William Lewis MOULTON

(b. 11 December 1859 , La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA d. 21 June 1869 , La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA )

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William Lewis MOULTON was born 11 December 1859 in La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA

William Lewis MOULTON was the child of Isaac Hodgdon MOULTON and Hannah A MAXWELL and the grandchild of: (paternal) David MOULTON and Phebe WENTWORTH

William Lewis MOULTON died 21 June 1869 in La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA .
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1859 Birth
11 December 1859
La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA

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 Death
21 June 1869
La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA

He died at the age of 9.

Added: 6/30/2016 10:30:53 AM - Updated: 3/20/2025 3:25:00 PM

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According to the Wisconsin Historical Society, Wisconsin means 'river running through a red place' (the red place referring to the red sandstone bluffs of the Wisconsin Dells); they also say the name 'is the English spelling of a French version of a Miami Indian name' for the Wisconsin river (which runs 430 miles through the center of Wisconsin). (statesymbolsusa.org)

May 29, 1848 - Wisconsin becomes 25th U.S. state. The state is smaller than the territory and the leftover area continued to be called the Territory of Wisconsin until March 3, 1849. (www.50states.com)