Walter Martin STILSON

Born

18 August 1858 , Monkton, Vermont, USA

Died

28 July 1894 , New Haven, Vermont, USA

Walter Martin married Alice Adele WHITTEMORE 30 December 1884 in Middlebury, Vermont, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Alice Adele WHITTEMORE was born 27 December 1868 in Bristol, Vermont, USA. Alice Adele died 20 September 1936 in New Haven, Vermont, USA .

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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Walter Martin STILSON

Walter Martin STILSON married

Alice Adele WHITTEMORE
Marriage date: 30 December 1884
Marriage place: Middlebury, Vermont, USA

Children of Walter Martin STILSON and Alice Adele WHITTEMORE

Grace Alice STILSON

Born: 2 September 1888, New Haven, Vermont, USA
Died: 1 November 1967, Essex, Vermont, USA

Married: Frederick Newton "Fred" DEAN 5 September 1906 Place: Monkton, Vermont, USA

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Birth — 1858
18 August 1858
Monkton, Vermont, USA

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.

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 Marriage / Partner
Walter Martin STILSON and Alice Adele WHITTEMORE 30 December 1884, Middlebury, Vermont, USA (East Middlebury) (Farmingdale)

He was 26 years old.

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

1888 Birth of Child
Grace Alice STILSON was born 2 September 1888, New Haven, Vermont, USA (Belden) (Brooksville) (Junction) (Mills)

Walter Martin was 30 years old.

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

1893 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States