Mehitable Copeland HARTWELL

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25 December 1839 , Middleborough, Massachusetts, USA

Died

28 April 1919 , Cohasset, Massachusetts, USA

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Born: 25 December 1839 in Middleborough, Massachusetts, USA

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Mehitable Copeland married Andrew Jackson SOUTHER 17 July 1861 in Middleborough, Massachusetts, USA . The couple had (at least) 7 children.
Andrew Jackson SOUTHER was born 17 November 1831 in Littleton, Massachusetts, USA. Andrew Jackson died 6 March 1898 in Cohasset, Massachusetts, USA. Andrew Jackson was the child of Laban SOUTHER and Elizabeth TOWER.

Mehitable Copeland HARTWELL died 28 April 1919 in Cohasset, Massachusetts, USA.
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Mehitable Copeland HARTWELL married

Andrew Jackson SOUTHER
Marriage date: 17 July 1861
Marriage place: Middleborough, Massachusetts, USA
Andrew Jackson SOUTHER was the child of Laban SOUTHER and Elizabeth TOWER

Children of Andrew Jackson SOUTHER and Mehitable Copeland HARTWELL

Harry Washburn SOUTHER

Born: 29 November 1862, Cohasset, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 7 January 1900, Cohasset, Massachusetts, USA

Eleanor Grace SOUTHER

Born: 9 February 1866, Cohasset, Massachusetts, USA
Died: abt. 1935, , Massachusetts, USA

Married: Otis Richardson COOKE 24 January 1894 Place: Cohasset, Massachusetts, USA

Abbie Hartwell SOUTHER

Born: 21 April 1869, Cohasset, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 6 December 1909, Cohasset, Massachusetts, USA

Edward Everett Hale SOUTHER

Born: 23 July 1871, Cohasset, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 6 September 1945, Cohasset, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Sally Fabens CUSHING 12 September 1906 Place: Cohasset, Massachusetts, USA

George Winthrop SOUTHER

Born: 8 August 1874, Cohasset, Massachusetts, USA
Died: abt. 1952, St Johns, Florida, USA

Married: Sarah Theresa "Sadie" BUEHLER 22 June 1904 Place: Canterbury, New Hampshire, USA (East Canterbury)

Ray Mortimer SOUTHER

Born: 12 August 1878, Cohasset, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 3 March 1950, Quincy, Massachusetts, USA

Blanche Mortimer SOUTHER

Born: 28 November 1881, , Massachusetts, USA
Died: 12 January 1963, Cohasset, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Alexander ROSE 6 January 1906 Place: Providence, Rhode Island, USA

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Birth — 1839
25 December 1839
Middleborough, Massachusetts, 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.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1861 Marriage / Partner
Mehitable Copeland HARTWELL and Andrew Jackson SOUTHER 17 July 1861, Middleborough, Massachusetts, USA (Middleboro)

She was 21 years old.

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 Birth of Child
Harry Washburn SOUTHER was born 29 November 1862, Cohasset, Massachusetts, USA

Mehitable Copeland was 22 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.

1866 Birth of Child
Eleanor Grace SOUTHER was born 9 February 1866, Cohasset, Massachusetts, USA

Mehitable Copeland was 26 years old.

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

1869 Birth of Child
Abbie Hartwell SOUTHER was born 21 April 1869, Cohasset, Massachusetts, USA

Mehitable Copeland was 29 years old.

1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states.

1871 Birth of Child
Edward Everett Hale SOUTHER was born 23 July 1871, Cohasset, Massachusetts, USA

Mehitable Copeland was 31 years old.

1874 Birth of Child
George Winthrop SOUTHER was born 8 August 1874, Cohasset, Massachusetts, USA

Mehitable Copeland was 34 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.

1878 Birth of Child
Ray Mortimer SOUTHER was born 12 August 1878, Cohasset, Massachusetts, USA

Mehitable Copeland was 38 years old.

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.

1881 Birth of Child
Blanche Mortimer SOUTHER was born 28 November 1881, , Massachusetts, USA

Mehitable Copeland was 41 years old.

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

1894 Marriage of Child
Eleanor Grace SOUTHER married 24 January 1894, Cohasset, Massachusetts, USA to Otis Richardson COOKE

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

1897 - William McKinley becomes President of the United States

1898 Death of Spouse/Partner
Andrew Jackson SOUTHER died 6 March 1898, Cohasset, Massachusetts, USA

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.

1900 Death of Child
Harry Washburn SOUTHER died 7 January 1900, Cohasset, Massachusetts, USA

Mehitable Copeland was 60 years old.

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 Marriage of Child
George Winthrop SOUTHER married 22 June 1904, Canterbury, New Hampshire, USA (East Canterbury) to Sarah Theresa "Sadie" BUEHLER

1904 - June 28 - U.S. begins construction of Panama Canal.

1906 Marriage of Child
Blanche Mortimer SOUTHER married 6 January 1906, Providence, Rhode Island, USA to Alexander ROSE

1906 - August 22 – The first Victor Victrola, a phonographic record player, was manufactured, revolutionizing the way people listened to music at home.

1906 Marriage of Child
Edward Everett Hale SOUTHER married 12 September 1906, Cohasset, Massachusetts, USA to Sally Fabens CUSHING

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 Death of Child
Abbie Hartwell SOUTHER died 6 December 1909, Cohasset, Massachusetts, USA

Mehitable Copeland was 69 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

1918 - March 19 – The United States Congress establishes time zones and approves daylight saving time