Scott COLE

Born

27 December 1847 , Shelbyville, Shelby, Indiana, USA

Died

13 August 1931 , Andrews, Huntington, Indiana, USA

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Frederick Mortimer COLE Martha Ann DALE

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Born: 27 December 1847 in Shelbyville, Shelby, Indiana, USA

Father: Frederick Mortimer COLE

Mother: Martha Ann DALE

Paternal grandparents: Abel COLE , Rebecca BURNHAM

Scott was a soldier in the U.S. Civil War.
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Scott married Lydia H JAMES 17 September 1887 in Andrews, Huntington, Indiana, USA . Lydia H JAMES was born abt. 1847 in Indiana, USA.

Scott COLE died 13 August 1931 in Andrews, Huntington, Indiana, USA.

m. 17 SEP 1887
Lida H James (1868–1940)

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Scott COLE married

Lydia H JAMES
Marriage date: 17 September 1887
Marriage place: Andrews, Huntington, Indiana, USA
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Marriage notes:

Name: Scott Cole

Event Type: Marriage

Event Date: 17 Sep 1887

Event Place: Andrews, ,

Alternate Event Place: Andrews

Registration Place: , Huntington, Indiana, United States

Marriage License Date:

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Gender: Male

Age (Estimated):

Number of Previous Marriages: First

Race (Original): Cau White

Birth Date:

Birthplace: Indiana

Father's Name: Frederick M Cole

Mother's Name: Martha A Dale

Spouse's Name: Lydia H James

Spouse's Residence Place:

Spouse's Gender: Female

Spouse's Age (Estimated):

Spouse's Previous Marriage Number: first

Spouse's Race (Original): Cau White

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Spouse's Birthplace: Indiana

Spouse's Father's Name: Martin James

Spouse's Mother's Name: Maria Gotchell

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Officiator's Name: S C Hummel

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Record Number: 1274

Reference ID:

GS Film number: 002295491

Digital Folder Number: 004185619

Image Number: 00273

Number of Images: 1

"Indiana, Marriages, 1811-1959," index and images, FamilySearch.org : accessed 25 Jun 2013), Frederick M Cole in entry for Scott Cole and Lydia H James, 1887.

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Birth — 1847
27 December 1847
Shelbyville, Shelby, Indiana, USA

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1849 - Zachary Taylor becomes President of the United States

1850 - Hanover, Shelby, Indiana
Name: Fred M Cole
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1850
Event Place: Hanover, Shelby, Indiana, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 31
Marital Status:
Race (Original):
Race:
Birthplace: New York
Birth Year (Estimated): 1819
House Number: 177
Family Number: 184
Line Number: 4
Affiliate Publication Number: M432
Affiliate Film Number: 171
GS Film number: 442950
Digital Folder Number: 004192477
Image Number: 00341
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Fred M Cole M 31 New York
Martha A Cole F 26 Indiana
Viola Cole F 4 Indiana
Scott Cole M 2 Indiana
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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 - 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 - 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

1887 Marriage / Partner
Scott COLE and Lydia H JAMES 17 September 1887, Andrews, Huntington, Indiana, USA

He was 39 years old.

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

1920 - January 17 - Prohibition goes into effect on January 17, 1920, under the provisions of the 18th Amendment to the United States Constitution

1921 - Warren G. Harding becomes President of the United States

1921 - Charles Strite of Minnesota patents the pop-up toaster.

1923 to 1927 - Television is invented (Vladimir Kosma Zworykin (Russia), Philo Taylor Farnsworth (United States))

1923 - Calvin Coolidge becomes President of the United States

1927 - The aerosol can is invented (Erik Rotheim, Norway)

1927 - April 7 – Bell Telephone Co. transmits an image of Herbert Hoover (then the Secretary of Commerce), which becomes the first successful long distance demonstration of television

1928 - Sliced bread (bread slicing machine) is invented by Otto Frederick Rohwedder (United States)

1929 - Herbert Hoover becomes President of the United States

1929 - October 29 - Black Tuesday - Stock market crash - The Great Depression Begins - It lasted until 1941 (WW2)

1930 - Scotch tape is invented (Richard Drew (3M), United States)

In 1930, on February 18, Pluto was discovered by astronomer Clyde Tombaugh at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, marking a significant milestone in the study of our solar system.

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Death — 1931
13 August 1931
Andrews, Huntington, Indiana, USA
He died at the age of 83.

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