Hartwell Emerson LEWIS

Born

13 January 1865 , Cadiz, Green Twp, Harrison Co, Ohio, USA

Died

21 July 1899 , Denver, Colorado, USA

Cause of Death: burst appendix

Hartwell Emerson married Margaret Jane "Maggie" CLARK 23 December 1886 in Leroy City, McLean, Illinois, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Margaret Jane "Maggie" CLARK was born 1 August 1868 in Sabina, McLean, Illinois, USA. Margaret Jane "Maggie" died 1 July 1942 in Bloomington, McLean, Illinois, USA.

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Hartwell Emerson LEWIS married

Margaret Jane "Maggie" CLARK
Marriage date: 23 December 1886
Marriage place: Leroy City, McLean, Illinois, USA

Children of Hartwell Emerson LEWIS and Margaret Jane "Maggie" CLARK

William Hartwell LEWIS

Born: 30 January 1892, Glenavon, McLean Co., Illinois, USA
Died: 25 June 1964, Urbana, Champaign Co, Illinois, USA

Married: Yvette Guilbert "Betty" JAMES 27 September 1913

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Birth — 1865
13 January 1865
Cadiz, Green Twp, Harrison Co, Ohio, USA

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)

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
Hartwell Emerson LEWIS and Margaret Jane "Maggie" CLARK 23 December 1886, Leroy City, McLean, Illinois, USA

He was 21 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

1892 Birth of Child
William Hartwell LEWIS was born 30 January 1892, Glenavon, McLean Co., Illinois, USA

Hartwell Emerson was 27 years old.

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.