Jacob EDWARDS

(b. 12 December 1815 , Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA d. 22 December 1902 , Boston, Massachusetts, USA )

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Jacob EDWARDS was born 12 December 1815 in Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA

Jacob EDWARDS was the child of Jacob EDWARDS and Hannah MARCY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Robert Meriam EDWARDS and Mehitable CLEMENS (maternal) Jedediah MARCY and Ruth LEARNED

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Jacob married Juliana Steere CHENEY 19 March 1850 in Hartford, Connecticut, USA . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Juliana Steere CHENEY was born 9 December 1826 in Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville). Juliana Steere was the child of Hiram CHENEY and Martha C STEERE.

Jacob EDWARDS died 22 December 1902 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA .
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Jacob EDWARDS married

Juliana Steere CHENEY-- Date: 19 March 1850 Place: Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Juliana Steere CHENEY was the child of Hiram CHENEY and Martha C STEERE

Children of Jacob EDWARDS and Juliana Steere CHENEY:

Robert Jacob EDWARDS (b.1 June 1852, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA d. 18 October 1924, Boston, Massachusetts, USA )

Emily Cheney EDWARDS (b.23 September 1854, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA d. 30 December 1879, Paris, France)

Charles R EDWARDS (b.abt. 1856, Boston, Massachusetts, USA d. , )

Hannah Marcy EDWARDS (b.5 December 1860, Boston, Massachusetts, USA d. abt. 1929, Boston, Massachusetts, USA )

Martha Grace EDWARDS (b.6 April 1868, Boston, Massachusetts, USA d. 23 September 1938, Boston, Massachusetts, USA )

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1815 Birth
12 December 1815
Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1817 - James Monroe becomes President of the United States

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1825 - John Quincy Adams becomes President of the United States

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1826 - Former U.S. Presidents Thomas Jefferson and John Adams both die on the 50th Anniversary of the signing of the United States Declaration of Independence.

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1827 - The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad is incorporated, becoming the first railroad in America offering commercial transportation of both people and freight.

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1829 - Andrew Jackson becomes President of the United States

1830 - The Indian Removal Act marks the beginning of the forced relocation of five tribes of native Americans, known as Trail of Tears

1837 - Martin Van Buren becomes President of the United States

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 Marriage / Partner
Jacob EDWARDS and Juliana Steere CHENEY 19 March 1850, Hartford, Connecticut, USA

He was 34 years old.

1850 - Millard Fillmore becomes President of the United States

1852 Birth of Child
Robert Jacob EDWARDS was born 1 June 1852, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)

Jacob was 36 years old.

1853 - Franklin Pierce becomes President of the United States

1854 Birth of Child
Emily Cheney EDWARDS was born 23 September 1854, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)

Jacob was 38 years old.

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

1860 Birth of Child
Hannah Marcy EDWARDS was born 5 December 1860, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (East, North, South) (Allston) (Readville) (Roslindale)

Jacob was 45 years old.

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.

1868 Birth of Child
Martha Grace EDWARDS was born 6 April 1868, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (East, North, South) (Allston) (Readville) (Roslindale)

Jacob was 52 years old.

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)

1879 Death of Child
Emily Cheney EDWARDS died 30 December 1879, Paris, France

Jacob was 64 years old.

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 Death
22 December 1902
Boston, Massachusetts, USA

He died at the age of 87.

1902 - Would Rival Mr Carnegie - Massachusetts Millionaire Goes the Scotchman About Two Better
Boston has a multimillionaire who is a rival of Andrew Carnegie in regard, at least, to one of the famous Scotchman's offers of public libraries in Massachusetts towns.

Jacob Edwards, who is one of Boston's richest manufactures, goes Mr Carnegie about two better on a library offer to the town of Southbridge and a merry controversy is going on in that township as which offer shall be accepted, says the Boston Post.

The people of the town are also beginning to discuss the propriety of even accepting both offers if such a thing can be arranged.

Meantime Mr Edwards seems to have the inside track in the race to give away money, for Southbridge is his native town and he offers a sum about twice as large as that tendered by Mr Carnegie, as well as other strong inducements.

Southbridge people feel that because of the rivalry between Mr Edwards and Mr Carnegie the town has fallen into rare good fortune.

Mr Carnegie offers $20,000 to build and equip a library, stipulating that...Read MORE...

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The Missoulian
Missoula, Montana
Wed, April 30, 1902