Charles Roswell B SMITH

(b. abt. 1856 , Maine, USA d. 7 October 1890 , Manhattan, New York, USA )

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Charles Roswell B SMITH was born abt. 1856 in Maine, USA

Charles Roswell B SMITH was the child of ? and ?

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Charles Roswell B married Mary Louisa WOLF 16 September 1880 in Manhattan, New York, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Mary Louisa WOLF was born 14 July 1857 in Manhattan, New York, USA (New York City) (New Amsterdam) (Washington Heights). Mary Louisa died June 1946 in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, USA (Housatonic).

Charles Roswell B SMITH died 7 October 1890 in Manhattan, New York, USA .
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Charles Roswell B SMITH married

Mary Louisa WOLF-- Date: 16 September 1880 Place: Manhattan, New York, USA

Children of Charles Roswell B SMITH and Mary Louisa WOLF:

Mina Billings SMITH (b.15 February 1889, Manhattan, New York, USA d. 10 January 1991, Zephyrhills, Florida, USA )
m. Harrison HOWARTH

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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 - 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.

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 Marriage / Partner
Charles Roswell B SMITH and Mary Louisa WOLF 16 September 1880, Manhattan, New York, USA (New York City) (New Amsterdam) (Washington Heights)

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)