Nelson Root REED

(b. 24 January 1847 , Dartmouth, Massachusetts, USA d. 11 February 1906 , Fall River, Massachusetts, USA )

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Nelson Root REED was born 24 January 1847 in Dartmouth, Massachusetts, USA

Nelson Root REED was the child of ? and ?

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Nelson Root married Sophia Richmond LAWTON 7 January 1869 in Taunton, Massachusetts, USA . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Sophia Richmond LAWTON was born 5 April 1846 in Westport, Massachusetts, USA (Westport Point). Sophia Richmond died 19 July 1900 in Fall River, Massachusetts, USA. Sophia Richmond was the child of John LAWTON and Julia Ann TRIPP.

Nelson Root REED died 11 February 1906 in Fall River, Massachusetts, USA.

son of Stephen Reed and Matilda Booth

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Nelson Root REED married

Sophia Richmond LAWTON-- Date: 7 January 1869 Place: Taunton, Massachusetts, USA
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Sophia Richmond LAWTON was the child of John LAWTON and Julia Ann TRIPP

Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910
groom's name: Nelson R Reed
groom's birth date: 1848
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groom's age: 21
bride's name: Sophia R Lawton
bride's birth date: 1847
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bride's age: 22
marriage date: 07 Jan 1869
marriage place: Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts
groom's father's name: Stephen Reed
groom's mother's name: Matilda Reed
bride's father's name: John Lawton
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indexing project (batch) number: I04905-5
system origin: Massachusetts-EASy
source film number: 2047677
reference number: 14

Children of Nelson Root REED and Sophia Richmond LAWTON:

Clara Nelson REED (b.31 December 1869, Taunton, Massachusetts, USA d. abt. 1941, , Massachusetts, USA)

Bertha Lawton REED (b.20 December 1873, Taunton, Massachusetts, USA d. 28 November 1943, Fall River, Massachusetts, USA)
m. Arthur Delos FISHER 11 October 1899 in Fall River, Massachusetts, USA

Annie Parker REED (b.23 October 1874, Taunton, Massachusetts, USA d. 2 March 1939, Fall River, Massachusetts, USA)
m. William E ROBERTS 1893

Matilda May REED (b.14 September 1880, Fall River, Massachusetts, USA d. 17 December 1950, , Massachusetts, USA)
m. Oliver Marquis CHERRY 24 January 1906 in Fall River, Massachusetts, USA

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1847 Birth
24 January 1847
Dartmouth, Massachusetts, USA

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

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 Marriage / Partner
Nelson Root REED and Sophia Richmond LAWTON 7 January 1869, Taunton, Massachusetts, USA (East Taunton)

He was 21 years old.

1869 - Ulysses S. Grant becomes President of the United States

1869 Birth of Child
Clara Nelson REED was born 31 December 1869, Taunton, Massachusetts, USA (East Taunton)

Nelson Root was 22 years old.

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

1873 Birth of Child
Bertha Lawton REED was born 20 December 1873, Taunton, Massachusetts, USA (East Taunton)

Nelson Root was 26 years old.

1874 Birth of Child
Annie Parker REED was born 23 October 1874, Taunton, Massachusetts, USA (East Taunton)

Nelson Root was 27 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)

1880 Birth of Child
Matilda May REED was born 14 September 1880, Fall River, Massachusetts, USA

Nelson Root was 33 years old.

1881 - The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton.

1881 - March 4 - James A. Garfield becomes President of the United States