Thomas MOULTON

Born

25 December 1834 , Dover-Foxcroft, Maine, USA

Died

2 April 1896 , Chicago, Illinois, USA

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David MOULTON Phebe WENTWORTH

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Thomas MOULTON was born 25 December 1834 in Dover-Foxcroft, Maine, USA

Thomas MOULTON was the child of David MOULTON and Phebe WENTWORTH

and the grandchild of: (paternal) David MOULTON and Dorothy MOULTON

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Thomas married Martha A MOODY 31 August 1858 in Minnesota, USA . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Martha A MOODY was born 13 October 1840 in Waterbury, Vermont, USA. Martha A died 29 August 1912 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.

Thomas MOULTON died 2 April 1896 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
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Thomas MOULTON married

Martha A MOODY
Marriage date: 31 August 1858
Marriage place: , Minnesota, USA

Children of Thomas MOULTON and Martha A MOODY

Agnes Genevieve MOULTON

Born: 25 April 1862, St Anthony, Hennepin, Minnesota, USA
Died: 14 February 1942, Los Angeles, California, USA

Thomas MOULTON

Born: 11 May 1865, St Anthony, Hennepin, Minnesota, USA
Died: 2 July 1929, Los Angeles, California, USA

Mary Madeleine MOULTON

Born: 10 October 1866, St Anthony, Hennpin, Minnesota, USA
Died: 26 February 1945, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Abby Cora MOULTON

Born: 17 December 1873, St Anthony, Hennpin, Minnesota, USA
Died: ,

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1834 Birth
25 December 1834
Dover-Foxcroft, 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

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 Marriage / Partner
Thomas MOULTON and Martha A MOODY 31 August 1858, , Minnesota, USA

He was 23 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

1862 Birth of Child
Agnes Genevieve MOULTON was born 25 April 1862, St Anthony, Hennepin, Minnesota, USA

Thomas was 27 years old.

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.

1865 Birth of Child
Thomas MOULTON was born 11 May 1865, St Anthony, Hennepin, Minnesota, USA

Thomas was 30 years old.

1866 Birth of Child
Mary Madeleine MOULTON was born 10 October 1866, St Anthony, Hennpin, Minnesota, USA

Thomas was 31 years old.

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.

1873 Birth of Child
Abby Cora MOULTON was born 17 December 1873, St Anthony, Hennpin, Minnesota, USA

Thomas was 39 years old.

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

1896 Death
2 April 1896
Chicago, Illinois, USA

He died at the age of 61.

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