Sophia Adaline WOOD

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27 March 1827 , Auburn, New York, USA

Died

11 May 1900 , Rochester, New York, USA

Age: 73
Cause of Death: pneumonia

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Seneca WOOD Sophia Adeline BURNHAM

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Born: 27 March 1827 in Auburn, New York, USA

Father: Seneca WOOD

Mother: Sophia Adeline BURNHAM

Paternal grandparents: Walter WOOD , Paulina MOSHER

Maternal grandparents: Asa W BURNHAM , Lucy HUNTINGTON

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Sophia Adaline married John Hamilton ADAMS 11 November 1847 in Ledyard, New York, USA . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
John Hamilton ADAMS was born 12 November 1824 in Lyons, New York, USA. John Hamilton died 4 March 1898 in Rochester, New York, USA.

Sophia Adaline WOOD died 11 May 1900 in Rochester, New York, USA.
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Sophia Adaline WOOD married

John Hamilton ADAMS
Marriage date: 11 November 1847
Marriage place: Ledyard, New York, USA

Children of John Hamilton ADAMS and Sophia Adaline WOOD

Walter Wood ADAMS

Born: 22 August 1848, Lyons, New York, USA
Died: 14 June 1913, Manhattan, New York, USA

Charles Hamilton ADAMS

Born: 2 February 1851, Lyons, New York, USA
Died: 3 August 1852, Lyons, New York, USA

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Birth — 1827
27 March 1827
Auburn, New York, USA

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

1847 Marriage / Partner
Sophia Adaline WOOD and John Hamilton ADAMS 11 November 1847, Ledyard, New York, USA (Aurora)

She was 20 years old.

1848 Birth of Child
Walter Wood ADAMS was born 22 August 1848, Lyons, New York, USA

Sophia Adaline was 21 years old.

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

1851 Birth of Child
Charles Hamilton ADAMS was born 2 February 1851, Lyons, New York, USA

Sophia Adaline was 23 years old.

1852 Death of Child
Charles Hamilton ADAMS died 3 August 1852, Lyons, New York, USA

Sophia Adaline was 25 years old.

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.

1875 Rochester, Monroe, New York

Name: Sophia W Adams
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Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1875
Event Place: Rochester, Monroe, New York, United States
Gender: Female
Age: 48
Relationship to Head of Household: Wife
Birth Year (Estimated): 1827
Family Number: 163
PAge: 19
Line Number: 18
GS Film Number: 833779
Digital Folder Number: 004327109
Image Number: 00094
Household Gender Age Birthplace
John H Adams M 50
Wife Sophia W Adams F 48
Son Walter W Adams M 26

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1875 New York State Census
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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

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 Death of Spouse/Partner
John Hamilton ADAMS died 4 March 1898, Rochester, New York, 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.

Obituary

Death source (obituary): Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, Sunday, May 13, 1900, page 15

ROCHESTER DEMOCRAT AND CHRONICLE. SATURDAY, MAY 12, 1900

MRS SOPHIA A. WOOD.

Death of an Old and Repetcted Resident of This City Yesterday.

Mrs. Sophia Adaline Wood, danghter of Seneca Wood and Sophia Adaline Burnham, died yesterday afternoon at the residence of Mrs. Ives, No. 37 South Washington street, aged 73 years. Her illness was of short duration, death being due to pneumonia.

Mrs. Wood was born In Auburn, N. Y. March 27, 1827. She passed her girlhood in Auburn and Aurora, at which places she resided till her marriage to the late John Hamilton Adams, then of Lyons, in the year 1847. Mr. and Mrs. Wood resided in Lyons until 1857, when they removed to Rochester. Mrs. Wood continued to live here until her death.

She was a woman of singular modesty and retiring disposition, but had a large circle of friends among the older residents of Rochester, to whom she was greatly

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