Samuel Cyrus HARTWELL

Born

28 March 1820 , Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA

Died

1 August 1885 , Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA

Parents & Family of Samuel Cyrus HARTWELL

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Born: 28 March 1820 in Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA

Parents of Samuel Cyrus HARTWELL

Father

Samuel HARTWELL

Mother

Lydia AMMIDOWN

Grandparents of Samuel Cyrus HARTWELL

Paternal grandparents

Samuel HARTWELL Susannah BURR

Maternal grandparents

Calvin AMMIDOWN Deborah DAVIS

Samuel Cyrus was a soldier in the U.S. Civil War.
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Samuel Cyrus married Ellen Maria PLIMPTON 18 March 1844 in Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Ellen Maria PLIMPTON was born 21 August 1822 in Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA . Ellen Maria died abt. 1907

Samuel Cyrus HARTWELL died 1 August 1885 in Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA .

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WORK & OCCUPATION

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Recorded occupation: doctor

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Samuel Cyrus HARTWELL

Samuel Cyrus HARTWELL married

Ellen Maria PLIMPTON
Marriage date: 18 March 1844
Marriage place: Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA

Children of Samuel Cyrus HARTWELL and Ellen Maria PLIMPTON

Catherine Beach HARTWELL

Born: 21 October 1846, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 23 September 1848, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA

George Fayette HARTWELL

Born: 22 August 1850, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 7 January 1852, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA

Isabella Tiffany HARTWELL

Born: 4 August 1852, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 12 August 1935, St Paul, Minnesota, USA

Ellen Plimpton HARTWELL

Born: 17 October 1855, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA
Died: abt. 1920, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA

Mary Burr HARTWELL

Born: 7 January 1860, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 21 October 1864, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA

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Biography

Biographical review. : containing life sketches of leading citizens of Worcester County, Massachusetts. Boston: Biographical Review Pub. Co., 1899.

Birth — 1820
28 March 1820
Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA

Biography

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)

1844 Marriage / Partner
Samuel Cyrus HARTWELL and Ellen Maria PLIMPTON 18 March 1844, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)

He was 23 years old.

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

1846 Birth of Child
Catherine Beach HARTWELL was born 21 October 1846, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)

Samuel Cyrus was 26 years old.

1848 Death of Child
Catherine Beach HARTWELL died 23 September 1848, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)

Samuel Cyrus was 28 years old.

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

1850 Birth of Child
George Fayette HARTWELL was born 22 August 1850, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)

Samuel Cyrus was 30 years old.

1852 Death of Child
George Fayette HARTWELL died 7 January 1852, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)

Samuel Cyrus was 31 years old.

1852 Birth of Child
Isabella Tiffany HARTWELL was born 4 August 1852, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)

Samuel Cyrus was 32 years old.

1853 - Franklin Pierce becomes President of the United States

1855 Birth of Child
Ellen Plimpton HARTWELL was born 17 October 1855, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)

Samuel Cyrus was 35 years old.

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 Birth of Child
Mary Burr HARTWELL was born 7 January 1860, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)

Samuel Cyrus was 39 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 - 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 Death of Child
Mary Burr HARTWELL died 21 October 1864, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)

Samuel Cyrus was 44 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

Samuel C. Hartwell House

The Samuel C. Hartwell House is a historic house at 79 Elm Street in Southbridge, Massachusetts. It is an unusual example of an early Queen Anne Victorian house built of brick. It was constructed in the 1870s for Dr. Samuel Cyrus Hartwell, a prominent local doctor, and was built at a time when the Gothic Revival was more popular. It has decorated chimneys, and two turrets, which are signature elements of the Queen Anne style, along with contrasting stone courses and a multicolored slate roof.

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.

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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)

Death

Name: Samuel C Hartwell
Gender: Male
Age: 65
Birth Date: abt 1820
Birth Place: Southbridge
Death Date: 1 Aug 1885
Death Place: Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA
Father:
Samuel Hartwell
Mother:
Lydia Hartwell

Massachusetts, U.S., Death Records, 1841-1915

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