Sophronia Lawrence PARKER

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12 February 1842 , Cohasset, Massachusetts, USA

Died

abt. 1923 , Massachusetts, USA

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Born: 12 February 1842 in Cohasset, Massachusetts, USA

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Sophronia Lawrence married Newcomb Bates TOWER 19 February 1862 in Cohasset, Massachusetts, USA . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Newcomb Bates TOWER was born 20 February 1840 in Cohasset, Massachusetts, USA. Newcomb Bates died 24 May 1928 in Massachusetts, USA. Newcomb Bates was the child of Abraham Hobart TOWER and Charlotte BATES.

Sophronia Lawrence PARKER died abt. 1923 in Massachusetts, USA.
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Newcomb Bates TOWER
Marriage date: 19 February 1862
Marriage place: Cohasset, Massachusetts, USA
Newcomb Bates TOWER was the child of Abraham Hobart TOWER and Charlotte BATES

Children of Newcomb Bates TOWER and Sophronia Lawrence PARKER

Martha Bates TOWER

Born: 12 February 1863, Cohasset, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 22 October 1868, Cohasset, Massachusetts, USA

George Parker TOWER

Born: 1 February 1865, Cohasset, Massachusetts, USA
Died: abt. 1929,

Ella Gertrude TOWER

Born: 2 May 1867, Cohasset, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 6 January 1948, Cohasset, Massachusetts, USA

Mary Parker TOWER

Born: 31 July 1870, Cohasset, Massachusetts, USA
Died: abt. 1958, , Massachusetts, USA

Charlotte Sophronia TOWER

Born: 25 May 1876, Cohasset, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 9 January 1979, Cohasset, Massachusetts, USA

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Birth — 1842
12 February 1842
Cohasset, Massachusetts, USA

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.

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

1862 Marriage / Partner
Sophronia Lawrence PARKER and Newcomb Bates TOWER 19 February 1862, Cohasset, Massachusetts, USA

She was 20 years old.

1863 - January 1 - President Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, freeing slaves.

1863 Birth of Child
Martha Bates TOWER was born 12 February 1863, Cohasset, Massachusetts, USA

Sophronia Lawrence was 21 years old.

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)

1865 Birth of Child
George Parker TOWER was born 1 February 1865, Cohasset, Massachusetts, USA

Sophronia Lawrence was 22 years old.

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.

1867 Birth of Child
Ella Gertrude TOWER was born 2 May 1867, Cohasset, Massachusetts, USA

Sophronia Lawrence was 25 years old.

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1868 Death of Child
Martha Bates TOWER died 22 October 1868, Cohasset, Massachusetts, USA

Sophronia Lawrence was 26 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.

1870 Birth of Child
Mary Parker TOWER was born 31 July 1870, Cohasset, Massachusetts, USA

Sophronia Lawrence was 28 years old.

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1876 Birth of Child
Charlotte Sophronia TOWER was born 25 May 1876, Cohasset, Massachusetts, USA

Sophronia Lawrence was 34 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 - 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