William Joseph HOUNSHELL

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23 September 1881 , Lee, Virginia, USA

Died

29 October 1918 , Bryan, Oklahoma, USA

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Born: 23 September 1881 in Lee, Virginia, USA

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William Joseph married Lillie Bishop VAN HUSS abt. 1904 in Virginia, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Lillie Bishop VAN HUSS was born 9 July 1884 in Garrard, Kentucky, USA. Lillie Bishop died 2 May 1978 in Brownfield, Terry, Texas, USA.

William Joseph HOUNSHELL died 29 October 1918 in Bryan, Oklahoma, USA.
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William Joseph HOUNSHELL married

Lillie Bishop VAN HUSS
Marriage date: abt. 1904
Marriage place: , Virginia, USA

Children of William Joseph HOUNSHELL and Lillie Bishop VAN HUSS

Sarah Cordelia HOUNDSHELL

Born: 4 March 1909, Cleburn, Johnson, Texas, USA
Died: 23 June 1988, Wooster, Faulkner, Arkansas, USA

Married: Ruebin Eugene DAVIS 10 November 1924

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Birth — 1881
23 September 1881
Lee, Virginia, USA

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 - 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

1909 Birth of Child
Sarah Cordelia HOUNDSHELL was born 4 March 1909, Cleburn, Johnson, Texas, USA

William Joseph was 27 years old.

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