Evans Wheeler MOSHER

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30 April 1855 , Ledyard, New York, USA

Died

7 September 1941 , Pasadena, California, USA

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Allen MOSHER Marion Isabel WHEELER

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Born: 30 April 1855 in Ledyard, New York, USA

Father: Allen MOSHER

Mother: Marion Isabel WHEELER

Paternal grandparents: Asael MOSHER , Cynthia WOOD

Maternal grandparents: Cyrenus WHEELER , Thirza Dillingham EVANS

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Evans Wheeler married Mary Eliza WEEKS 13 October 1877 in Cayuga County, New York, USA . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Mary Eliza WEEKS was born 2 December 1854 in Ledyard, New York, USA (Aurora). Mary Eliza died 23 March 1934 in Ledyard, New York, USA (Aurora).

Evans Wheeler MOSHER died 7 September 1941 in Pasadena, California, USA.
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Mary Eliza WEEKS
Marriage date: 13 October 1877
Marriage place: Cayuga County, New York, USA

Children of Evans Wheeler MOSHER and Mary Eliza WEEKS

Allen MOSHER

Born: 22 December 1878, Ledyard, New York, USA
Died: 25 May 1947, Detroit, Michigan, USA

Evans Royal "Evan Roy" MOSHER

Born: 8 April 1883, Ledyard, New York, USA
Died: 22 October 1945, San Diego, California, USA

Ralph Emerson MOSHER

Born: 28 April 1895, Ledyard, New York, USA
Died: 3 February 1962, Ledyard, New York, USA

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Birth — 1855
30 April 1855
Ledyard, New York, USA

1855 Venice, Cayuga, New York
name: Evans W Mosher
event: Census
event date: 1855
event place: Venice, Cayuga, New York, United States
gender:
age: 0
relationship to head of household: Child
estimated birth year: 1855
family number: 302
line number: 35
page: 34
film number: 1435219
digital folder number: 004296305
image number: 00455
Household Gender Age Birthplace
head Allen Mosher M 30
wife Maron Mosher F 26
child Evans W Mosher U 0
servant Ruth C Wetsell U 26

'New York, State Census, 1855,' index and images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ K6SX-HKX : accessed 10 Feb 2013), Evans W Mosher in entry for Allen Mosher, 1855.
1855 New York State Census
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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

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

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 Marriage / Partner
Evans Wheeler MOSHER and Mary Eliza WEEKS 13 October 1877, Cayuga County, New York, USA

He was 22 years old.

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.

1878 Birth of Child
Allen MOSHER was born 22 December 1878, Ledyard, New York, USA (Aurora)

Evans Wheeler was 23 years old.

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

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.

1883 Birth of Child
Evans Royal "Evan Roy" MOSHER was born 8 April 1883, Ledyard, New York, USA (Aurora)

Evans Wheeler was 27 years old.

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

1892 Ledyard, E.D. 1, Cayuga, New York
Evans W Mosher, m, 37, b. US, banker
Mary E Mosher, f, 37, b. US
Allen M Mosher, m, 13, b. US
E Roy Mosher, m, 8, b. US
1892 New York State Census
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1893 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

1895 Birth of Child
Ralph Emerson MOSHER was born 28 April 1895, Ledyard, New York, USA (Aurora)

Evans Wheeler was 40 years old.

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

1913 - The assembly line is invented (Henry Ford, United States)

The bra is invented (Mary Phelps Jacob, United States)

1913 - Woodrow Wilson becomes President of the United States

1913 - October 31 – The Lincoln Highway, the first automobile road across the United States, is dedicated

1915 - January 25 - First United States coast-to-coast long-distance telephone call

1917 - March 2 – The enactment of the Jones Act grants Puerto Ricans United States citizenship.

1917 - April 6 – WWI: The United States declares war on Germany

1918 - March 19 – The United States Congress establishes time zones and approves daylight saving time

1919 - June 4 – Women's rights: The United States Congress approves the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which would guarantee suffrage to women, and sends it to the U.S. states for ratification

1920 - January 17 - Prohibition goes into effect on January 17, 1920, under the provisions of the 18th Amendment to the United States Constitution

1921 - Warren G. Harding becomes President of the United States

1921 - Charles Strite of Minnesota patents the pop-up toaster.

1923 to 1927 - Television is invented (Vladimir Kosma Zworykin (Russia), Philo Taylor Farnsworth (United States))

1923 - Calvin Coolidge becomes President of the United States

1927 - The aerosol can is invented (Erik Rotheim, Norway)

1927 - April 7 – Bell Telephone Co. transmits an image of Herbert Hoover (then the Secretary of Commerce), which becomes the first successful long distance demonstration of television

1928 - Sliced bread (bread slicing machine) is invented by Otto Frederick Rohwedder (United States)

1929 - Herbert Hoover becomes President of the United States

1929 - October 29 - Black Tuesday - Stock market crash - The Great Depression Begins - It lasted until 1941 (WW2)

1930 - Scotch tape is invented (Richard Drew (3M), United States)

In 1930, on February 18, Pluto was discovered by astronomer Clyde Tombaugh at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, marking a significant milestone in the study of our solar system.

1931 - The paper towel is invented (Arthur Scott, United States)

1931 - March 3 – The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the United States National anthem.

1933 - Franklin D. Roosevelt becomes President of the United States

1933 - December 5 – The 21st Amendment to the United States Constitution is passed, repealing Prohibition

1934 - The metal beverage can is invented (American Can Co., United States)

1934 Death of Spouse/Partner
Mary Eliza WEEKS died 23 March 1934 , Ledyard, New York, USA (Aurora)

1935 - The snowmobile was invented by Joseph Bombardier (Quebec, Canada)

1935 - August 14 – United States President Franklin Roosevelt signs the Social Security Act into law

1938 - The ballpoint pen is invented (Lazlo Biro, Hungary)

1938-1944 - Sunscreen is invented (Franz Greiter, Switzerland and Benjamin Green, United States)

1938 - October 27 - Du Pont announces a name for its new synthetic yarn: nylon.

1940 - April - 1st electron microscope demonstrated (RCA), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Obituary
Southern Cayuga Tribune
September 12, 1941

Former Aurora Resident Dies

Evans Wheeler Mosher, 86, prominent resident of the Town of Ledyard and banker of the Village of Aurora as well as leader in town and village activities, died Sunday, September 7 in the Wilshire Hospital at Pasadena, Calif.

Mr. Mosher was the son of Allen and Marion I. Mosher and was born at Poplar Ridge April 30, 1865. He was connected with the First National Bank at Aurora since 1861 as cashier, vice-president and director. He was treasurer and trustee of Wells College at Aurora. He served in the Board of Supervisors representing the Town of Ledyard.

Mr. Mosher is survived by his wife, Grace Mosher of Pasadena; a sister, Mrs. May Powell Falrchild of New York City; three sons, Ray Mosher of Coronada Beach, Calif., Allen Mosher of Detroit and Ralph Mosher of Aurora; five grandchildren: Evans Wheeler Mosher II , Marilyn Mosher and Ralph Mosher,Jr., of Aurora; Allen Mosher and Anne Louis Mosher of...Read full story