Elias Monroe BUSENBARK

Born

9 October 1858 , Farmington, Davis, Utah Territory

Died

23 September 1908 , Collinston, Box Elder, Utah, USA

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Henry Daniel BUSENBARK Martha Jane EPPERSON

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Born: 9 October 1858 in Farmington, Davis, Utah Territory

Father: Henry Daniel BUSENBARK

Mother: Martha Jane EPPERSON

Paternal grandparents: Isaac BUSENBARK , Abigail MANNING

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Elias Monroe married Sarah Ann SMITH 15 October 1877 in Collinston, Box Elder, Utah, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Sarah Ann SMITH was born 9 July 1856 in Ramsbury Manor, Wiltshire, England. Sarah Ann died 17 June 1938 in Beaver Dam, Box Elder, Utah, USA.

Elias Monroe BUSENBARK died 23 September 1908 in Collinston, Box Elder, Utah, USA.
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Elias Monroe BUSENBARK married

Sarah Ann SMITH
Marriage date: 15 October 1877
Marriage place: Collinston, Box Elder, Utah, USA

Children of Elias Monroe BUSENBARK and Sarah Ann SMITH

Sarah Ann BUSENBARK

Born: 1 November 1898, Beaver Dam, Box Elder, Utah, USA
Died: 26 November 1977, Hyrum, Cache, Utah, USA

Married: Wallace Le Grande SECRIST 14 September 1918

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Birth — 1858
9 October 1858
Farmington, Davis, Utah Territory

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 Marriage / Partner
Elias Monroe BUSENBARK and Sarah Ann SMITH 15 October 1877, Collinston, Box Elder, Utah, USA

He was 19 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

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 Birth of Child
Sarah Ann BUSENBARK was born 1 November 1898, Beaver Dam, Box Elder, Utah, USA

Elias Monroe was 40 years old.

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)

Death — 1908
23 September 1908
Collinston, Box Elder, Utah, USA
He died at the age of 49.

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Utah originates from an Apache Indian word (yuttahih), which means people of the mountains. (statesymbolsusa.org)

January 14, 1896 - Utah becomes 45th U.S. state

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