George Smith BENTLEY

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May 1841 , Cato, New York, USA

Died

19 May 1915 , Brooklyn, New York, USA

Age: 74
Cause of Death: pneumonia

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Stephen Ladue BENTLEY Hetty Marie OGILSBIE

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Born: May 1841 in Cato, New York, USA

Father: Stephen Ladue BENTLEY

Mother: Hetty Marie OGILSBIE

George Smith was a soldier in the U.S. Civil War.
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George Smith married Josie M MILLS 8 May 1913 in Manhattan, New York, USA . Josie M MILLS was born 17 November 1885 in Jordan, Onondaga, New York, USA. Josie M died 7 December 1935 in Seattle, Washington, USA. Josie M was the child of Eugene S MILLS and Ann Marie "Maria" OGILSBIE.

George Smith BENTLEY died 19 May 1915 in Brooklyn, New York, USA .

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Josie M MILLS
Marriage date: 8 May 1913
Marriage place: Manhattan, New York, USA
Josie M MILLS was the child of Eugene S MILLS and Ann Marie "Maria" OGILSBIE

Marriage notes:

Groom was 72, bride was 27. Source: Cayuga Chief, Weedsport, NY, Saturday, May 17, 1913

"Josie Mills had married George Bentley, roughly 45 years her senior in NYC on May 8, 1913. Mr. Bentley had died in 1915. George and Josie appeared to have had no children. After Mr. Bentley died, Josie had married Rev. Frank J. Rowe and lived the last 3 to 8 years of her life in Seattle, WA. where she was buried. About 1925 she left NY for California and then later to Seattle where she met Rev. Rowe. She died in Seattle, Wa. on Saturday, Dec. 7, 1935 and is buried in Seattle. This marker is that of George S. Bentley only but Josie's name is left as an indication of their marriage."

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Birth — 1841
May 1841
Cato, New York, USA

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 Cato, Cayuga, New York
Name: George Bentley
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1850
Event Place: Cato, Cayuga, New York, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 9
Marital Status:
Race (Original):
Race:
Birthplace: New York
Birth Year (Estimated): 1841
House Number: 335
Family Number: 357
Line Number: 20
Affiliate Publication Number: M432
Affiliate Film Number: 481
GS Film number: 17057
Digital Folder Number: 004196769
Image Number: 00054
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Stephen L Bentley M 48 New York
Hetta Bentley F 36 New Jersey
Stephen Bentley M 13 New York
Samuel Bentley M 12 New York
Michael Bentley M 10 New York
George Bentley M 9 New York
Mary Bentley F 3 New York
Hetta Bentley F 1 New York
1850 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1850 - Millard Fillmore becomes President of the United States

1853 - Franklin Pierce becomes President of the United States

1855 Elbridge, Onondaga, New York
Name: George S Bentley
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1855
Event Place: E.D. 2, Elbridge, Onondaga, New York, United States
Gender:
Age: 14
Relationship to Head of Household: Child
Birth Year (Estimated): 1841
Family Number: 398
Line Number: 21
Page: 45
GS Film number: 870755
Digital Folder Number: 005207140
Image Number: 00637
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head S L Bentley M 45
Wife Hetta M Bentley F 41
Child S E Bentley U 18
Child S J Bentley U 17
Child Michael O Bentley U 15
Child George S Bentley U 14
Child Mary Jane Bentley U 8
Child Hettie A Bentley U 6
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

George Smith BENTLEY - George W. Salisbury and George S. Bentley

George W. Salisbury and George S. Bentley

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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

George Smith BENTLEY - One Hundred and Eleventh Infantry http://dmna.ny.gov/historic/reghist/civil/rosters/ Infantry/111th_Infantry_CW_Roster.pdf

One Hundred and Eleventh Infantry

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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.

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 New York, New York
Name: George Bentley
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1880
Event Place: New York, New York, New York, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 38
Marital Status: Single
Occupation: Druggist
Race (Original):
Ethnicity: American
Relationship to Head of Household: Other
Birthplace: New York, United States
Birth Date: 1842
Spouse's Name:
Spouse's Birthplace:
Father's Name:
Father's Birthplace: New York, United States
Mother's Name:
Mother's Birthplace: New York, United States
Page: 120
Page Letter: B
Entry Number: 661
Affiliate Film Number: T9-0871
GS Film number: 1254871
Digital Folder Number: 004242177
Image Number: 00743
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Self Daniel Demarast M 35 New York, United States
Other Mather Demarast F 66 New Jersey, United States
Other Ahnsa Ayers F 72 New Jersey, United States
Other George Bentley M 38 New York, United States
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

1892 Brooklyn, Ward 4 E.D. 12, Kings, New York
Geroge S Bently, m, 57, b. US, druggist
1892 New York State Census
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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

1910 Brooklyn, Kings, New York
name: George S Bentley
birthplace: New York
relationship to head of household: Self
residence: Brooklyn Ward 4, Kings, New York
marital status: Single
race : White
gender: Male
immigration year:
father's birthplace: New York
mother's birthplace: New York
family number: 148
page number: 8
Household Gender Age
George S Bentley M 69y
Josie M Mills F 24y
Grace O Mills F 28y
William A Bell M 32y
Daniel Gallagher M 40y
Alexander Mclaughlin M 50y
John Jones M 49y
Michael O'Gorman M 47y
Ernest J Wood M 27y
1910 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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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 Marriage / Partner
George Smith BENTLEY and Josie M MILLS 8 May 1913, Manhattan, New York, USA (New York City) (New Amsterdam) (Washington Heights)

He was 72 years old.

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 Death of his friend, George W Salisbury - see photo on left
The Auburn Citizen
Sept. 22, 1915
Aurora and Wells
Death of George W. Salisbury removes another who went out from Aurora
“Sept 22 – George W. Salisbury, who died in Auburn last week was a one time resident in this village and clerked in Morgan’s store. During the Civil War and while clerking with George S. Bentley, both enlisted in the One Hundred Eleventh New York Volunteer Infantry. Mr. Bentley died last May at his home in Brooklyn. In Morgan’s store is a picture that has hung there a great many years and attracted a great deal of attention. The picture is a group of 24 men who served in the Civil War from this village and town. In the center of the picture stand Mr. Salisbury and Mr. Bentley the latter’s hand resting on Mr. Salisbury’s shoulder. Of the group in the picture, all are dead except three, John Vanderipe of Aurora, Thomas Gray of North Fair Haven, and Elisha Winters of Montour Falls, New York.”

Death
'George Smith Bentley, seventy-four years of age, a veteran of the Civil War, and the last of the old-time downtown druggists of Brooklyn, N. Y., died May 19th from pneumonia, Surviving Mr. Bentley are his wife and two sisters.'

Title NARD Journal, Volume 20
Contributor National Association of Retail Druggists (U.S.)
Publisher National Association of Retail Druggists, 1915
Original from the University of Michigan
Digitized Dec 18, 2008
Page 441