Lowell Sylvester HOLT

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May 1830 , Ashburnham, Massachusetts, USA

Died

30 July 1904 , Vermont, USA

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Born: May 1830 in Ashburnham, Massachusetts, USA

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Lowell Sylvester married Paulina L CROSIER abt. 1856 in Vermont, USA . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Paulina L CROSIER was born 3 March 1837 in Searsburg, Vermont, USA. Paulina L died 3 July 1889 in Brattleboro, Vermont, USA .

Lowell Sylvester HOLT died 30 July 1904 in Vermont, USA.
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Lowell Sylvester HOLT

Lowell Sylvester HOLT married

Paulina L CROSIER
Marriage date: abt. 1856
Marriage place: , Vermont, USA

Children of Lowell Sylvester HOLT and Paulina L CROSIER

Adelaide M HOLT

Born: 28 July 1857, Readsboro, Vermont, USA
Died: 9 June 1873, , Vermont, USA

Lettie Roxana HOLT

Born: 5 June 1861, Readsboro, Vermont, USA
Died: ,

Augustus Hosea HOLT

Born: 8 March 1868, Searsburg, Vermont, USA
Died: 2 July 1941, Barre, Vermont, USA

Arthur Murray HOLT

Born: 29 January 1874, Searsburg, Vermont, USA
Died: 19 November 1926, East Montpelier, Vermont, USA

Clifford Parker HOLT

Born: 18 September 1879, Brattleboro, Vermont, USA
Died: abt. 1932,

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Birth — 1830
May 1830
Ashburnham, Massachusetts, USA

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

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.

1857 Birth of Child
Adelaide M HOLT was born 28 July 1857, Readsboro, Vermont, USA (Heartwellville)

Lowell Sylvester was 27 years old.

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

1861 Birth of Child
Lettie Roxana HOLT was born 5 June 1861, Readsboro, Vermont, USA (Heartwellville)

Lowell Sylvester was 31 years old.

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.

1868 Birth of Child
Augustus Hosea HOLT was born 8 March 1868, Searsburg, Vermont, USA

Lowell Sylvester was 37 years old.

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.

1873 Death of Child
Adelaide M HOLT died 9 June 1873, , Vermont, USA

Lowell Sylvester was 43 years old.

1874 Birth of Child
Arthur Murray HOLT was born 29 January 1874, Searsburg, Vermont, USA

Lowell Sylvester was 43 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 - 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)

1879 Birth of Child
Clifford Parker HOLT was born 18 September 1879, Brattleboro, Vermont, USA (West Brattleboro)

Lowell Sylvester was 49 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 - 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

1889 Death of Spouse/Partner
Paulina L CROSIER died 3 July 1889, Brattleboro, Vermont, USA (West Brattleboro)

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)