Roscoe Norris  MOULTON

Born

4 November 1857 ,  Porter, Maine, USA

Died

17 July 1883 ,  Boston, Massachusetts, USA

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Moses Swett MOULTONArmine TIBBETTS

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Born: 4 November 1857 in Porter, Maine, USA

Father: Moses Swett MOULTON

Mother: Armine TIBBETTS

Paternal grandparents: John MOULTON , Jane COFFIN

Roscoe Norris MOULTON died 17 July 1883 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA .

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Birth — 1857
4 November 1857
Porter, Maine, USA

 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.

 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.

    
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Riverside Cemetery Kezar Falls Oxford County Maine, USA

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Death — 1883
17 July 1883
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
He died at the age of 25.

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