George Marshall SHEPARDSON

(b. 1 July 1841 , Lanesborough, Massachusetts, USA d. 13 May 1920 , Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA )

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George Marshall SHEPARDSON was born 1 July 1841 in Lanesborough, Massachusetts, USA

George Marshall SHEPARDSON was the child of Marshall Hawley SHEPARDSON and Sarah Cornelia NEWTON

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George Marshall married Mary Elizabeth BAGARD 5 October 1867 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA . The couple had (at least) 8 children.
Mary Elizabeth BAGARD was born 17 January 1843 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA (Coltsville). Mary Elizabeth died 11 October 1903 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA (Coltsville). Mary Elizabeth was the child of Felix BAGARD and Margaret DAVIS.

George Marshall SHEPARDSON died 13 May 1920 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA .
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George Marshall SHEPARDSON married

Mary Elizabeth BAGARD-- Date: 5 October 1867 Place: Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA
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Mary Elizabeth BAGARD was the child of Felix BAGARD and Margaret DAVIS

Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910
groom's name: George M. Shepardson
groom's birth date: 1841
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groom's age: 26
bride's name: Mary E. Bagard
bride's birth date: 1844
bride's birthplace:
bride's age: 23
marriage date: 05 Oct 1867
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groom's father's name: Marshall Shepardson
groom's mother's name: Sarah C. Shepardson
bride's father's name: Felix Bagard
bride's mother's name: Bagard
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indexing project (batch) number: I00998-4
system origin: Massachusetts-EASy
source film number: 1901560
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Children of George Marshall SHEPARDSON and Mary Elizabeth BAGARD:

Frederick Marshall SHEPARDSON (b.9 January 1868, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA d. abt. 1956, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA )

Carrie Cornelia SHEPARDSON (b.7 June 1869, Lanesborough, Massachusetts, USA d. 14 March 1949, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA )

Grace A SHEPARDSON (b.18 August 1871, Lanesborough, Massachusetts, USA d. 23 November 1935, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA )

George Edwin SHEPARDSON (b.28 July 1873, Lanesborough, Massachusetts, USA d. 18 January 1915, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA )

Jedediah Newton SHEPARDSON (b.18 December 1876, Lanesborough, Massachusetts, USA d. 11 September 1987, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA )

Franklin Albert SHEPARDSON (b.6 December 1878, Lanesborough, Massachusetts, USA d. 21 February 1962, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA )

Charles SHEPARDSON (b.May 1883, , Massachusetts, USA d. , )

Lester Edward SHEPARDSON (b.19 May 1883, Lanesborough, Massachusetts, USA d. 2 March 1944, Springfield, Massachusetts, USA )

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1841 Birth
1 July 1841
Lanesborough, Massachusetts, USA

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

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.

1867 Marriage / Partner
George Marshall SHEPARDSON and Mary Elizabeth BAGARD 5 October 1867, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA (Coltsville)

He was 26 years old.

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
Frederick Marshall SHEPARDSON was born 9 January 1868, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA (Coltsville)

George Marshall was 26 years old.

1869 - Ulysses S. Grant becomes President of the United States

1869 Birth of Child
Carrie Cornelia SHEPARDSON was born 7 June 1869, Lanesborough, Massachusetts, USA (Berkshire)

George Marshall was 27 years old.

1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states.

1871 Birth of Child
Grace A SHEPARDSON was born 18 August 1871, Lanesborough, Massachusetts, USA (Berkshire)

George Marshall was 30 years old.

1873 Birth of Child
George Edwin SHEPARDSON was born 28 July 1873, Lanesborough, Massachusetts, USA (Berkshire)

George Marshall was 32 years old.

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1876 Birth of Child
Jedediah Newton SHEPARDSON was born 18 December 1876, Lanesborough, Massachusetts, USA (Berkshire)

George Marshall was 35 years old.

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 Birth of Child
Franklin Albert SHEPARDSON was born 6 December 1878, Lanesborough, Massachusetts, USA (Berkshire)

George Marshall was 37 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.

1883 Birth of Child
Charles SHEPARDSON was born May 1883, , Massachusetts, USA

George Marshall was 41 years old.

1883 Birth of Child
Lester Edward SHEPARDSON was born 19 May 1883, Lanesborough, Massachusetts, USA (Berkshire)

George Marshall was 41 years old.

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 - 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
Mary Elizabeth BAGARD died 11 October 1903, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA (Coltsville)

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 Death of Child
George Edwin SHEPARDSON died 18 January 1915, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA (Coltsville)

George Marshall was 73 years old.

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