Joseph Neal MOULTON

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13 April 1826 , Center Harbor, New Hampshire, USA

Died

4 June 1863 , New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

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Jonathan Smith MOULTON Deborah NEAL

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Born: 13 April 1826 in Center Harbor, New Hampshire, USA

Father: Jonathan Smith MOULTON

Mother: Deborah NEAL

Paternal grandparents: Benning MOULTON , Sally LEAVITT

Joseph Neal was a soldier in the U.S. Civil War.
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Joseph Neal married Sarah Jane TRUE 11 September 1853 in Moultonboro, New Hampshire, USA . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Sarah Jane TRUE was born 20 April 1832 in Center Harbor, New Hampshire, USA. Sarah Jane died 27 September 1919 in Manchester, New Hampshire, USA .

Joseph Neal MOULTON died 4 June 1863 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
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Joseph Neal MOULTON married

Sarah Jane TRUE
Marriage date: 11 September 1853
Marriage place: Moultonboro, New Hampshire, USA

Children of Joseph Neal MOULTON and Sarah Jane TRUE

Lucy Etta MOULTON

Born: 9 February 1856, Moultonboro, New Hampshire, USA
Died: 14 December 1917, Manhattan, New York, USA

Married: George Bailey MCLANE 24 October 1883 Place: Manchester, New Hampshire, USA

Fannie Deborah MOULTON

Born: 28 August 1858, Moultonboro, New Hampshire, USA
Died: 7 August 1929, Manchester, New Hampshire, USA

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Birth — 1826
13 April 1826
Center Harbor, New Hampshire, USA

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1827 - The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad is incorporated, becoming the first railroad in America offering commercial transportation of both people and freight.

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

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 Marriage / Partner
Joseph Neal MOULTON and Sarah Jane TRUE 11 September 1853, Moultonboro, New Hampshire, USA

He was 27 years old.

1853 - Franklin Pierce becomes President of the United States

1856 Birth of Child
Lucy Etta MOULTON was born 9 February 1856, Moultonboro, New Hampshire, USA

Joseph Neal was 29 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.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1858 Birth of Child
Fannie Deborah MOULTON was born 28 August 1858, Moultonboro, New Hampshire, USA

Joseph Neal was 32 years old.

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

Death
Lieut. Joseph Neal Moulton, m. September 11, 1853, Sarah J. True. He was a soldier in the late war, having enlisted as sergeant in the Eighth N. H. Vols., and was afterward made first lieutenant of the Second Louisiana (white) Regt., Vols. He fell, mortally wounded, at the battle of Port Hudson, and d. a week later at the St. James Hospital, New Orleans, June 4, 1863. He left, besides a widow, two daughters.

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

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