Jacob R SPRINKLES

(b. February 5 1865 , Texas, USA d. 17 October 1908 , Van Buren, Arkansas, USA )
Age: 38

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Jacob R SPRINKLES was born February 5 1865 in Texas, USA

Jacob R SPRINKLES was the child of Samuel Jefferson SPRINKLES and Cynthia HANEY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacob SPRINKLE and Susan MULLINS

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Jacob R married Mary Elizabeth BRANNAM (BRANUM) . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Mary Elizabeth BRANNAM (BRANUM) was born March 3 1864 in Indiana, USA. Mary Elizabeth died August 1929 in Oklahoma, USA. Mary Elizabeth was the child of John BRANNAM and Permelia A HEMINGER.

Jacob R SPRINKLES died 17 October 1908 in Van Buren, Arkansas, USA.

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Mary Elizabeth BRANNAM (BRANUM) was the child of John BRANNAM and Permelia A HEMINGER

Children of Jacob R SPRINKLES and Mary Elizabeth BRANNAM (BRANUM):

Frank Arlis SPRINKLES (b.April 16 1903, , Arkansas, USA d. December 18 1971, Shawnee, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma)
m. Mary Susan "Susie" KIZZIA

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1865 Birth
February 5 1865
Texas, USA

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)

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

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.

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)

1903 Birth of Child
Frank Arlis SPRINKLES was born April 16 1903, , Arkansas, USA

Jacob R was 38 years old.

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)

Obituary
Arkansas Daily Gazette, Little Rock Arkansas
Tuesday, Oct 20, 1908

Special to the Gazette
Van Buren, Oct 19 - J. R. Sprinkle, who was found in an abandoned house on the river front late last Friday evening, Oct 16, 1908 and carried to the Farmers’ Hotel in an unconscious condition, died the day following, Oct 17, 1908, without having regained consciousness. It developed that Sprinkle had at frequent intervals worked in the transfer department of the Iron Mountain at Van Buren Arkansas, but for some reason he led the life of a recluse when not at work, usually sleeping in abandoned buildings. It developed before his death that he formerly lived at Fayetteville Arkansas. His wife, from whom he was living apart, still resides there. The body was taken there for interment last night.
Two daughters of the deceased, Ada Sprinkle and Dora Sprinkle, live in Fort Smith Arkansas where they are employed as waitresses in a restaurant, but they were not located by the Van Buren officials...Read MORE...