Josephine A HOUGHTON

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abt. 1857 , Somers, Connecticut, USA

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23 February 1880 , Agawam, Massachusetts, USA

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Born: abt. 1857 in Somers, Connecticut, USA

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Josephine A HOUGHTON died 23 February 1880 in Agawam, Massachusetts, USA .

Father: Hiram Houghton
Mother: Mariette Houghton

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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 - 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)

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Name: Josephine A Houghton
Gender: Female
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Burial Place: Agawam
Death Date: 23 Feb 1880
Death Place: Agawam, Hampden, Massachusetts
Age: 23
Birth Date: 1857
Birth Place: Sumers, Ct
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Marital Status: Single
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Father's Name: Hiram Houghton
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Mother's Name: Mariette Houghton
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B07552-0
System Origin: Massachusetts-EASy
GS Film number: 2028187
Reference ID: it8 v1 p43 n4

'Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910,' database, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ ark:/ 61903/ 1:1:FC9G-H9G : 10 December 2014), Josephine A Houghton, 23 Feb 1880; citing Agawam, Hampden, Massachusetts, reference it8 v1 p43 n4; FHL microfilm 2,028,187.'

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