John HUGHS

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abt. 1857 , Brimfield, Massachusetts, USA

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16 December 1877 , Brimfield, Massachusetts, USA

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Born: abt. 1857 in Brimfield, Massachusetts, USA

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John HUGHS died 16 December 1877 in Brimfield, Massachusetts, USA .

Father: Thomas Hughs
Mother: Lucy Hughs

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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.

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Name: John Hughs
Gender: Male
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Burial Place: Brimfield
Death Date: 16 Dec 1877
Death Place: Brimfield, Hampden, Massachusetts
Age: 20
Birth Date: 1857
Birth Place: Brimfield
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Marital Status: Single
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Father's Name: Thomas Hughs
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Mother's Name: Lucy Hughs
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B50616-3
System Origin: Massachusetts-EASy
GS Film number: 223943
Reference ID: v 3 p 25

'Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910,' database, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ ark:/ 61903/ 1:1:FH16-Y4B : 10 December 2014), John Hughs, 16 Dec 1877; citing Brimfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, reference v 3 p 25; FHL microfilm 223,943.'

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