Edward H HUSTON

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6 May 1824 , Falmouth, Maine, USA

Died

25 March 1911 , Gray, Maine, USA

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Born: 6 May 1824 in Falmouth, Maine, USA

Father: Unknown

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Edward H HUSTON died 25 March 1911 in Gray, Maine, USA.

Parents:
David Huston (____ - 1871)
Olive Harmon Huston (____ - 1870)

Spouse:
Caroline E Floyd Huston (1834 - 1925)

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Birth — 1824
6 May 1824
Falmouth, Maine, USA

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1825 - John Quincy Adams becomes President of the United States

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1826 - Former U.S. Presidents Thomas Jefferson and John Adams both die on the 50th Anniversary of the signing of the United States Declaration of Independence.

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1827 - The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad is incorporated, becoming the first railroad in America offering commercial transportation of both people and freight.

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1829 - Andrew Jackson becomes President of the United States

1830 - The Indian Removal Act marks the beginning of the forced relocation of five tribes of native Americans, known as Trail of Tears

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 Gray, Cumberland, Maine
Name: Edward Huston
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1850
Event Place: Gray, Cumberland, Maine, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 26
Marital Status:
Race (Original):
Race:
Birthplace: Maine
Birth Year (Estimated): 1824
House Number: 112
Family Number: 112
Line Number: 13
Affiliate Publication Number: M432
Affiliate Film Number: 249
GS Film number: 9719
Digital Folder Number: 004193967
Image Number: 00410
Household Gender Age Birthplace
David Huston M 51 Maine
Olive Huston F 45 Maine
Edward Huston M 26 Maine
Stephen Huston M 24 Maine
Auguste Huston F 23 Maine
Hannah Huston F 21 Maine
Washington Huston M 20 Maine
Ruth E Huston F 15 Maine
David Huston M 16 Maine
Huston F 14 Maine
Lucetta Huston F 12 Maine
Benjamin G Huston M 11 Maine
Josaphine Huston F 9 Maine
Sarah G Huston F 7 Maine
Melissa Huston F 4 Maine
Harriett C Huston F 0 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

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 Windham, Cumberland, Maine

Name: Edward Huston
Birth Year (Estimated): 1825
Gender: Male
Age (Original): 45y
Race: White
Birthplace: Maine
Event Place: Maine, United States
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Edward Huston M 45y Maine
Caroline Huston F 33y Maine
David F Huston M 17y Maine
Walter J Huston M 15y Maine
John P M Huston M 11y 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 Gray, Cumberland, Maine

Name: Edward Hustin
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1880
Event Place: Gray, Cumberland, Maine, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 56
Marital Status: Married
Occupation: Farmer
Race (Original): W
Ethnicity: American
Relationship to Head of Household: Self
Birthplace: Maine, United States
Birth Date: 1824
Spouse's Name: Caroline E. Hustin
Spouse's Birthplace: Maine, United States
Father's Name:
Father's Birthplace: Maine, United States
Mother's Name:
Mother's Birthplace: Maine, United States
Page: 334
Page Letter: D
Entry Number: 530
Affiliate Film Number: T9-0478
GS Film number: 1254478
Digital Folder Number: 004241563
Image Number: 00060
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Self Edward Hustin M 56 Maine, United States
Wife Caroline E. Hustin F 45 Maine, United States
Son David F. Hustin M 27 Maine, United States
Son Walter J. Hustin M 25 Maine, United States
Son John P.N. Hustin M 21 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 Gray, Cumberland, Maine
Name: Edward H Huston
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1900
Event Place: ED 45 Gray town, Cumberland, Maine, United States
Birth Date: Mar 1824
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: 48
Marriage Year (Estimated): 1852
Mother of how many children:
Number of Living Children:
Immigration Year:
Page: 13
Sheet Letter: B
Family Number: 342
Reference ID: 64
GS Film number: 1240590
Digital Folder Number: 004119817
Image Number: 00284
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head Edward H Huston M 76 Maine
Wife Caroline E Huston F 66 Vermont
Son David F Huston M 47 Maine
Son John P M Huston M 42 Maine
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)

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 Gray, Cumberland, Maine

Name: Edward Huston
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1910
Event Place: Gray, Cumberland, Maine, United States
District: 54
Gender: Male
Age: 85
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Race (Original): White
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Head
Birth Year (Estimated): 1825
Birthplace: Maine
Immigration Year:
Father's Birthplace: Maine
Mother's Birthplace: Maine
Sheet Number and Letter: 7A
Household ID: 155
Line Number:
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: M1283
GS Film number: 1374551
Digital Folder Number: 004330007
Image Number: 00933
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head Edward Huston M 85 Maine
Wife Carolyn Huston F 75 Vermont
Son David F Huston M 57 Maine
Son John C N Huston M 57 Maine
Daughter-in-law Addie B Huston F 36 Maine
1910 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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Burial Information
Name: Edward H Huston
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 25 Mar 1911
Event Place: Gray, Maine, United States
Birth Date: 06 May 1824
Birthplace: Falmouth, Maine
GS Film number: 001001830
Digital Folder Number: 005246540
Image Number: 03271

'Maine, Veterans Cemetery Records, 1676-1918,' index and images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ KXQZ-STB : accessed 24 Oct 2013), Edward H Huston, 1911.

Grave

Gray Village Cemetery Gray Cumberland County Maine, USA Plot: 4-K-02

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Death — 1911
25 March 1911
Gray, Maine, USA
He died at the age of 86.

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Gray Village Cemetery Gray Cumberland County Maine, USA Plot: 4-K-02

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The name Maine is probably a practical nautical term which refers to the region being a mainland (separate from the many surrounding islands). Reference to the area as 'Maine' in writing first appeared in 1622. (statesymbolsusa.org)

Prior to 1685 - New England
1686 - 1689 - Dominion of New England
1690 - 1775 - New England
1776 - 1820 - Massachusetts (District of Maine)
March 15, 1820 - Maine becomes 23rd U.S. state

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