William Frederick HORTON

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15 October 1844 , Attleboro, Massachusetts, USA

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18 June 1867 , Rehoboth, Massachusetts, USA

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Born: 15 October 1844 in Attleboro, Massachusetts, USA

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William Frederick HORTON died 18 June 1867 in Rehoboth, Massachusetts, USA.

Father: Ellis Horton
Mother: Mary Eliza Craw

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Birth — 1844
15 October 1844
Attleboro, Massachusetts, 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.

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Name: Wm. Horton
Gender: Male
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Death Date: 18 Jun 1867
Death Place: Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts
Age: 23
Birth Date: 1844
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Father's Name: Ellis Horton
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Mother's Name: Susan Horton
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I03061-2
System Origin: Massachusetts-EASy
GS Film number: 1987644
Reference ID: p 12 item 17

'Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910,' database, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ ark:/ 61903/ 1:1:FHBX-ZHL : 10 December 2014), Wm. Horton, 18 Jun 1867; citing Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, reference p 12 item 17; FHL microfilm 1,987,644.'