William COUGHLIN

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abt. 1848 , Great Barrington, Massachusetts, USA

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2 January 1873 , Lee, Massachusetts, USA

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Born: abt. 1848 in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, USA

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William COUGHLIN died 2 January 1873 in Lee, Massachusetts, USA.

Father: Patrick Coughlin
Mother: Mary Coughlin

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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.

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Name: William Coughlin
Gender: Male
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Burial Place: Lee
Death Date: 02 Jan 1873
Death Place: Lee, Berkshire, Massachusetts
Age: 25
Birth Date: 1848
Birth Place: Gt. Barrington
Occupation: Laborer
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Marital Status: Single
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Father's Name: Patrick Coughlin
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Mother's Name: Mary Coughlin
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B74531-6
System Origin: Massachusetts-EASy
GS Film number: 250261
Reference ID: v 2 p 67

'Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910,' database, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ ark:/ 61903/ 1:1:FH1P-6VJ : 10 December 2014), William Coughlin, 02 Jan 1873; citing Lee, Berkshire, Massachusetts, reference v 2 p 67; FHL microfilm 250,261.'

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