Sarah A LAWTON

(b. abt. 1828 , New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA d. 6 February 1898 , New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA )

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Sarah A LAWTON was born abt. 1828 in New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA

Sarah A LAWTON was the child of Abner LAWTON and Hannah TRIPP and the grandchild of: (paternal) Richard LAWTON and Polly BROWNELL (maternal) Elihu TRIPP and Mary BROWNELL

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Sarah A married Benjamin DOUGLASS 28 June 1848 in New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA . Benjamin DOUGLASS was born abt. 1829

Sarah A LAWTON died 6 February 1898 in New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA.
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Sarah A LAWTON married

Benjamin DOUGLASS-- Date: 28 June 1848 Place: New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA
Name: Sarah A. Lawton
Marriage Age: 19
Event Type: Marriage
Birth Date: abt 1829
Marriage Date: 28 Jun 1848
Marriage Place: New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
Father: Abner Lawton
Mother: Hannah Lawton
Spouse: Benjamin Douglass

New England Historic Genealogical Society; Boston, Massachusetts; Vital Records of New Bedford, Massachusetts to the Year 1850

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Postcards and Memories of New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1829 - Andrew Jackson becomes President of the United States

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

1848 Marriage / Partner
Sarah A LAWTON and Benjamin DOUGLASS 28 June 1848, New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA

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

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)

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

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

Death
Name: Sarah Lawton Whittemore
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 06 Feb 1898
Event Place: New Bedford, Massachusetts
Residence Place: New Bedford
Address:
Gender: Female
Age: 70
Marital Status: Widowed
Occupation: Housekeeper
Birth Date:
Birthplace: New Bedford
Birth Year (Estimated): 1828
Burial Date:
Burial Place: New Bedford
Cemetery:
Father's Name: Abner Lawton
Father's Titles and Terms:
Father's Birthplace: Westport, Mass.
Mother's Name: Hannah Tripp
Mother's Titles and Terms:
Mother's Birthplace: Westport, Mass.
Additional Relatives:
Spouse's Name: Luther Whittemore
Reference ID: v 481 p 277 no 111
GS Film number: 961524
Frame Number:
Digital Folder Number: 4225843
Image Number: 256

'Massachusetts, Deaths, 1841-1915,' index and images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ NW36-8NG : accessed 14 Apr 2013), Abner Lawton in entry for Sarah Lawton Whittemore, 1898.

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