Woodbury S PURINGTON

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13 November 1836 , Harpswell, Maine, USA

Died

4 January 1912 , Chelsea, Maine, USA

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Birth — 1836
13 November 1836
Harpswell, 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 Harpswell, Cumberland, Maine

Name: Woodbury T Purington
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1850
Event Place: Harpswell, Cumberland, Maine, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 13
Marital Status:
Race (Original):
Race:
BirthPlace: Maine
Birth Year (Estimated): 1837
House Number: 174
Family Number: 174
Line Number: 3
Affiliate Publication Number: M432
Affiliate Film Number: 251
GS Film Number: 9721
Digital Folder Number: 004193969
Image Number: 00236
Household Gender Age Birthplace
John M Purington M 44 Maine
Ruth W Purington F 43 Maine
Woodbury T Purington M 13 Maine
Charles P Purington M 8 Maine
Emma M Purington F 6 Maine

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1850 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
Exploring the U.S. Census: Your Guide to America’s Data

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

1862

Name: Woodbury S Purinton
Event Type: Military
Event Date: Aug 1862
Event Place: Boston
Age: 25
Birth Year (Estimated): 1837
BirthPlace: Harpswell, Maine
Complexion: Fair
Volume: 21
PAge: 351
Affiliate Publication Title: Weekly return of enlistments at Naval Rendezvous ('Enlistment Rendezvous'), Jan. 6, 1855-Aug. 8, 1891
Affiliate Publication Number: M1953
Affiliate Film Number: 19
GS Film Number: 2381636
Digital Folder Number: 004639546
Image Number: 00145

'United States Naval Enlistment Rendezvous, 1855-1891,' index and images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ XG37-7JX : accessed 28 Oct 2013), Woodbury S Purinton, 1862.

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familysearch.org (Mormon Genealogy Records)
Unofficial Guide to FamilySearch.org: How to Find Your Family History on the World's Largest Free Genealogy Website

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 Harpswell, Cumberland, Maine

Name: Woodbury Purinton
Birth Year (Estimated): 1837
Gender: Male
Age (Original): 33y
Race: White
BirthPlace: Maine
Event Place: Maine, United States
Household Gender Age Birthplace
John M Purinton M 65y Maine
Ruth W Purinton F 62y Maine
Woodbury Purinton M 33y 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)

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

1890

Name: Woodbury S Purington
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Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1890
Event Place: Harpswell, Cumberland, Maine, United States
Affiliate Publication Title: Schedules Enumerating Union Veterans and Widows of Union Veterans of the Civil War,1890.
Affiliate Publication Number: M123
Affiliate Film Number: 6
GS Film Number: 338165
Digital Folder Number: 004679070
Image Number: 00237

'United States 1890 Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War,' index and images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ K8SX-5PR : accessed 28 Oct 2013), Woodbury S Purington, 1890.

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familysearch.org (Mormon Genealogy Records)
Unofficial Guide to FamilySearch.org: How to Find Your Family History on the World's Largest Free Genealogy Website

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 Harpswell, Cumberland, Maine

Name: Woodbury Purington
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1900
Event Place: ED 46 Harpswell town Harpswell village, Cumberland, Maine, United States
Birth Date: Nov 1836
BirthPlace: Maine
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Father's BirthPlace: Maine
Mother's BirthPlace: Maine
Race: White
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Single
Years Married:
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Number of Living Children:
Immigration Year:
PAge: 21
Sheet Letter: B
Family Number: 418
Reference ID: 51
GS Film Number: 1240590
Digital Folder Number: 004119817
Image Number: 00328

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1900 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
Exploring the U.S. Census: Your Guide to America’s Data

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

1911

Name: Woodbury S Purinton
Event Type: Military Service
Event Date: 1911
Event Place: Togus, Maine, United States
Age: 74
BirthPlace: Harpswell, Maine
Birth Year (Estimated): 1837
PAge: 15330
Affiliate Publication Title: Historical Registers of National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938
Affiliate Publication Number: M1749
Affiliate Film Number: 115
GS Film Number: 1571576
Digital Folder Number: 004832678
Image Number: 00176

'United States National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938,' index and images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ VH4D-5K8 : accessed 28 Oct 2013), Woodbury S Purinton, 1911.

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familysearch.org (Mormon Genealogy Records)
Unofficial Guide to FamilySearch.org: How to Find Your Family History on the World's Largest Free Genealogy Website

Death

Name: Woodbury S Purington
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 04 Jan 1912
Event Place: Togus, Maine, United States
Birth Date: 13 Nov 1836
BirthPlace: Harpswell, Maine
GS Film Number: 001001833
Digital Folder Number: 005246543
Image Number: 03138

'Maine, Veterans Cemetery Records, 1676-1918,' index and images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ KXQZ-XR1 : accessed 24 Oct 2013), Woodbury S Purington, 1912.

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