Franklin Doughton ROBINSON

(b. 1 May 1829 , Grayson, Virginia, USA d. 3 June 1896 , Anderson, Mendocino, California, USA )

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Franklin Doughton ROBINSON was born 1 May 1829 in Grayson, Virginia, USA

Franklin Doughton ROBINSON was the child of ? and ?

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Franklin Doughton married Orpha HACKLER . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Orpha HACKLER was born 15 October 1831 in Tennessee, USA. Orpha died 18 December 1908 in Mendocino, Mendocino, California, USA. Orpha was the child of Peter HACKLER and Polly PARKER.

Franklin Doughton ROBINSON died 3 June 1896 in Anderson, Mendocino, California, USA.
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Franklin Doughton ROBINSON married

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Orpha HACKLER was the child of Peter HACKLER and Polly PARKER

Children of Franklin Doughton ROBINSON and Orpha HACKLER:

Alonzo Burnham ROBINSON (b.8 December 1858, Anderson Valley, Mendocino, California, USA d. 20 July 1946, Bakersfield, California, USA)
m. Mary Jane RECTOR

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1829 Birth
1 May 1829
Grayson, Virginia, USA

1830 - The Indian Removal Act marks the beginning of the forced relocation of five tribes of native Americans, known as Trail of Tears

1837 - Martin Van Buren becomes President of the United States

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

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.

1841 - William Henry Harrison becomes President of the United States

1841 - John Tyler becomes President of the United States

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

1858 Birth of Child
Alonzo Burnham ROBINSON was born 8 December 1858, Anderson Valley, Mendocino, California, USA

Franklin Doughton was 29 years old.

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 - Rutherford B. Hayes becomes President of the United States