Horatio C BILLS

(b. 30 May 1838 , Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA d. 14 August 1869 , Boston, Massachusetts, USA )

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Horatio C BILLS was born 30 May 1838 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

Horatio C BILLS was the child of Mark BILLS and Maria Daggett GRANGER

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Horatio C married Isabella JONES 24 August 1858 in Charlestown, Massachusetts, USA* . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Isabella JONES was born May 1839 in Brooklyn, New York, USA (Flatlands) (Flatbush) (Coney Island). Isabella died 21 October 1929 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA (East, North, South) (Allston) (Readville) (Roslindale). Isabella was the child of James JONES and Ruth LEATHARD.

Horatio C BILLS died 14 August 1869 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA .
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Horatio C BILLS married

Isabella JONES-- Date: 24 August 1858 Place: Charlestown, Massachusetts, USA*
Isabella JONES was the child of James JONES and Ruth LEATHARD

Children of Horatio C BILLS and Isabella JONES:

James Charles Mark BILLS (b.21 October 1862, Boston, Massachusetts, USA d. 27 February 1951, San Antonio, Texas, USA)
m. Elizabeth ZEIGLER 2 April 1884 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA (East, North, South) (Allston) (Readville) (Roslindale)

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1838 Birth
30 May 1838
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

From the 1840s through the 1880s, thousands trekked westward, carrying only a few belonging and supplies for the journey, and settling on the western frontier, forever changing the American West.

1841 - William Henry Harrison becomes President of the United States

1841 - John Tyler becomes President of the United States

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 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 Marriage / Partner
Horatio C BILLS and Isabella JONES 24 August 1858, Charlestown, Massachusetts, USA*

He was 20 years old.

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

1862 Birth of Child
James Charles Mark BILLS was born 21 October 1862, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (East, North, South) (Allston) (Readville) (Roslindale)

Horatio C was 24 years old.

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.