Edward Everett HALE

Born

3 April 1822 , Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA*

Died

10 June 1909 , Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA*

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Nathan HALE Sarah Preston EVERETT

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Born: 3 April 1822 in Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA*

Father: Nathan HALE

Mother: Sarah Preston EVERETT

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Edward Everett married Emily Baldwin PERKINS 13 October 1852 in Hartford, Connecticut, USA . The couple had (at least) 8 children.
Emily Baldwin PERKINS was born 23 November 1829 in Hartford, Connecticut, USA. Emily Baldwin died abt. 1914 in Brookline, Massachusetts, USA.

Edward Everett HALE died 10 June 1909 in Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA*.

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Recorded occupation: American Author and Unitarian Clergyman

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Emily Baldwin PERKINS
Marriage date: 13 October 1852
Marriage place: Hartford, Connecticut, USA

Children of Edward Everett HALE and Emily Baldwin PERKINS

Ellen Day HALE

Born: 11 February 1855, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 11 February 1940, Brookline, Massachusetts, USA

Arthur HALE

Born: 21 August 1859, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Died: abt. 1939, Washington, DC, USA

Charles Alexander HALE

Born: 1 March 1861, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 17 March 1868, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Edward Everett HALE

Born: 18 February 1863, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 19 August 1932, Schenectady, New York, USA

Philip Leslie HALE

Born: 21 May 1865, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 2 February 1931, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Herbert Dudley HALE

Born: 22 July 1866, , Massachusetts, USA
Died: 10 November 1908, Manhattan, New York, USA

Henry Kidder HALE

Born: abt. 1868, , Massachusetts, USA
Died: 16 May 1876, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Robert Beverly HALE

Born: 5 September 1869, Milton, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 6 October 1895, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

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Birth — 1822
3 April 1822
Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA*

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 - Millard Fillmore becomes President of the United States

1852 Marriage / Partner
Edward Everett HALE and Emily Baldwin PERKINS 13 October 1852, Hartford, Connecticut, USA

He was 30 years old.

1853 - Franklin Pierce becomes President of the United States

1855 Birth of Child
Ellen Day HALE was born 11 February 1855, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Edward Everett was 32 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

1859 Birth of Child
Arthur HALE was born 21 August 1859, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (East, North, South) (Allston) (Readville) (Roslindale)

Edward Everett was 37 years old.

1861 - February 8 – American Civil War: The Confederate States of America are formed, comprising the first six break-away states.

1861 Birth of Child
Charles Alexander HALE was born 1 March 1861, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (East, North, South) (Allston) (Readville) (Roslindale)

Edward Everett was 38 years old.

1861 - Abraham Lincoln becomes President of the United States

1863 - January 1 - President Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, freeing slaves.

1863 Birth of Child
Edward Everett HALE was born 18 February 1863, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (East, North, South) (Allston) (Readville) (Roslindale)

Edward Everett was 40 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)

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.

1865 Birth of Child
Philip Leslie HALE was born 21 May 1865, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (East, North, South) (Allston) (Readville) (Roslindale)

Edward Everett was 43 years old.

1866 Birth of Child
Herbert Dudley HALE was born 22 July 1866, , Massachusetts, USA

Edward Everett was 44 years old.

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1868 Death of Child
Charles Alexander HALE died 17 March 1868, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (East, North, South) (Allston) (Readville) (Roslindale)

Edward Everett was 45 years old.

1869 - Ulysses S. Grant becomes President of the United States

1869 Birth of Child
Robert Beverly HALE was born 5 September 1869, Milton, Massachusetts, USA

Edward Everett was 47 years old.

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.

1876 Death of Child
Henry Kidder HALE died 16 May 1876, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (East, North, South) (Allston) (Readville) (Roslindale)

Edward Everett was 54 years old.

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

1895 Death of Child
Robert Beverly HALE died 6 October 1895, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (East, North, South) (Allston) (Readville) (Roslindale)

Edward Everett was 73 years old.

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

1897 - William McKinley becomes President of the United States

1898 - Revolutionary Boston - Then and there American Independence was born by Edward Everett Hale
The American Revolution began in Boston. Different dates are set for the beginning. John Adams says of Otis's speech in 1761 in the Council Chamber of the Old State House, 'Then and there American Independence was born.' The visitor to Boston should go, very early in his visit, into the Old State House; and when he stands in the Council Chamber he will remember that as distinguished a person as John Adams fixed that place as the birthplace of independence.

But one does not understand the history of the opening of the great struggle without going back a whole generation. It was in 1745 that Governor William Shirley addressed the Massachusetts General Court in a secret session. He brought before them a plan which he had for the conquest of Louisburg in the next spring, before it could be reinforced from France. The General Court (which means the general assembly of Massachusetts) at first doubted the possibility of success of so bold an attempt; but eventually Shirley persuaded them...Read full story

Visit Boston, Massachusetts, USA (East, North, South) (Allston) (Readville) (Roslindale)

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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)

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 Child
Herbert Dudley HALE died 10 November 1908, Manhattan, New York, USA (New York City) (New Amsterdam) (Washington Heights)

Edward Everett was 86 years old.

Death — 1909
10 June 1909
Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA*
He died at the age of 87.