James A. POTTER

(b. 17 May 1841 , Newport, Rhode Island, USA d. 14 November 1869 , Newport, Rhode Island, USA )

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James A. POTTER was born 17 May 1841 in Newport, Rhode Island, USA

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James A. POTTER died 14 November 1869 in Newport, Rhode Island, USA.

Father: John A. Potter
Mother: Martha M. Potter

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1841 Birth
17 May 1841
Newport, Rhode Island, 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 - 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.

Death
Name: James A. Potter
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Death Date: 14 Nov 1869
Death Place: Newport, Rhode Island
Age: 28
Birth Date: 1841
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Father's Name: John A. Potter
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Mother's Name: Martha M. Potter
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I09425-1
System Origin: Rhode Island-EASy
GS Film number: 944996
Reference ID: p 152

'Rhode Island Deaths and Burials, 1802-1950,' database, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ ark:/ 61903/ 1:1:F8FM-28S : 6 December 2014), James A. Potter, 14 Nov 1869; citing Newport, Rhode Island, reference p 152; FHL microfilm 944,996.'

James is buried at: Island Cemetery Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA

Added: 5/3/2017 9:08:35 AM - Updated: 3/22/2018 7:08:33 AM