, Maine, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 19
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Birthplace: Maine
Birth Year (Estimated): 1831
House Number: 24
Family Number: 24
Line Number: 35
Affiliate Publication Number: M432
Affiliate Film Number: 267
GS Film number: 443504
Digital Folder Number: 004198857
Image Number: 00138
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Stillman Howard M 50 Massachusetts
Jane Howard F 50 Maine
Alsada Howard F 21 Maine
Stillman Howard M 19 Maine
Phebe Ann Howard F 16 Maine
Lloyd Howard M 14 Maine
Mary Jane Howard F 9 Maine
Charles Howard M 6 Maine
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 Guilford, Piscataquis, Maine
Name: Stilman Howard
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Minor Civil Division: Guilford
Age (Expanded): 26 years
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Page: 11
Household ID:
Affiliate Publication Number: M653
GS Film number: 803433
Digital Folder Number: 4231244
Image Number: 00361
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.

1868 Marriage / Partner
Stillman HOWARD and Persis Nelson BURSLY 20 June 1868, Guilford, Maine, USA

He was 37 years old.

1869 - Ulysses S. Grant becomes President of the United States

1870 Guilford, Piscataquis, Maine

Name: Stillman Howard
Birth Year (Estimated): 1832
Gender: Male
Age (Original): 38y
Race: White
Birthplace: Maine
Event Place: Maine, United States
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Stillman Howard M 38y Maine
Persis B Howard F 26y Maine
Stanley Howard M 1y Maine
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 Guilford, Piscataquis, Maine
Name: Stillman Howard
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1880
Event Place: Guilford, Piscataquis, Maine, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 50
Marital Status: Widowed
Occupation: Farmer
Race (Original): W
Ethnicity: American
Relationship to Head of Household: Self
Birthplace: Maine, United States
Birth Date: 1830
Spouse's Name:
Spouse's Birthplace:
Father's Name:
Father's Birthplace: Massachusetts, United States
Mother's Name: Jane Howard
Mother's Birthplace: Maine, United States
Page: 101
Page Letter: A
Entry Number: 639
Affiliate Film Number: T9-0487
GS Film number: 1254487
Digital Folder Number: 004241572
Image Number: 00206
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Self Stillman Howard M 50 Maine, United States
Son Stanley P. Howard M 11 Maine, United States
Mother Jane Howard F 82 Maine, United States
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 Guilford, Piscataquis, Maine
Name: Stillman Howard
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Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1900
Event Place: ED 136 Guilford town, Piscataquis, Maine, United States
Birth Date: Apr 1831
Birthplace: Maine
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Father's Birthplace: Massachusetts
Mother's Birthplace: Maine
Race: White
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Widowed
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Page: 13
Sheet Letter: B
Family Number: 316
Reference ID: 77
GS Film number: 1240598
Digital Folder Number: 004119850
Image Number: 01047
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head Stillman Howard M 69 Maine
Son Stanley P Howard M 31 Maine
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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 Guilford, Piscataquis, Maine
Name: Stillman Howard
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Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1910
Event Place: Guilford, Piscataquis, Maine, United States
District: 204
Gender: Male
Age: 78
Marital Status: Widowed
Race: White
Race (Original): White
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Head
Birth Year (Estimated): 1832
Birthplace: Maine
Immigration Year:
Father's Birthplace: Massachusetts
Mother's Birthplace: Maine
Sheet Number and Letter: 13B
Household ID: 336
Line Number:
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: M1283
GS Film number: 1374558
Digital Folder Number: 004330014
Image Number: 00802
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head Stillman Howard M 78 Maine
Son Stanly Howard M 39 Maine
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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 Guilford, Piscataquis, Maine
Name: Stillman Howard
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1920
Event Place: Guilford, Piscataquis, Maine, United States
District: 151
Gender: Male
Age: 88
Marital Status: Widowed
Race: White
Race (Original): White
Can Read:
Can Write:
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Head
Own or Rent:
Birth Year (Estimated): 1832
Birthplace: Maine
Immigration Year:
Father's Birthplace: Maine
Mother's Birthplace: Maine
Sheet Number and Letter: 17B
Household ID: 405
Line Number: 86
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: T625
GS Film number: 1820647
Digital Folder Number: 004301002
Image Number: 00586
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head Stillman Howard M 88 Maine
Farm hand Emery L Wilson M 65 Maine
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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.

Burial Information
Name: Stillman Howard
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 29 Jul 1923
Event Place: Guilford, Maine, United States
Birth Date: 30 Mar 1831
Birthplace: Livermore Falls, Maine
GS Film number: 001001830
Digital Folder Number: 005246540
Image Number: 02866

'Maine, Veterans Cemetery Records, 1676-1918,' index and images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ KXQZ-S2W : accessed 24 Oct 2013), Stillman Howard, 1923.