Grave has been located flag male ancestor  James Dorr  WHITMAN

  (b. 22 September 1854 ,  Hancock, Massachusetts, USA   d. 24 September 1887 ,  Hancock, Massachusetts, USA )  

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James Dorr WHITMAN was born 22 September 1854 in Hancock, Massachusetts, USA

James Dorr WHITMAN was the child of ?   and   ?

James Dorr WHITMAN died 24 September 1887 in Hancock, Massachusetts, USA.





Son of James Rhodes Whitman (1815 – 1887) and Sarah Elizabeth Jones (1830 – 1880)

married Lillian B. Lapham (1854 – 1944) 27 Sept 1882 in Hancock, Massachusetts

Children:

Bertha Patience Whitman
1884 – 1949

Kleber Lapham Whitman
1886 – 1910

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birth1854 Birth
22 September 1854
Hancock, Massachusetts, USA
Invention 1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)
U.S. President1857 - James Buchanan becomes President of the United States
News1857 - 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.
Invention 1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser
News1861 - February 8 – American Civil War: The Confederate States of America are formed, comprising the first six break-away states.
U.S. President1861 - Abraham Lincoln becomes President of the United States
News1863 - January 1 - President Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, freeing slaves.
News1863 - October 3 – President Lincoln proclaims a national Thanksgiving day to be celebrated the final Thursday in November in the United States
News1863 - November 19 – American Civil War: U. S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the military cemetery dedication ceremony in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
Invention 1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)
U.S. PresidentApril 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.
Invention 1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.
U.S. President1869 - Ulysses S. Grant becomes President of the United States
News1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states.
Invention 1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.
U.S. President1877 - Rutherford B. Hayes becomes President of the United States
Invention 1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.
Invention 1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)
News1881 - The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton.
U.S. President1881 - March 4 - James A. Garfield becomes President of the United States
U.S. President1881 - 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.
Invention 1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)
U.S. President1885 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States
News1886 - October 28 - Statue of Liberty is Unveiled
James Dorr WHITMAN - Grave
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Hancock Cemetery Hancock Berkshire County Massachusetts, USA

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death1887 Death
24 September 1887
Hancock, Massachusetts, USA

He died at the age of 33.

James is buried at: Hancock Cemetery Hancock Berkshire County Massachusetts, USA
Added: 4/12/2014 12:30:42 PM - Updated: 5/25/2017 3:45:22 PM
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