Peleg P LAWTON

(b. 13 March 1843 , Westport, Massachusetts, USA d. abt. 1928 , New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA )

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Peleg P LAWTON was born 13 March 1843 in Westport, Massachusetts, USA

Peleg P LAWTON was the child of Isaac LAWTON and Melina A SOULE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Richard LAWTON and Polly BROWNELL (maternal) Jonathan Potter SOULE and Hannah TRIPP

Peleg P was a soldier in the U.S. Civil War.

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Peleg P married Sarah E BROCK 22 December 1869 in New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Sarah E BROCK was born abt. 1847 Sarah E died abt. 1922 in Westport, Massachusetts, USA (Westport Point).

Peleg P LAWTON died abt. 1928 in New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA.
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Peleg P LAWTON married

Sarah E BROCK-- Date: 22 December 1869 Place: New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA
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Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910
groom's name: Peleg P. Lawton
groom's birth date: 1843
groom's birthplace:
groom's age: 26
bride's name: Sarah E. Brock
bride's birth date: 1847
bride's birthplace:
bride's age: 22
marriage date: 23 Dec 1869
marriage place: New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts
groom's father's name: Isaac
groom's mother's name: Melina Soule
bride's father's name: Shubeal F.
bride's mother's name: Elizabeth M.
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indexing project (batch) number: I01286-9
system origin: Massachusetts-EASy
source film number: 1994022
reference number: 194

Children of Peleg P LAWTON and Sarah E BROCK:

Mabel P LAWTON (b.8 January 1872, New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA d. 3 September 1872, Dartmouth, Massachusetts, USA )

John P LAWTON (b.abt. 1875, , Massachusetts, USA d. , )
m. Rebecca E BRIGHTMAN 28 November 1895 in Dartmouth, Massachusetts, USA (North) (Bliss Corner) (Smith Mills) (Padanaram)

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1843 Birth
Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915
name: Peleg P. Lawton
gender: Male
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baptism/ christening place:
birth date: 13 Mar 1843
birthplace: WESTPORT,BRISTOL,MASSACHUSETTS
death date:
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race:
father's name: Isaac Lawton
father's birthplace:
father's age:
mother's name: Malina
mother's birthplace:
mother's age:
indexing project (batch) number: C50009-1
system origin: Massachusetts-ODM
source film number: 873749
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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 Westport, Bristol, Massachusetts
name: Peleg P Lawton
residence: Westport, Bristol, Massachusetts
age: 7 years
calculated birth year: 1843
birthplace: Massachusetts
gender: Male
race (original):
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death month:
death year:
film number: 14703
digital gs number: 4194639
image number: 00499
line number: 11
dwelling house number: 88
family number: 104
marital status:
free or slave:
Household Gender Age
Isaac Lawton M 47y
Melina Lawton F 41y
Russell Lawton M 22y
Isaac F Lawton M 17y
Susan A Lawton F 14y
Jonathan K Lawton M 11y
John A Lawton M 9y
Peleg P Lawton M 7y
Mary J Lawton F 4y

1850 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1850 - Millard Fillmore becomes President of the United States

1853 - Franklin Pierce becomes President of the United States

1855 Westport, Bristol, Massachusetts
name: Peleg P Lawton
age: 12
estimated birth year: 1843
gender: Male
race:
birthplace: Massachusetts
residence: Westport, Bristol, Massachusetts
family number: 404
line number: 35
film number: 000953977
digital folder number: 004279391
image number: 00331
Household Gender Age
Isaac Lawton M 52
Melintha Lawton F 47
Jonathan R Lawton M 17
John A Lawton M 14
Peleg P Lawton M 12
Mary J Lawton F 10

1855 Massachusetts Census
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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 Marriage / Partner
Peleg P LAWTON and Sarah E BROCK 22 December 1869, New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA

He was 26 years old.

1869 - Ulysses S. Grant becomes President of the United States

1870 Massachusetts
name: Peleg P Lawton
estimated birth year: 1844
gender: Male
age in 1870: 26y
color (white, black, mulatto, chinese, indian): White
birthplace: Massachusetts, United States
home in 1870: Massachusetts, United States
Household Gender Age
Samuel H Pollock M 31y
Josephine E Pollock F 25y
Maud Pollock F 1y
Anna Davis F 11y
Peleg P Lawton M 26y
Sarah E Lawton F 22y

1870 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states.

1872 Birth of Child
Mabel P LAWTON was born 8 January 1872, New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA

Peleg P was 28 years old.

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - Rutherford B. Hayes becomes President of the United States

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1880 Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts
name: Peleg P. Lawton
residence: Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts
birthdate: 1843
birthplace: Massachusetts, United States
relationship to head: Self
spouse's name: Sarah E. Lawton
spouse's birthplace: Massachusetts, United States
father's name:
father's birthplace: Massachusetts, United States
mother's name:
mother's birthplace: Massachusetts, United States
race or color (expanded): White
ethnicity (standardized): American
gender: Male
martial status: Married
age (expanded): 37 years
occupation: Blacksmith
nara film number: T9-0523
page: 400
page character: B
entry number: 1235
film number: 1254523
Household Gender Age
Peleg P. Lawton M 37
spouse Sarah E. Lawton F 33
child John P. Lawton M 5
Abel Soul M 83

1880 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1881 - The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton.

1881 - March 4 - James A. Garfield becomes President of the United States

1881 - July 2 - James A. Garfield was shot at the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station in Washington, D.C., at 9:30 am on Saturday, July 2, 1881. He died in Elberon, New Jersey, two months later on September 19, 1881. The shooting occurred less than four months into his term as president. Charles J. Guiteau was convicted of Garfield's murder and executed by hanging one year after the shooting. Chester Arthur becomes President of the United States.

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1885 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

1886 - October 28 - Statue of Liberty is Unveiled

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1889 - Benjamin Harrison becomes President of the United States

1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)

The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)

First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented

1893 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

1895 Marriage of Child
John P LAWTON married 28 November 1895, Dartmouth, Massachusetts, USA (North) (Bliss Corner) (Smith Mills) (Padanaram) to Rebecca E BRIGHTMAN

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

1897 - William McKinley becomes President of the United States

1898 - April 25 – Spanish-American War: The United States declares war on Spain

1898 - December 10 – The Treaty of Paris is signed, ending the Spanish-American War.

1900 Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts
name: Peleg P Lawton
titles:
residence: Dartmouth Town (south part), Bristol, Massachusetts
birth date: Mar 1843
birthplace: Massachusetts
relationship to head-of-household: Self
spouse name: Sarah E Lawton
spouse titles:
spouse birth place: Massachusetts
father name:
father titles:
father birthplace: Massachusetts
mother name:
mother titles:
mother birthplace: Massachusetts
race or color (expanded): White
head-of-household name:
gender: Male
marital status: Married
years married: 21
estimated marriage year: 1879
mother how many children:
number living children:
immigration year:
enumeration district: 0099
sheet number and letter: 24A
household id: 595
reference number: 21
gsu film number: 1240634
image number: 00000361
Household Gender Age
Peleg P Lawton M
spouse Sarah E Lawton F

1900 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1901 - King Camp Gillette and William Emery Nickerson invented the world's first disposable razor blade in 1901. (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

1901 - William McKinley, the 25th president of the United States, was shot on the grounds of the Pan-American Exposition in the Temple of Music in Buffalo, New York, on September 6, 1901, six months into his second term. He was shaking hands with the public when an anarchist, Leon Czolgosz, shot him twice in the abdomen. Theodore Roosevelt becomes President of the United States.

1902 - July 17 - Willis Haviland Carrier designed the first modern air-conditioning system. (Buffalo, New York, USA)

1903 - The first engine-powered airplane is invented (Wilbur & Orville Wright, United States)

1904 - June 28 - U.S. begins construction of Panama Canal.

1906 - August 22 – The first Victor Victrola, a phonographic record player, was manufactured, revolutionizing the way people listened to music at home.

In 1906, Reginald Fessenden made the first AM radio broadcast on December 24th. This event marked a significant advancement in radio technology, paving the way for the modern broadcasting industry.

1907-1908 - The electric washing machine is invented (Alva J. Fisher, United States)

1908 - First Model-T car is produced by Henry Ford (United States)

1909 - William Howard Taft becomes President of the United States

1910 Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts
name: Pelig P Lawton
birthplace: Massachusetts
relationship to head of household: Self
residence: Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts
marital status: Married
race : White
gender: Male
immigration year:
father's birthplace: Massachusetts
mother's birthplace: Massachusetts
family number: 117
page number: 6
Household Gender Age
Pelig P Lawton M 67y
spouse Sarah E Lawton F 62y
Frank Sylvia M 31y

1910 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1912 - April 15 - Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic

1913 - The assembly line is invented (Henry Ford, United States)

The bra is invented (Mary Phelps Jacob, United States)

1913 - Woodrow Wilson becomes President of the United States

1913 - October 31 – The Lincoln Highway, the first automobile road across the United States, is dedicated

1915 - January 25 - First United States coast-to-coast long-distance telephone call

1917 - March 2 – The enactment of the Jones Act grants Puerto Ricans United States citizenship.

1917 - April 6 – WWI: The United States declares war on Germany

1918 - March 19 – The United States Congress establishes time zones and approves daylight saving time

1919 - June 4 – Women's rights: The United States Congress approves the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which would guarantee suffrage to women, and sends it to the U.S. states for ratification

1920 Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts
name: Paleg G Lawton
residence: Dartmouth Town, Bristol, Massachusetts
estimated birth year: 1844
age: 76
birthplace: Massachusetts
relationship to head of household: Self
gender: Male
race: White
marital status: Married
father's birthplace:
mother's birthplace:
film number: 1820682
digital folder number: 4301078
image number: 00093
sheet number: 6
Household Gender Age
Paleg G Lawton M 76y
spouse Sarah E Lawton F 72y

1920 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1920 - January 17 - Prohibition goes into effect on January 17, 1920, under the provisions of the 18th Amendment to the United States Constitution

1921 - Warren G. Harding becomes President of the United States

1921 - Charles Strite of Minnesota patents the pop-up toaster.

1923 to 1927 - Television is invented (Vladimir Kosma Zworykin (Russia), Philo Taylor Farnsworth (United States))

1923 - Calvin Coolidge becomes President of the United States

1927 - The aerosol can is invented (Erik Rotheim, Norway)

1927 - April 7 – Bell Telephone Co. transmits an image of Herbert Hoover (then the Secretary of Commerce), which becomes the first successful long distance demonstration of television

Death
Name: Peleg P Lawton
Death Date: 1928
Death Place: New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA
Volume Number: 51
Page Number: 453
Index Volume Number: 84
Reference Number: F63.M363 v.84

Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Death Index, 1901-1980 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.
Original data: Department of Public Health, Registry of Vital Records and Statistics. Massachusetts Vital Records Index to Deaths [1916–1970]. Volumes 66–145. Facsimile edition. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts.
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Peleg P LAWTON - Beech Grove Cemetery Westport Bristol County Massachusetts, USA Birth: 1843 Death: 1928 Private, 15th Company, Massachusetts Unattached I

Beech Grove Cemetery
Westport
Bristol County
Massachusetts, USA

Birth: 1843
Death: 1928

Private, 15th Company, Massachusetts Unattached Infantry, GAR
s/ o Isaac Lawton and Melina Sowle
h/ o Sarah E Brock

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