Mary Elizabeth BRANNAM (BRANUM)

Born

March 3 1864 , Indiana, USA

Died

August 1929 , Oklahoma, USA

Age: 65

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John BRANNAM Permelia A HEMINGER

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Born: March 3 1864 in Indiana, USA

Father: John BRANNAM

Mother: Permelia A HEMINGER

Paternal grandparents: James BRANNAM / BRANUM

Maternal grandparents: George HEMINGER , Rachel BISEL

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Mary Elizabeth married Jacob R SPRINKLES . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jacob R SPRINKLES was born February 5 1865 in Texas, USA. Jacob R died 17 October 1908 in Van Buren, Arkansas, USA. Jacob R was the child of Samuel Jefferson SPRINKLES and Cynthia HANEY.

Mary Elizabeth BRANNAM (BRANUM) died August 1929 in Oklahoma, USA.

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Mary Elizabeth BRANNAM (BRANUM) married

Jacob R SPRINKLES
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Jacob R SPRINKLES was the child of Samuel Jefferson SPRINKLES and Cynthia HANEY

Children of Jacob R SPRINKLES and Mary Elizabeth BRANNAM (BRANUM)

Frank Arlis SPRINKLES

Born: April 16 1903, , Arkansas, USA
Died: December 18 1971, Shawnee, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma

Married: Mary Susan "Susie" KIZZIA

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Birth — 1864
March 3 1864
Indiana, USA

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 - 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

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

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.

1901 - King Camp Gillette and William Emery Nickerson invented the world's first disposable razor blade in 1901. (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

1901 - William McKinley, the 25th president of the United States, was shot on the grounds of the Pan-American Exposition in the Temple of Music in Buffalo, New York, on September 6, 1901, six months into his second term. He was shaking hands with the public when an anarchist, Leon Czolgosz, shot him twice in the abdomen. Theodore Roosevelt becomes President of the United States.

1902 - July 17 - Willis Haviland Carrier designed the first modern air-conditioning system. (Buffalo, New York, USA)

1903 - The first engine-powered airplane is invented (Wilbur & Orville Wright, United States)

1903 Birth of Child
Frank Arlis SPRINKLES was born April 16 1903, , Arkansas, USA

Mary Elizabeth was 39 years old.

1904 - June 28 - U.S. begins construction of Panama Canal.

1906 - August 22 – The first Victor Victrola, a phonographic record player, was manufactured, revolutionizing the way people listened to music at home.

In 1906, Reginald Fessenden made the first AM radio broadcast on December 24th. This event marked a significant advancement in radio technology, paving the way for the modern broadcasting industry.

1907-1908 - The electric washing machine is invented (Alva J. Fisher, United States)

1908 - First Model-T car is produced by Henry Ford (United States)

1908 Death of Spouse/Partner
Jacob R SPRINKLES died 17 October 1908, Van Buren, Arkansas, USA

1909 - William Howard Taft becomes President of the United States

1912 - April 15 - Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic

1913 - The assembly line is invented (Henry Ford, United States)

The bra is invented (Mary Phelps Jacob, United States)

1913 - Woodrow Wilson becomes President of the United States

1913 - October 31 – The Lincoln Highway, the first automobile road across the United States, is dedicated

1915 - January 25 - First United States coast-to-coast long-distance telephone call

1917 - March 2 – The enactment of the Jones Act grants Puerto Ricans United States citizenship.

1917 - April 6 – WWI: The United States declares war on Germany

1918 - March 19 – The United States Congress establishes time zones and approves daylight saving time

1919 - June 4 – Women's rights: The United States Congress approves the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which would guarantee suffrage to women, and sends it to the U.S. states for ratification

1920 - January 17 - Prohibition goes into effect on January 17, 1920, under the provisions of the 18th Amendment to the United States Constitution

1921 - Warren G. Harding becomes President of the United States

1921 - Charles Strite of Minnesota patents the pop-up toaster.

1923 to 1927 - Television is invented (Vladimir Kosma Zworykin (Russia), Philo Taylor Farnsworth (United States))

1923 - Calvin Coolidge becomes President of the United States

1927 - The aerosol can is invented (Erik Rotheim, Norway)

1927 - April 7 – Bell Telephone Co. transmits an image of Herbert Hoover (then the Secretary of Commerce), which becomes the first successful long distance demonstration of television

1928 - Sliced bread (bread slicing machine) is invented by Otto Frederick Rohwedder (United States)

Mary Elizabeth BRANNAM (BRANUM) - Grave Her grave is marked only by a stone which carries the name Mother carved into it ,the stone is located beside Mary Ann Susan Kizzia Sprinkles

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Her grave is marked only by a stone which carries the name Mother carved into it ,the stone is located beside Mary Ann Susan Kizzia Sprinkles.

South Bethel Cemetery Braggs Muskogee County Oklahoma, USA

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Death — 1929
August 1929
Oklahoma, USA
She died at the age of 65.

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South Bethel Cemetery Braggs Muskogee County Oklahoma, USA

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Last updated: 3/27/2025 2:41:12 PM

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