Clarence Sumner TUFTS

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26 January 1859 , Farmington, Iowa, USA

Died

25 January 1914 , Lancaster, Los Angeles, California, USA

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Born: 26 January 1859 in Farmington, Iowa, USA

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Clarence Sumner married Annie Elam FITZWATER 26 September 1886 in Los Angeles, California, USA . Annie Elam FITZWATER was born abt. 1859

Clarence Sumner TUFTS died 25 January 1914 in Lancaster, Los Angeles, California, USA.

son of Sylvanus Cobb Tufts and Emma Melica Burton

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Annie Elam FITZWATER
Marriage date: 26 September 1886
Marriage place: Los Angeles, California, USA

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Birth — 1859
26 January 1859
Farmington, Iowa, USA

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)

1879
Name: Clarence S Tufts
Event Type: Voter Registration
Event Date: 25 Jul 1879
Event Year Range:
Event Place: Florence, Los Angeles, California, United States
Age: 21
Birth Year (Estimated): 1858
Birthplace: Iowa
Page: 92
GS Film number: 976928
Digital Folder Number: 005028151
Image Number: 00258

'California, Great Registers, 1866-1910,' index, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ VTDB-YN7 : accessed 30 Oct 2013), Clarence S Tufts, 1879.
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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 Marriage / Partner
Clarence Sumner TUFTS and Annie Elam FITZWATER 26 September 1886, Los Angeles, California, USA

He was 27 years old.

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

1894
Name: Clarence S Tufts
Event Type: Voter Registration
Event Date: Aug 1894
Event Year Range:
Event Place: 451 E 3d St, Los Angeles, California, United States
Age: 35
Birth Year (Estimated): 1859
Birthplace: Iowa
Page: 523
GS Film number: 976929
Digital Folder Number: 005028152
Image Number: 00567

'California, Great Registers, 1866-1910,' index, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ VNFY-XBY : accessed 30 Oct 2013), Clarence S Tufts, 1894.
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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 Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
Name: Clarence S Tufts
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1900
Event Place: ED 86 Precinct 64 Los Angeles city Ward 9, Los Angeles, California, United States
Birth Date: Jun 1859
Birthplace: Iowa
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Father's Birthplace: Iowa
Mother's Birthplace: Iowa
Race: White
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Years Married: 4
Marriage Year (Estimated): 1896
Mother of how many children:
Number of Living Children:
Immigration Year:
Page: 8
Sheet Letter: A
Family Number: 176
Reference ID: 19
GS Film number: 1240090
Digital Folder Number: 004118424
Image Number: 00833
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head Clarence S Tufts M 41 Iowa
Wife Lizzie A Tufts F 22 Canada England
Son George R Tufts M 4 California
Daughter Florence M Tufts F 3 California
Daughter Bertha M Tufts F 0 California
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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 Antelope, Los Angeles, California
Name: Clarence S Tufts
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1910
Event Place: Antelope, Los Angeles, California, United States
District: 1
Gender: Male
Age: 51
Marital Status: Divorced
Race: White
Race (Original): White
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Head
Birth Year (Estimated): 1859
Birthplace: Iowa
Immigration Year:
Father's Birthplace: Maine
Mother's Birthplace: Ohio
Sheet Number and Letter: 6B
Household ID: 120
Line Number:
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: M1283
GS Film number: 1374092
Digital Folder Number: 004327268
Image Number: 00458
1910 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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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