Ellen Louise AXSON

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15 May 1860 , Savannah, Georgia, USA

Died

6 August 1914 , Washington, DC, USA

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Born: 15 May 1860 in Savannah, Georgia, USA

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Ellen Louise married Thomas Woodrow WILSON 24 June 1885 in Chatham, Georgia, USA . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Thomas Woodrow WILSON was born 28 December 1856 in Staunton, Virginia, USA. Thomas Woodrow died 3 February 1924 in Washington, DC, USA.

Ellen Louise AXSON died 6 August 1914 in Washington, DC, USA.

daughter of Samuel Edward Axson and Margaret Jane Hoyt

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Ellen Louise AXSON married

Thomas Woodrow WILSON
Marriage date: 24 June 1885
Marriage place: Chatham, Georgia, USA

Children of Thomas Woodrow WILSON and Ellen Louise AXSON

Margaret Woodrow "Nistha" WILSON

Born: 16 April 1886, Gainesville, Georgia, USA
Died: 12 February 1944, Pondicherry, India

Jessie Woodrow WILSON

Born: 28 August 1887, Gainesville, Georgia, USA
Died: 15 January 1933, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Francis Bowes SAYRE 25 November 1913 Place: Washington, DC, USA

Eleanor Randolph WILSON

Born: 16 October 1889, Middletown, Connecticut, USA
Died: 5 April 1967, Montecito, Santa Barbara, California, USA

Married: William Gibbs MCADOO 7 May 1914 Place: Washington, DC, USA

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Birth — 1860
15 May 1860
Savannah, Georgia, 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 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1885 Marriage / Partner
Ellen Louise AXSON and Thomas Woodrow WILSON 24 June 1885, Chatham, Georgia, USA

She was 25 years old.

1885 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

1886 Birth of Child
Margaret Woodrow "Nistha" WILSON was born 16 April 1886, Gainesville, Georgia, USA

Ellen Louise was 25 years old.

1886 - October 28 - Statue of Liberty is Unveiled

1887 Birth of Child
Jessie Woodrow WILSON was born 28 August 1887, Gainesville, Georgia, USA

Ellen Louise was 27 years old.

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1889 - Benjamin Harrison becomes President of the United States

1889 Birth of Child
Eleanor Randolph WILSON was born 16 October 1889, Middletown, Connecticut, USA

Ellen Louise was 29 years old.

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)

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)

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

1913 Marriage of Child
Jessie Woodrow WILSON married 25 November 1913, Washington, DC, USA to Francis Bowes SAYRE