John Raymond CROSS

Born

18 July 1887 , Savannah, New York, USA

Died

10 February 1920 , Galen, New York, USA

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Henry C CROSS

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Eva L ROBINSON

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Birth — 1887
18 July 1887
Savannah, New York, USA

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

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

World War I Draft Registration

Name: John Raymond Cross
Event Type: Draft Registration
Event Date: 1917-1918
Event Place: Wayne County no 2, New York, United States
Gender: Male
Nationality: United States
Birth Date: 18 Jul 1887
BirthPlace: Savannah, New York, United States
Affiliate Publication Number: M1509
Affiliate Publication Title: World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards
GS Film Number: 001819124
Digital Folder Number: 005266767
Image Number: 03503

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U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
A World Undone: The Story of the Great War, 1914 to 1918

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

Obituary

John Raymond Cross, one of Galen's most prominent young farmers, died at his home three miles south of this village at an early hour Tuesday morning, Feb 10, 1920, from pneumonia, at the age of thirty two years. Mr. Cross was a native of Galen and has spent all his life here with the exception of a year or two, which he spent in Colorado. On Jan. 21, 1914, he married Miss Florence M. Burt of this township, and they have since made their home on the farm where he died. Surviving are his wife, his parents, Supervisor and Mrs. Henry E. Cross and one
Sister: , Mrs. Mary Durling, all of Clyde. Funeral services are to be held from his late home Friday afternoon at two o'clock under the auspices of Clyde Lodge No. 300, I. O. O. F., of which the deceased was an official member. Rev. S.S. Pratt of Canandaigua will be the officiating clergyman. Interment in Maple Grove Cemetery. (Clyde Times, Clyde, NY, 12 Feb 1920)