Otis CORBETT

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6 December 1812 , Strong, Massachusetts (District of Maine)

Died

December 1877 , Strong, Maine, USA

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Otis CORBETT Hannah HISCOCK

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Born: 6 December 1812 in Strong, Massachusetts (District of Maine)

Father: Otis CORBETT

Mother: Hannah HISCOCK

Maternal grandparents: Thomas HISCOCK , Anna KNOWLTON

Otis CORBETT died December 1877 in Strong, Maine, USA.

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1812 Birth
Name: Otis Corbett
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 06 Dec 1812
Birthplace: STRONG,FRANKLIN,MAINE
Father's Name: Otis Corbett
Mother's Name: Hannah
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C50381-1 , System Origin: Maine-ODM , GS Film number: 12069

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1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1817 - James Monroe becomes President of the United States

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 Farmington, Franklin, Maine

Name: Otis Corbett Jr
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1850
Event Place: Farmington, Franklin, Maine, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 37
Race: White
Birth Year (Estimated): 1813
Birthplace: Maine
House Number: 354
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Otis Corbett Jr M 37 Maine
Hannah M Corbett F 33 Maine
Lorenzo D Corbett M 12 Maine
Harvey L Corbett M 10 Maine
Mary J Corbett F 8 Maine
Priscilla Corbett F 4 Maine
David G Corbett M 1 Maine
John Lowell M 71 New Hampshire
Lois B Lowell F 67 Maine
Barzillai Lowell M 28 Maine
Martha A Lowell F 26 Maine
Household ID: 381 , Line Number: 35 , Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) , Affiliate Publication Number: M432 , Affiliate Film Number: 253 , GS Film Number: 9723 , Digital Folder Number: 004193971 , Image Number: 00381
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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 Avon, Franklin, Maine
Name: Otis Corbett
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1860
Event Place: The Town Of Avon, Franklin, Maine, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 47
Race: White
Birth Year (Estimated): 1813
Birthplace: Maine
Page: 32
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: M653
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Otis Corbett M 47 Maine
Hannah M Corbett F 43 Maine
Harvey S Corbett M 20 Maine
David T Corbett M 11 Maine
Mary J Corbett F 18 Maine
Persilla Corbett F 14 Maine
John F M Corbett M 6 Maine
Ella M Corbett F 6 Maine
Household ID: 234 , GS Film Number: 803435 , Digital Folder Number: 004231246 , Image Number: 00209
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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.

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

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Hunter Mountain Cemetery New Vineyard Franklin County Maine, USA Plot: 4

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Death — 1877
December 1877
Strong, Maine, USA
He died at the age of 65.

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Hunter Mountain Cemetery New Vineyard Franklin County Maine, USA Plot: 4

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The name Maine is probably a practical nautical term which refers to the region being a mainland (separate from the many surrounding islands). Reference to the area as 'Maine' in writing first appeared in 1622. (statesymbolsusa.org)

Prior to 1685 - New England
1686 - 1689 - Dominion of New England
1690 - 1775 - New England
1776 - 1820 - Massachusetts (District of Maine)
March 15, 1820 - Maine becomes 23rd U.S. state

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