William
SWAIN
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Born: abt. 1777
William SWAIN died 5 June 1872 in Cummington, Massachusetts, USA.
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1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)
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)
1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.
Name: Col. Wm Swain
Gender: Male
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Death Date: 05 Jun 1872
Death Place: Cummington, Hampshire, Massachusetts
Age: 95
Birth Date: 1777
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I04951-2
System Origin: Massachusetts-EASy
GS Film number: 1888606
Reference ID: 33
'Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910,' database, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ ark:/ 61903/ 1:1:FHBY-L5L : 10 December 2014), Col. Wm Swain, 05 Jun 1872; citing Cummington, Hampshire, Massachusetts, reference 33; FHL microfilm 1,888,606.'
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