Edgar T MYERS

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October 1849 , Fleming, New York, USA

Died

13 October 1930 , Auburn, New York, USA

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Born: October 1849 in Fleming, New York, USA

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Edgar T married Ella Jane TRUFANT abt. 1874 . The couple had (at least) 7 children.
Ella Jane TRUFANT was born abt. 1850 in Auburn, New York, USA. Ella Jane died 14 February 1897 in Ovid, Seneca, New York, USA.

Edgar T MYERS died 13 October 1930 in Auburn, New York, USA.
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Ella Jane TRUFANT
Marriage date: abt. 1874
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Children of Edgar T MYERS and Ella Jane TRUFANT

Clarence Trufant MYERS

Born: 28 December 1874, Fleming, New York, USA
Died: 19 December 1958, Fleming, New York, USA

Carrie Adelle MYERS

Born: October 1875, Fleming, New York, USA
Died: 12 December 1961, Niles, Cayuga, New York, USA

Kathryn Maude MYERS

Born: 9 March 1877, Fleming, New York, USA
Died: 3 January 1960, Auburn, New York, USA

Pearl E MYERS

Born: 9 March 1877, Fleming, New York, USA
Died: 3 January 1960, Chaffee, Erie, New York, USA

Burton MYERS

Born: 19 September 1878, Fleming, New York, USA
Died: 14 April 1951, Auburn, New York, USA

Edgar T MYERS

Born: October 1879, Fleming, New York, USA
Died: 20 April 1881, Fleming, New York, USA

Harrison Byron MYERS

Born: 5 November 1885, Syracuse, New York, USA
Died: 24 March 1965, Auburn, New York, USA

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Birth — 1849
October 1849
Fleming, New York, USA

1850 - Millard Fillmore becomes President of the United States

1853 - Franklin Pierce becomes President of the United States

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

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.

1874 Birth of Child
Clarence Trufant MYERS was born 28 December 1874, Fleming, New York, USA

Edgar T was 25 years old.

1875 Birth of Child
Carrie Adelle MYERS was born October 1875, Fleming, New York, USA

Edgar T was 26 years old.

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 Birth of Child
Kathryn Maude MYERS was born 9 March 1877, Fleming, New York, USA

Edgar T was 27 years old.

1877 Birth of Child
Pearl E MYERS was born 9 March 1877, Fleming, New York, USA

Edgar T was 27 years old.

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1878 Birth of Child
Burton MYERS was born 19 September 1878, Fleming, New York, USA

Edgar T was 28 years old.

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1879 Birth of Child
Edgar T MYERS was born October 1879, Fleming, New York, USA

Edgar T was 30 years old.

1881 - The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton.

1881 - March 4 - James A. Garfield becomes President of the United States

1881 Death of Child
Edgar T MYERS died 20 April 1881, Fleming, New York, USA

Edgar T was 31 years old.

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

1885 Birth of Child
Harrison Byron MYERS was born 5 November 1885, Syracuse, New York, USA

Edgar T was 36 years old.

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 Death of Spouse/Partner
Ella Jane TRUFANT died 14 February 1897, Ovid, Seneca, New York, USA

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

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