Chester Alan ARTHUR

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5 October 1829 , Fairfield, Vermont, USA

Died

18 November 1886 , Manhattan, New York, USA

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William MACARTHUR Malvina STONE

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Born: 5 October 1829 in Fairfield, Vermont, USA

Father: William MACARTHUR

Mother: Malvina STONE

Maternal grandparents: George Washington STONE , Judith STEVENS

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Chester Alan married Ellen Lewis "Nell" HERNDON 25 October 1859 in Manhattan, New York, USA . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Ellen Lewis "Nell" HERNDON was born 30 August 1837 in Culpeper, Virginia, USA (Fairfax). Ellen Lewis "Nell" died 12 January 1880 in Manhattan, New York, USA (New York City) (New Amsterdam) (Washington Heights).

Chester Alan ARTHUR died 18 November 1886 in Manhattan, New York, USA .

son of William Arthur and Malvina Stone

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Recorded occupation: President of the United States

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Chester Alan ARTHUR married

Ellen Lewis "Nell" HERNDON
Marriage date: 25 October 1859
Marriage place: Manhattan, New York, USA

Children of Chester Alan ARTHUR and Ellen Lewis "Nell" HERNDON

William Lewis Herndon ARTHUR

Born: 10 December 1860, Manhattan, New York, USA
Died: 7 July 1863, Englewood, Bergen, New Jersey, USA

Chester Alan ARTHUR

Born: 25 July 1864, Manhattan, New York, USA
Died: 18 July 1937, Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA

Ellen Lewis Herndon ARTHUR

Born: 21 November 1871, Manhattan, New York, USA
Died: 6 September 1915, Mount Kisco, Westchester, New York, USA

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Birth — 1829
5 October 1829
Fairfield, Vermont, USA

Biography
CHESTER A. ARTHUR, twenty-first President of the United States, was born in Franklin County, Vt., on the 5th day of October, 1830, and was the eldest of a family of two sons and five daughters. His father was the Rev. Dr. William Arthur, a Baptist clergyman, who emigrated to this country from County Antrim, Ireland, in his eighteenth year, and died in 1875, in Newtonville, near Albany, after a long and successful ministry.

Young Arthur was educated at Union College, Schenectady, where he excelled in all his studies. After his graduation he taught school in Vermont for two years, and at the expiration of that time came to New York, with $500 in his pocket, and entered the office of ex-Judge B. P. Culver as a student. After being admitted to the Bar, he formed a partnership with his intimate friend and room-mate, Henry D. Gardiner, with the intention of practicing in the West, and for three months they roamed about in the Western States in search of an eligible site, but in the end...Read full story

Portrait and Biographical Record of Dubuque, Jones and Clayton Counties, Iowa, Chapman Pub Co, 1894

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

1859 Marriage / Partner
Chester Alan ARTHUR and Ellen Lewis "Nell" HERNDON 25 October 1859, Manhattan, New York, USA (New York City) (New Amsterdam) (Washington Heights)

He was 30 years old.

Portrait and Biographical Record of Dubuque, Jones and Clayton Counties, Iowa, Chapman Pub Co, 1894

1860 Birth of Child
William Lewis Herndon ARTHUR was born 10 December 1860, Manhattan, New York, USA (New York City) (New Amsterdam) (Washington Heights)

Chester Alan was 31 years old.

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 Death of Child
William Lewis Herndon ARTHUR died 7 July 1863, Englewood, Bergen, New Jersey, USA

Chester Alan was 33 years old.

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)

1864 Birth of Child
Chester Alan ARTHUR was born 25 July 1864, Manhattan, New York, USA (New York City) (New Amsterdam) (Washington Heights)

Chester Alan was 34 years old.

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 Birth of Child
Ellen Lewis Herndon ARTHUR was born 21 November 1871, Manhattan, New York, USA (New York City) (New Amsterdam) (Washington Heights)

Chester Alan was 42 years old.

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 Death of Spouse/Partner
Ellen Lewis "Nell" HERNDON died 12 January 1880, Manhattan, New York, USA (New York City) (New Amsterdam) (Washington Heights)

1881 - The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton.

1881 - September 19 - Chester A. Arthur (1829–1886) becomes President of the United States
In 1880 Arthur was nominated for vice president in the hope of conciliating the followers of Grant and the powerful New York machine. As president upon Garfield's death, Arthur, stepping out of his familiar role as spoilsman, backed civil service reform, reorganized the cabinet, and prosecuted political associates accused of post office graft. Losing machine support and failing to gain the reformers, he was not nominated for a full term in 1884.

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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