Frances Caroline MATTOON

(b. 25 August 1820 , Lenox, Massachusetts, USA d. 12 October 1890 , Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA )

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Frances Caroline MATTOON was born 25 August 1820 in Lenox, Massachusetts, USA

Frances Caroline MATTOON was the child of Charles MATTOON and Julia Ann BURNHAM and the grandchild of: (paternal) Charles MATTOON and Frances MARTINDALE (maternal) Asa W BURNHAM and Lucy HUNTINGTON

Frances Caroline MATTOON died 12 October 1890 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA .
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1820 Birth
25 August 1820
Lenox, Massachusetts, USA

1821 Baptism
Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915
name: Frances Caroline Mattoon
gender: Female
baptism/ christening date: 18 Nov 1821
baptism/ christening place: LENOX,BERKSHIRE,MASSACHUSETTS
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indexing project (batch) number: C50278-1
system origin: Massachusetts-ODM
source film number: 234569
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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 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1849 - Zachary Taylor becomes President of the United States

1850 Lenox, Berkshire, Massachusetts
Charles Mattoon, 66, farmer
Julia Ann Mattoon, 66
Frances C Mattoon, 26
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

1855 Lenox, Berkshire, Massachusetts
Name: Frances C Mattoon
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1855
Event Place: Lenox, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States
Age: 33
Birth Year (Estimated): 1822
Gender: Female
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Birthplace: Massachusetts, United States
Family Number: 295
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GS Film number: 000953974
Digital Folder Number: 004279388
Image Number: 00360
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Julia Mattoon F 71 Vermont, United States
Frances C Mattoon F 33 Massachusetts, United States
1855 Massachusetts Census
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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 Lenox, Berkshire, Massachusetts
Name: Frances E Mattoon
Birth Year (Estimated): 1823
Gender: Female
Age (Original): 47y
Race: White
Birthplace: Massachusetts
Event Place: Massachusetts, United States
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Samuel Belden M 56y Massachusetts
Abby Jane Belden F 45y Massachusetts
Eva L Belden F 16y Massachusetts
Samuel Parker M 32y Kentucky
Frances E Mattoon F 47y Massachusetts
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 Lenox, Berkshire, Massachusetts
Name: Frances C. Mattoon
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1880
Event Place: Lenox, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States
Gender: Female
Age: 58
Marital Status: Single
Occupation: Keeping House
Race (Original): W
Ethnicity: American
Relationship to Head of Household: Self
Birthplace: Massachusetts, United States
Birth Date: 1822
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Father's Birthplace: Massachusetts, United States
Mother's Name:
Mother's Birthplace: Vermont, United States
Page: 492
Page Letter: B
Entry Number: 418
Affiliate Film Number: T9-0520
GS Film number: 1254520
Digital Folder Number: 004241686
Image Number: 00469
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

Death
Name: Francez C. Mattoon
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Event Type: Death
Event Date: 12 Oct 1890
Event Place: Pittsfield, Massachusetts
Residence Place: Pittsfield, Mass.
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Gender: Female
Age: 69
Marital Status: Single
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Birthplace: Lenox
Birth Year (Estimated): 1821
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Father's Name: Charles
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Father's Birthplace: Lenox
Mother's Name: Julia
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Mother's Birthplace: Vermont
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Reference ID: p 73
GS Film number: 960243
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Digital Folder Number: 4224893
Image Number: 84

'Massachusetts, Deaths, 1841-1915,' index and images, FamilySearch (https:/ / familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ NWW5-6Y5 : accessed 25 Jun 2013), Francez C. Mattoon, 1890.
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