Thomas Rollins GILES

(b. 10 October 1840 , Nelson County, Virginia, USA d. 29 August 1902 , Roanoke, Virginia, USA )

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Thomas Rollins GILES was born 10 October 1840 in Nelson County, Virginia, USA

Thomas Rollins GILES was the child of ? and ?

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Thomas Rollins married Bettie Henrietta GODWIN 14 February 1876 in Massies Mill, Nelson, Virginia, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Bettie Henrietta GODWIN was born 29 October 1853 in King and Queen County, Virginia, USA. Bettie Henrietta died 13 March 1927 in St Louis, Missouri, USA.

Thomas Rollins GILES died 29 August 1902 in Roanoke, Virginia, USA .
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Thomas Rollins GILES married

Bettie Henrietta GODWIN-- Date: 14 February 1876 Place: Massies Mill, Nelson, Virginia, USA

Children of Thomas Rollins GILES and Bettie Henrietta GODWIN:

Manley Curry GILES (b.29 August 1888, Nelson County, Virginia, USA d. 3 November 1926, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA)
m. Laura W TORLOTTING 1912

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1840 Birth
10 October 1840
Nelson County, Virginia, USA

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 - 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 Marriage / Partner
Thomas Rollins GILES and Bettie Henrietta GODWIN 14 February 1876, Massies Mill, Nelson, Virginia, USA

He was 35 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)

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

1888 Birth of Child
Manley Curry GILES was born 29 August 1888, Nelson County, Virginia, USA

Thomas Rollins was 47 years old.

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