Hiram Dubois LYON

(b. 4 May 1833 , Ledyard, New York, USA d. 30 April 1904 , Ledyard, Connecticut, USA )

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Hiram Dubois LYON was born 4 May 1833 in Ledyard, New York, USA

Hiram Dubois LYON was the child of ? and ?

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Hiram Dubois married Abreyette Fidelia "Abbie" GIFFORD 31 December 1862 in Ledyard, New York, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Abreyette Fidelia "Abbie" GIFFORD was born November 1838 in New York, USA. Abreyette Fidelia "Abbie" died 1 September 1924 in Ledyard, New York, USA (Aurora).

Hiram Dubois LYON died 30 April 1904 in Ledyard, Connecticut, USA.

son of Alfred S Lyon and Harriet Valentine

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Hiram Dubois LYON married

Abreyette Fidelia "Abbie" GIFFORD-- Date: 31 December 1862 Place: Ledyard, New York, USA

Children of Hiram Dubois LYON and Abreyette Fidelia "Abbie" GIFFORD:

Sanford Gifford LYON (b.20 March 1866, Ledyard, New York, USA d. 18 January 1936, Ledyard, New York, USA )
m. Eliza M MEKEEL 27 June 1894 in Ledyard, New York, USA (Aurora)
m. Mary Josephine HEAD 3 February 1909

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1833 Birth
4 May 1833
Ledyard, New York, USA

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 - 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

1862 Marriage / Partner
Hiram Dubois LYON and Abreyette Fidelia "Abbie" GIFFORD 31 December 1862, Ledyard, New York, USA (Aurora)

He was 29 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.

1866 Birth of Child
Sanford Gifford LYON was born 20 March 1866, Ledyard, New York, USA (Aurora)

Hiram Dubois was 32 years old.

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.