John O'BRIEN

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13 October 1857 , Vermont, USA

Died

4 November 1876 , Easthampton, Massachusetts, USA

Cause of Death: scarlet fever

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Born: 13 October 1857 in Vermont, USA

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John O'BRIEN died 4 November 1876 in Easthampton, Massachusetts, USA.

Father: John
Mother: Mary Shea

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Birth — 1857
13 October 1857
Vermont, USA

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.

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Name: John O'Brien
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Death Date: 04 Nov 1876
Death Place: Easthampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts
Age: 19
Birth Date: 1857
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Father's Name: John
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Mother's Name: Mary
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B03727-4
System Origin: Massachusetts-EASy
GS Film number: 186149
Reference ID: p61-53

'Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910,' database, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ ark:/ 61903/ 1:1:FH96-J91 : 10 December 2014), John O'Brien, 04 Nov 1876; citing Easthampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, reference p61-53; FHL microfilm 186,149.'