Solon W
MOULTON
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Born: 5 March 1817 in Newport, New Hampshire, USA
Solon W MOULTON died 13 November 1877 in Lewiston, Maine, USA.
m. (2) Huldah J Hinkley, 17 December 1854
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Birth — 18175 March 1817
Newport, New Hampshire, USA
Solon W. Moulton, m. (1) Sarah Spears of Waterville, Me., May 5, 1840, at Lowell, Mass. She d. May 20, 1854; (2) Huldah J. Hinkley, December 17, 1854, at Lowell, Mass. She was b. September 17, 1827, at Lisbon, Me.
Children (all by first wife) :
1. Ruth R., b. November 12, 1841 ; m. Wm. Rodick; d. August 20, 1870.
2. Walter A., b. April 7, 1843; m. Mary Hughe; d. October 29, 1871.
Solon W. was a merchant. He d. November 13, 1877, at Lewiston, Me.
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.
Death — 187713 November 1877
Lewiston, Maine, USA
He died at the age of 60.
Postcards and Memories of Lewiston, Maine, USA
Record added: 7/27/2016 5:30:45 PM
Last updated: 8/10/2016 12:49:49 PM
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