Levi CORTRIGHT

(b. abt. 1841 , New York, USA d. 18 February 1921 , Caledonia, Livingston, New York, USA )

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Levi CORTRIGHT was born abt. 1841 in New York, USA

Levi CORTRIGHT was the child of Ira CORTRIGHT and Sarah Jane DECKER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Moses CORTRIGHT and Hester COLE (maternal) Silas DECKER and Mary? Marcy? UNKNOWN

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Levi married Mary YOUNGS . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Mary YOUNGS was born 18 July 1849 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers). Mary died 27 June 1912 in Jones, Elk, Pennsylvania, USA. Mary was the child of Samuel YOUNG (YOUNGS) and Polly FISHER.

Levi CORTRIGHT died 18 February 1921 in Caledonia, Livingston, New York, USA.
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Mary YOUNGS was the child of Samuel YOUNG (YOUNGS) and Polly FISHER

Children of Levi CORTRIGHT and Mary YOUNGS:

Harriet "Hattie" CORTWRIGHT (COTRIGHT) (b.26 July 1875, Wilcox, Elk, Pennsylvania, USA d. 1 June 1962, East Randolph, Cattaraugus, New York, USA)
m. Cleveland PIKE

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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

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

1862 Civil War Enlistment
Name Levi Cortright
Birth Date 1841
Father Ira Cortright
Mother Sarah J Catright
Residence Place Port Jarvis NC
Enlistment Date 11 Aug 1862
Enlistment Location Forestburg, Sullivan, New York
Regiment 124th Regiment
Company H
Rank Private
Race White
Marital Status Single

New York, Town Clerks' Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War, ca 1861-1865
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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

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

1875 Birth of Child
Harriet "Hattie" CORTWRIGHT (COTRIGHT) was born 26 July 1875, Wilcox, Elk, Pennsylvania, USA

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)

1880 Ridgway, Elk, Pennsylvania
Name: L. Cartright
[L. Cortright]
Age: 29
Birth Year: abt 1851
Birthplace: New Jersey
Home in 1880: Ridgway, Elk, Pennsylvania
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Self (Head)
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Mary Cartright
Father's Birthplace: New Jersey
Mother's Birthplace: New Jersey
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Occupation: Tanner

Household Members:
Name Age
L. Cartright 29
Mary Cartright 28
Hattie Cartright 4
Norman Cartright 2
Gracey Cartright 8m
Frank Cartright 27

1880 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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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.

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.

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.

1906 - August 22 – The first Victor Victrola, a phonographic record player, was manufactured, revolutionizing the way people listened to music at home.

In 1906, Reginald Fessenden made the first AM radio broadcast on December 24th. This event marked a significant advancement in radio technology, paving the way for the modern broadcasting industry.

1907-1908 - The electric washing machine is invented (Alva J. Fisher, United States)

1908 - First Model-T car is produced by Henry Ford (United States)

1909 - William Howard Taft becomes President of the United States

1912 - April 15 - Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic