Moses Swett MOULTON

Born

4 October 1833 , Porter, Maine, USA

Died

abt. 1895 , Porter, Maine, USA

Moses Swett married Armine TIBBETTS 30 March 1856 . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Armine TIBBETTS was born abt. 1835 in Carroll, New Hampshire, USA .

Parents & Family of Moses Swett MOULTON

Parents of Moses Swett MOULTON

Father

John MOULTON

Mother

Jane COFFIN

Grandparents of Moses Swett MOULTON

Paternal grandparents

David MOULTON Dorothy MOULTON

Maternal grandparents

James COFFIN Jane MCMILLAN

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Moses Swett MOULTON

Moses Swett MOULTON married

Armine TIBBETTS
Marriage date: 30 March 1856
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Children of Moses Swett MOULTON and Armine TIBBETTS

Roscoe Norris MOULTON

Born: 4 November 1857, Porter, Maine, USA
Died: 17 July 1883, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Jane (Jennie) M MOULTON

Born: 20 September 1864, Porter, Maine, USA
Died: 28 January 1923,

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Biography

Moses Swett Moulton, m. March 30, 1856, Armine, daughter of Henry Tibbetts of Porter. Lives on homestead of his father at Porter. Educated at Parsonsfield Seminary. Justice of the peace, town clerk, treasurer, S. S. Com., chairman of Selectmen six years, representative to State Legislature 1869, member of State Senate in 1878.

Moulton Annals by Henry William Moulton
Editor Claribel Moulton
Publisher Edward A. Claypool, 1906

Birth — 1833
4 October 1833
Porter, Maine, USA

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 - Millard Fillmore becomes President of the United States

1853 - Franklin Pierce becomes President of the United States

1856 Marriage / Partner
Moses Swett MOULTON and Armine TIBBETTS 30 March 1856,

He was 22 years old.

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.

1857 Birth of Child
Roscoe Norris MOULTON was born 4 November 1857, Porter, Maine, USA (Porterfield Plantation)

Moses Swett was 24 years old.

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)

1864 Birth of Child
Jane (Jennie) M MOULTON was born 20 September 1864, Porter, Maine, USA (Porterfield Plantation)

Moses Swett was 30 years old.

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.

1883 Death of Child
Roscoe Norris MOULTON died 17 July 1883, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (East, North, South) (Allston) (Readville) (Roslindale)

Moses Swett was 49 years old.

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