Samuel Wood HOYT

(b. 22 October 1849 , Ballston Spa, New York, USA d. 31 August 1890 , Ballston Spa, New York, USA )

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Samuel Wood HOYT was born 22 October 1849 in Ballston Spa, New York, USA

Samuel Wood HOYT was the child of Eli HOYT and Jennette B SCOFIELD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Abel HOYT and Betty JUDD

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Samuel Wood married Merilda Annette RANDALL abt. 1874 in Saratoga County, New York, USA . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Merilda Annette RANDALL was born abt. 1849 in Greenfield, Saratoga, New York, USA. Merilda Annette died 20 October 1925 in Milton, Saratoga, New York, USA. Merilda Annette was the child of Shephard RANDALL and Lydia B CLOSE.

Samuel Wood HOYT died 31 August 1890 in Ballston Spa, New York, USA .
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Samuel Wood HOYT married

Merilda Annette RANDALL-- Date: abt. 1874 Place: Saratoga County, New York, USA
Merilda Annette RANDALL was the child of Shephard RANDALL and Lydia B CLOSE

Children of Samuel Wood HOYT and Merilda Annette RANDALL:

Edward Eli HOYT (b.13 October 1875, Saratoga Springs, New York, USA d. October 1937, , New York, USA)

Florence L HOYT (b.abt. 1879, Greenfield, Saratoga, New York, USA d. 15 October 1920, Saratoga, New York, USA )

Grace E HOYT (b.abt. 1883, , New York, USA d. abt. 1957, Saratoga Springs, New York, USA)

Nellie Jeanette HOYT (b.19 September 1884, Saratoga, New York, USA d. 11 March 1938, Corinth, New York, USA)

Clarence Wood HOYT (b.abt. 1889, Greenfield, Saratoga, New York, USA d. , )

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1849 Birth
22 October 1849
Ballston Spa, New York, USA

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.

1875 Birth of Child
Edward Eli HOYT was born 13 October 1875, Saratoga Springs, New York, USA

Samuel Wood was 25 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)

1884 Birth of Child
Nellie Jeanette HOYT was born 19 September 1884, Saratoga, New York, USA (Schuylerville) (Victory)

Samuel Wood was 34 years old.

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