Eleazer Burnham COLE

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8 January 1821 , Hanover, Shelby, Indiana, USA

Died

22 March 1906 , Terre Haute, Indiana, USA

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Abel COLE Rebecca BURNHAM

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Born: 8 January 1821 in Hanover, Shelby, Indiana, USA

Father: Abel COLE

Mother: Rebecca BURNHAM

Paternal grandparents: Benjamin COLE , Prudence HARD

Maternal grandparents: Asa W BURNHAM , Lucy HUNTINGTON

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Eleazer Burnham married Alvira POTTER 9 November 1849 in Hanover, Shelby, Indiana, USA . Alvira POTTER was born abt. 1826 in Indiana, USA.

Eleazer Burnham COLE died 22 March 1906 in Terre Haute, Indiana, USA.
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Alvira POTTER
Marriage date: 9 November 1849
Marriage place: Hanover, Shelby, Indiana, USA

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Birth — 1821
8 January 1821
Hanover, Shelby, Indiana, USA

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1825 - John Quincy Adams becomes President of the United States

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1826 - Former U.S. Presidents Thomas Jefferson and John Adams both die on the 50th Anniversary of the signing of the United States Declaration of Independence.

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1827 - The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad is incorporated, becoming the first railroad in America offering commercial transportation of both people and freight.

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1829 - Andrew Jackson becomes President of the United States

1830 - The Indian Removal Act marks the beginning of the forced relocation of five tribes of native Americans, known as Trail of Tears

1837 - Martin Van Buren becomes President of the United States

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 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 Marriage / Partner
Eleazer Burnham COLE and Alvira POTTER 9 November 1849, Hanover, Shelby, Indiana, USA

He was 28 years old.

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

1849 - Zachary Taylor becomes President of the United States

1850 Noblesville, Hamilton, Indiana

Name: Eliazer B Cole
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1850
Event Place: Noblesville town, Hamilton, Indiana, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 28
Marital Status:
Race (Original):
Race:
BirthPlace: Indiana
Birth Year (Estimated): 1822
House Number: 45
Family Number: 45
Line Number: 23
Affiliate Publication Number: M432
Affiliate Film Number: 148
GS Film Number: 442926
Digital Folder Number: 004191994
Image Number: 00643
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Eliazer B Cole M 28 Indiana
Alvira Cole F 24 Indiana

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1850 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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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 Indiana

Name: Elizar J Cole
Birth Year (Estimated): 1822
Gender: Male
Age (Original): 48y
Race: White
BirthPlace: Indiana
Event Place: Indiana, United States
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Elizar J Cole M 48y Indiana
Alvira Cole F 45y Indiana

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1870 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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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)

1880 Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana

Name: Eleeser Cole
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1880
Event Place: Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 58
Marital Status: Married
Occupation: Druggist
Race (Original): W
Ethnicity: American
Relationship to Head of Household: Husband
BirthPlace: Indiana, United States
Birth Date: 1822
Spouse's Name: Alvira Cole
Spouse's BirthPlace: Indiana, United States
Father's Name:
Father's BirthPlace: New York, United States
Mother's Name:
Mother's BirthPlace: New York, United States
PAge: 440
Page Letter: A
Entry Number: 4577
Affiliate Film Number: T9-0319
GS Film Number: 1254319
Digital Folder Number: 004240660
Image Number: 00101
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Self Alvira Cole F 55 Indiana, United States
Husband Eleeser Cole M 58 Indiana, United States
Other Allice Cornthwait F 30 Ohio, United States

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1880 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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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.

1900 Harrison, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana

Name: Elezer B Cole
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Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1900
Event Place: ED 108 Harrison Township Terre Haute city Ward 4, Vigo, Indiana, United States
Birth Date: Nov 1820
BirthPlace: Indiana
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Father's BirthPlace: New York
Mother's BirthPlace: New York
Race: White
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Years Married: 50
Marriage Year (Estimated): 1850
Mother of how many children:
Number of Living Children:
Immigration Year:
PAge: 14
Sheet Letter: B
Family Number: 304
Reference ID: 98
GS Film Number: 1240409
Digital Folder Number: 004118673
Image Number: 00275
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head Elezer B Cole M 80 Indiana
Wife Elvira P Cole F 76 Indiana

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1900 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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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.

Death

Name: E. B. Cole
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 22 Mar 1906
Event Place: Terre Haute, Indiana
Age: 85
Birth Year (Estimated): 1821
Gender: Male
Race: W
Affiliate Repository Place: City Health Office, Terre Haute
Source Reference: The source of this record is the book H-40 on page 31 within the series produced by the Indiana Works Progress Administration.

'Indiana Death Index, 1882-1920,' database, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ ark:/ 61903/ 1:1:VZ74-GFJ : 3 December 2014), E. B. Cole, 22 Mar 1906, Terre Haute, Indiana; from 'Indiana Deaths, 1882-1920,' database, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : 2003); citing 'The source of this record is the book CSS-2 on page 113 within the series produced by the Indiana Works Progress Administration.' City Health Office, Terre Haute.

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