Thomas William  MOULTON

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10 May 1847 ,  Nantucket, Massachusetts, USA

Died

12 February 1870 ,  Lynn, Massachusetts, USA

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Daniel MOULTONCyrena BROWN

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Born: 10 May 1847 in Nantucket, Massachusetts, USA

Father: Daniel MOULTON

Mother: Cyrena BROWN

Paternal grandparents: Thomas MOULTON , Mary PITMAN

Thomas William MOULTON died 12 February 1870 in Lynn, Massachusetts, USA.
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Birth — 1847
10 May 1847
Nantucket, Massachusetts, USA

 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

 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.

 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

Death — 1870
12 February 1870
Lynn, Massachusetts, USA
He died at the age of 22.

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