Onslow Hoyt BARRASS

(b. February 1851 , Tonica, LaSalle, Illinois, USA d. 17 August 1916 , Tonica, LaSalle, Illinois, USA )

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Onslow Hoyt BARRASS was born February 1851 in Tonica, LaSalle, Illinois, USA

Onslow Hoyt BARRASS was the child of ? and ?

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Onslow Hoyt married Margaret Ardell MOSHER 1 January 1872 in LaSalle, Illinois, USA . The couple had (at least) 7 children.
Margaret Ardell MOSHER was born 25 February 1851 in La Salle Co., Illinois, USA. Margaret Ardell was the child of Ira S MOSHER and Louisa PEASE.

Onslow Hoyt BARRASS died 17 August 1916 in Tonica, LaSalle, Illinois, USA.
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Onslow Hoyt BARRASS married

Margaret Ardell MOSHER-- Date: 1 January 1872 Place: LaSalle, Illinois, USA
Margaret Ardell MOSHER was the child of Ira S MOSHER and Louisa PEASE

Children of Onslow Hoyt BARRASS and Margaret Ardell MOSHER:

Annis Charlotte BARRASS (b.30 October 1872, Tonica, LaSalle, Illinois, USA d. 15 December 1928, Tonica, LaSalle, Illinois, USA)

Ira Bailey BARRASS (b.February 1873, Tonica, LaSalle, Illinois, USA d. 13 September 1933, Mendocino, California, USA)

Nellie Mae BARRASS (b.28 October 1875, Tonica, LaSalle, Illinois, USA d. 30 March 1941, La Salle, LaSalle, Illinois, USA)

Orville Edward BARRASS (b.abt. 1882, Tonica, LaSalle, Illinois, USA d. abt. 1893, )

Eva Ardell BARRASS (b.4 July 1885, Tonica, LaSalle, Illinois, USA d. 11 July 1966, Hickory Hills, Illinois, USA)

Onslow Hoyt BARRASS (b.13 March 1888, Tonica, LaSalle, Illinois, USA d. 12 February 1935, Santa Ana, California, USA)

Carl Onslow BARRASS (b.abt. 1888, , Illinois, USA d. abt. 1935, Anaheim, California, USA)

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1851 Birth
February 1851
Tonica, LaSalle, Illinois, USA

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.

1872 Marriage / Partner
Onslow Hoyt BARRASS and Margaret Ardell MOSHER 1 January 1872, LaSalle, Illinois, USA

He was 20 years old.

1872 Birth of Child
Annis Charlotte BARRASS was born 30 October 1872, Tonica, LaSalle, Illinois, USA

Onslow Hoyt was 21 years old.

1873 Birth of Child
Ira Bailey BARRASS was born February 1873, Tonica, LaSalle, Illinois, USA

Onslow Hoyt was 22 years old.

1875 Birth of Child
Nellie Mae BARRASS was born 28 October 1875, Tonica, LaSalle, Illinois, USA

Onslow Hoyt was 24 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)

1885 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

1885 Birth of Child
Eva Ardell BARRASS was born 4 July 1885, Tonica, LaSalle, Illinois, USA

Onslow Hoyt was 34 years old.

1886 - October 28 - Statue of Liberty is Unveiled

1888 Birth of Child
Onslow Hoyt BARRASS was born 13 March 1888, Tonica, LaSalle, Illinois, USA

Onslow Hoyt was 37 years old.

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)

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

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