Jacob Harrison MOULTON

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13 March 1836 , Hampton, New Hampshire, USA

Died

2 August 1905 , Bowdoinham, Maine, USA

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David MOULTON Miriam LAMPREY

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Born: 13 March 1836 in Hampton, New Hampshire, USA

Father: David MOULTON

Mother: Miriam LAMPREY

Paternal grandparents: James MOULTON , Phebe PALMER

Jacob Harrison was a soldier in the U.S. Civil War.
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Jacob Harrison married Sarah J MCCLELLAN 18 May 1855 in Lewiston, Maine, USA . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Sarah J MCCLELLAN was born abt. 1838 in Manhattan, New York, USA . Sarah J died February 1870 in Hampton, New Hampshire, USA .

Jacob Harrison married (2) Sarah PARKER January 1872 . Sarah PARKER was born abt. 1840 in Saco, Maine, USA . Sarah died September 1876

Jacob Harrison married (3) Bertha S HALL 6 November 1882 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA . Bertha S HALL was born May 1859 in Bowdoinham, Maine, USA.

Jacob Harrison MOULTON died 2 August 1905 in Bowdoinham, Maine, USA.
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Jacob Harrison MOULTON married

Sarah J MCCLELLAN
Marriage date: 18 May 1855
Marriage place: Lewiston, Maine, USA

Children of Jacob Harrison MOULTON and Sarah J MCCLELLAN

Florette MOULTON

Born: June 1856, Manhattan, New York, USA
Died: July 1882,

Edward H MOULTON

Born: 7 September 1866, Manhattan, New York, USA
Died: ,

William B MOULTON

Born: February 1868, Manhattan, New York, USA
Died: August 1882,

Jacob Harrison MOULTON married

Sarah PARKER
Marriage date: January 1872
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Children of Jacob Harrison MOULTON and Sarah PARKER

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Jacob Harrison MOULTON married

Bertha S HALL
Marriage date: 6 November 1882
Marriage place: Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA
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Marriage notes:

Name Jacob H Moulton

Marriage Date 6 Nov 1882

Event Type Marriage

Marriage Place Portsmouth, New Hampshire

Birth Date abt 1836

Birth Place Hampton, New Hampshire

Age 46

Race White

Gender Male

Father's Name David

Mother's Name Mariam

Spouse Name Bird S Hall

Spouse Birth Place Bowdoinham, Maine

Spouse Age 23

Spouse Marital Status Single

Spouse Race White

Spouse Gender Female

Spouse Father's Name Isaac

Spouse Mother's Name Susan

FHL Film Number 1001286

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Name Age

Bird S Hall

Jacob H Moulton

New Hampshire, Marriage Records Index, 1637-1947

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Birth — 1836
13 March 1836
Hampton, New Hampshire, 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

1855 Marriage / Partner
Jacob Harrison MOULTON and Sarah J MCCLELLAN 18 May 1855, Lewiston, Maine, USA

He was 19 years old.

1856 Birth of Child
Florette MOULTON was born June 1856, Manhattan, New York, USA (New York City) (New Amsterdam) (Washington Heights)

Jacob Harrison was 20 years old.

1857 US Army Enlistment

Name: Harrison Moulton
Birthyear: abt 1836
BirthPlace: New Hampshire, United States
Enlistment Age: 21
MILITARY: 8 Sep 1857

Ancestry.com. U.S. Army, Register of Enlistments, 1798-1914 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.

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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.

1866 Birth of Child
Edward H MOULTON was born 7 September 1866, Manhattan, New York, USA (New York City) (New Amsterdam) (Washington Heights)

Jacob Harrison was 30 years old.

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1868 Birth of Child
William B MOULTON was born February 1868, Manhattan, New York, USA (New York City) (New Amsterdam) (Washington Heights)

Jacob Harrison was 31 years old.

1869 - Ulysses S. Grant becomes President of the United States

1870 - Camp Crittenden, Pima, Arizona

Name: Harrison Moulton
Age in 1870: 34
Birth Year: abt 1836
BirthPlace: New Hampshire
Home in 1870: Camp Crittenden, Pima, Arizona Territory
Race: White
Gender: Male
Post Office: Tucson
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Household Members:
Name Age
Harrison Moulton 34

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1870 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1870 Death of Spouse/Partner
Sarah J MCCLELLAN died February 1870, Hampton, New Hampshire, USA (Hampton Beach)

1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states.

1872 Marriage / Partner
Jacob Harrison MOULTON and Sarah PARKER January 1872,

He was 35 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.

1882 Marriage / Partner
Jacob Harrison MOULTON and Bertha S HALL 6 November 1882, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA (Strawbery Banke)

He was 46 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

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

1897 - William McKinley becomes President of the United States

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.

1900 - Bowdoinham, Sagadahoc, Maine

Name: Jacob H Moulton
Age: 64
Birth Date: Mar 1836
BirthPlace: New Hampshire
Home in 1900: Bowdoinham, Sagadahoc, Maine
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Bertha T Moulton
Marriage Year: 1882
Years Married: 18
Father's BirthPlace: New Hampshire
Mother's BirthPlace: New Hampshire
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Household Members:
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Jacob H Moulton 64
Bertha T Moulton 41

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1901 - King Camp Gillette and William Emery Nickerson invented the world's first disposable razor blade in 1901. (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

1901 - William McKinley, the 25th president of the United States, was shot on the grounds of the Pan-American Exposition in the Temple of Music in Buffalo, New York, on September 6, 1901, six months into his second term. He was shaking hands with the public when an anarchist, Leon Czolgosz, shot him twice in the abdomen. Theodore Roosevelt becomes President of the United States.

1902 - July 17 - Willis Haviland Carrier designed the first modern air-conditioning system. (Buffalo, New York, USA)

1903 - The first engine-powered airplane is invented (Wilbur & Orville Wright, United States)

1904 - June 28 - U.S. begins construction of Panama Canal.

Death — 1905
2 August 1905
Bowdoinham, Maine, USA
He died at the age of 69.

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