Levi Badger CHASE

(b. 24 October 1833 , Canterbury, New Hampshire, USA d. 18 February 1931 , Sturbridge, Massachusetts, USA )

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Levi Badger CHASE was born 24 October 1833 in Canterbury, New Hampshire, USA

Levi Badger CHASE was the child of ? and ?

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Levi Badger married Matilda Fiske PLIMPTON 18 October 1858 in Sturbridge, Massachusetts, USA . The couple had (at least) 6 children.
Matilda Fiske PLIMPTON was born 11 March 1832 in Sturbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Fiskdale). Matilda Fiske died 12 December 1903 in Sturbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Fiskdale). Matilda Fiske was the child of John PLIMPTON and Melicent FISKE.

Levi Badger CHASE died 18 February 1931 in Sturbridge, Massachusetts, USA .

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Levi Badger CHASE married

Matilda Fiske PLIMPTON-- Date: 18 October 1858 Place: Sturbridge, Massachusetts, USA
Matilda Fiske PLIMPTON was the child of John PLIMPTON and Melicent FISKE

Children of Levi Badger CHASE and Matilda Fiske PLIMPTON:

Mary Martha CHASE (b.26 October 1861, Sturbridge, Massachusetts, USA d. 9 November 1912, Sturbridge, Massachusetts, USA )
m. Herbert Blake HOOKER 10 November 1886 in Sturbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Fiskdale)

Miliscent Fiske CHASE (b.26 October 1861, Sturbridge, Massachusetts, USA d. abt. 1935, )

Nora Amy CHASE (b.3 July 1863, Sturbridge, Massachusetts, USA d. 24 July 1878, Sturbridge, Massachusetts, USA )

Nellie Matilda CHASE (b.13 October 1868, Sturbridge, Massachusetts, USA d. abt. 1943, Sturbridge, Massachusetts, USA )

Clara Plimpton CHASE (b.23 March 1871, Sturbridge, Massachusetts, USA d. abt. 1947, )

Florence Elizabeth CHASE (b.25 September 1875, Sturbridge, Massachusetts, USA d. 7 March 1922, Sturbridge, Massachusetts, USA )

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1833 Birth
24 October 1833
Canterbury, New Hampshire, 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 Marriage / Partner
Levi Badger CHASE and Matilda Fiske PLIMPTON 18 October 1858, Sturbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Fiskdale)

He was 25 years old.

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

1861 Birth of Child
Mary Martha CHASE was born 26 October 1861, Sturbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Fiskdale)

Levi Badger was 28 years old.

1861 Birth of Child
Miliscent Fiske CHASE was born 26 October 1861, Sturbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Fiskdale)

Levi Badger was 28 years old.

1863 - January 1 - President Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, freeing slaves.

1863 Birth of Child
Nora Amy CHASE was born 3 July 1863, Sturbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Fiskdale)

Levi Badger was 29 years old.

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
Nellie Matilda CHASE was born 13 October 1868, Sturbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Fiskdale)

Levi Badger was 34 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.

1871 Birth of Child
Clara Plimpton CHASE was born 23 March 1871, Sturbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Fiskdale)

Levi Badger was 37 years old.

1875 Birth of Child
Florence Elizabeth CHASE was born 25 September 1875, Sturbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Fiskdale)

Levi Badger was 41 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.

1878 Death of Child
Nora Amy CHASE died 24 July 1878, Sturbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Fiskdale)

Levi Badger was 44 years old.

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

1886 Marriage of Child
Mary Martha CHASE married 10 November 1886, Sturbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Fiskdale) to Herbert Blake HOOKER

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 Death of Spouse/Partner
Matilda Fiske PLIMPTON died 12 December 1903, Sturbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Fiskdale)

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)

1908 - First Model-T car is produced by Henry Ford (United States)

1909 - William Howard Taft becomes President of the United States

1912 - April 15 - Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic

1912 Death of Child
Mary Martha CHASE died 9 November 1912, Sturbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Fiskdale)

Levi Badger was 79 years old.

1913 - The assembly line is invented (Henry Ford, United States)

The bra is invented (Mary Phelps Jacob, United States)

1913 - Woodrow Wilson becomes President of the United States

1913 - October 31 – The Lincoln Highway, the first automobile road across the United States, is dedicated

1915 - January 25 - First United States coast-to-coast long-distance telephone call

1917 - March 2 – The enactment of the Jones Act grants Puerto Ricans United States citizenship.

1917 - April 6 – WWI: The United States declares war on Germany

1918 - March 19 – The United States Congress establishes time zones and approves daylight saving time