Susan Brownell ANTHONY

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15 February 1820 , Adams, Massachusetts, USA

Died

13 March 1906 , Rochester, New York, USA

Cause of Death: pneumonia

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Born: 15 February 1820 in Adams, Massachusetts, USA

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Susan Brownell had an active role in the U.S. Civil War.

Susan Brownell ANTHONY died 13 March 1906 in Rochester, New York, USA.

daughter of Daniel Anthony (1794–1862) and Lucy Read (1793–1880)

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Recorded occupation: Famous Social Reformer, abolitionist, women's suffrage movement leader

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Birth — 1820
15 February 1820
Adams, Massachusetts, USA

Biography
SUSAN B. ANTHONY was one of the most famous women of America. She was born at South Adams, Massachusetts, February 15, 1820, the daughter of a Quaker. She received, a good education and became a school teacher, following that profession for fifteen years in New York. Beginning with about 1852 she became the active leader of the woman's rights movement and won a wide reputation for her zeal and ability. She also distinguished herself for her zeal and eloquence in the temperance. and anti slavery causes, and became a conspicuous figure during the war. After the close of the war she gave most of her labors to the cause of woman's suffrage.
A Biographical Record Of Schuyler County, New York, S. J. Clarke, 1903

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

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 - 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 Gates, Monroe, New York
Name: Susan B Anthony
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Event Year:
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Minor Civil Division: The Town Of Gates
Age (Expanded): 40 years
Birth Year (Estimated):
Birthplace:
Gender:
Page: 116
Household ID:
Affiliate Publication Number: M653
GS Film number: 803785
Digital Folder Number: 4236613
Image Number: 00131

'United States Census, 1860,' index, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ MCW5-1XJ : accessed 06 Nov 2013), Susan B Anthony, , Monroe, New York; citing '1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population,' Fold3.com; p. 116, family 921, NARA microfilm publication M653; FHL microfilm 803785.
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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 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states.

1871 - November 18 - American suffragette Susan B Anthony arrested after voting on the 5th November in Rochester NY

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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 Rochester, Monroe, New York
Name: Susan Anthony
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1880
Event Place: Rochester, Monroe, New York, United States
Gender: Female
Age: 60
Marital Status:
Occupation: Lecturer
Race (Original): W
Ethnicity: American
Relationship to Head of Household: Sister
Birthplace: Massachusetts, United States
Birth Date: 1820
Spouse's Name:
Spouse's Birthplace:
Father's Name:
Father's Birthplace: Massachusetts, United States
Mother's Name:
Mother's Birthplace: Massachusetts, United States
Page: 365
Page Letter: B
Entry Number: 3227
Affiliate Film Number: T9-0863
GS Film number: 1254863
Digital Folder Number: 004242169
Image Number: 00434
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Self Mary Anthony F 53 New York, United States
Sister Susan Anthony F 60 Massachusetts, United States
Niece Lucy Anthony F 19 Kansas, United States
Niece Louise Moshier F 18 New York, United States
Other Bridget Carr F 21 Canada
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

Susan Brownell ANTHONY - Whitcomb House The Whitcomb House was a six-story hotel erected in 1872 in the Romanesque Revival style. It was demolished in 1947. The Whitcom

Whitcomb House

The Whitcomb House was a six-story hotel erected in 1872 in the Romanesque Revival style. It was demolished in 1947.

The Whitcomb House, then one of Rochester's premier hotels, was a venue that served both suffrage conventions.

1890 Convention. The Whitcomb House hosted executive sessions of the Association's governing board on December 17 and December 18. At the December 17 executive session, nationally prominent suffrage leaders Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Matilda Joslyn Gage were named honorary vice presidents of the Association. The December 18 executive session was the concluding event of the convention...
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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

1892 Rochester, Monroe, New York
Name: Susen B Anthoney
Event Type:
Event Date: 1892
Event Place: Rochester, Ward 11, E.D. 02
Age: 72
Gender: Female
Birthplace: United States
Birth Year (Estimated): 1820
Citizenship Status:
GS Film number: 0833783
Digital Folder Number: 004370012
Image Number: 00340
1892 New York State Census
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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 Rochester, Monroe, New York
Name: Sus B Anthony
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Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1900
Event Place: ED 73 Election District 2 Rochester City Ward 11, Monroe, New York, United States
Birth Date: Feb 1820
Birthplace: Massachusetts
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Father's Birthplace: Massachusetts
Mother's Birthplace: Massachusetts
Race: White
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Single
Years Married:
Marriage Year (Estimated):
Mother of how many children:
Number of Living Children:
Immigration Year:
Page: 8
Sheet Letter: B
Family Number: 158
Reference ID: 98
GS Film number: 1241075
Digital Folder Number: 004114576
Image Number: 00138
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head Sus B Anthony F 80 Massachusetts
Sister Mary S Anthony F 73 New York
Private Sec A E Dann F 21 Canada
Boarder Ida Harper F 44 Indiana
Servant Anna Carrera F 21 Ireland
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.

1905 Rochester, Monroe, New York
Name: Suzan B Anthony
Residence Place: Rochester, Monroe, New York
Age: 85
Birth Year (Estimated): 1820
Birthplace: United States
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Race: W
Gender:
Family Number: 17
Page: 23
Reference ID: 30
GS Film number: 833787
Digital Folder Number: 4296261
Image Number: 00224
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head Suzan B Anthony F 85y United States
Head Mary S Anthony F 78y United States
Servant Carrie Bahl F 45y United States
1905 New York State Census
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