Elbridge Gerry
MOULTON
(b.
7 February 1822
,
Scarborough, Maine, USA
d.
3 March 1881
,
Portland, Maine, USA
)
Cause of Death: drowned in Portland Harbor
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Elbridge Gerry MOULTON was born 7 February 1822 in Scarborough, Maine, USA
Elbridge Gerry MOULTON was the child of Daniel MOULTON and Mercy JOSE (JOSS) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Daniel MOULTON and Deborah DYERElbridge Gerry MOULTON died 3 March 1881 in Portland, Maine, USA .
m. Celia A Sawyer
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1822 Birth 7 February 1822
Scarborough, Maine, USA
Biography
Eldridge Gerry Moulton, m. October, 1855, Celia Ann, daughter of Asa Sawyer of Litchfield, Me. Resided and had grocery store in Boston, Mass., where his family still reside. Drowned in Portland Harbor, March 3, 1881.
Children :
1. Elizabeth S., b. May 5, 1859. Lives with mother; unm.
2. James William Greenleaf, b. February 20, 1866; m. March 20, 1887, Lottie A. Long. Lives in Boston.
Moulton Annals by Henry William Moulton
Editor Claribel Moulton
Publisher Edward A. Claypool, 1906
Eldridge Gerry Moulton, m. October, 1855, Celia Ann, daughter of Asa Sawyer of Litchfield, Me. Resided and had grocery store in Boston, Mass., where his family still reside. Drowned in Portland Harbor, March 3, 1881.
Children :
1. Elizabeth S., b. May 5, 1859. Lives with mother; unm.
2. James William Greenleaf, b. February 20, 1866; m. March 20, 1887, Lottie A. Long. Lives in Boston.
Moulton Annals by Henry William Moulton
Editor Claribel Moulton
Publisher Edward A. Claypool, 1906
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.
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)
1863 - November 19 – American Civil War: U. S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the military cemetery dedication ceremony in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. 1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.
1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states.
1881 Death 3 March 1881
Portland, Maine, USA
He died at the age of 59.
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The name Maine is probably a practical nautical term which refers to the region being a mainland (separate from the many surrounding islands). Reference to the area as 'Maine' in writing first appeared in 1622. (statesymbolsusa.org)Prior to 1685 - New England
1686 - 1689 - Dominion of New England
1690 - 1775 - New England
1776 - 1820 - Massachusetts (District of Maine)
March 15, 1820 - Maine becomes 23rd U.S. state
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