John Carroll MOULTON

(b. 24 December 1811 , Center Harbor, New Hampshire, USA d. 23 July 1894 , Laconia, New Hampshire, USA )

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John Carroll MOULTON was born 24 December 1811 in Center Harbor, New Hampshire, USA

John Carroll MOULTON was the child of Jonathan Smith MOULTON and Deborah NEAL and the grandchild of: (paternal) Benning MOULTON and Sally LEAVITT

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

John Carroll married Nellie Bean SENTER 15 July 1833 in Center Harbor, New Hampshire, USA . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Nellie Bean SENTER was born abt. 1809 in Center Harbor, New Hampshire, USA. Nellie Bean died 8 November 1860 in Laconia, New Hampshire, USA (Lakeport) (Weirs Beach) (The Weirs).

John Carroll married (2) Sarah Ann SHAW 18 August 1866 in Laconia, New Hampshire, USA . Sarah Ann SHAW was born 28 March 1822 in Salisbury, New Hampshire, USA (West) (Salisbury Heights). Sarah Ann died 12 May 1894 in Laconia, New Hampshire, USA (Lakeport) (Weirs Beach) (The Weirs).

John Carroll MOULTON died 23 July 1894 in Laconia, New Hampshire, USA .

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John Carroll MOULTON married

Nellie Bean SENTER-- Date: 15 July 1833 Place: Center Harbor, New Hampshire, USA

Children of John Carroll MOULTON and Nellie Bean SENTER:

Edwin Carroll MOULTON (b.25 May 1834, Laconia, New Hampshire, USA d. 13 November 1867, Laconia, New Hampshire, USA )
m. Augusta RANLET

Samuel Moore Senter MOULTON (b.1 August 1837, Center Harbor, New Hampshire, USA d. 11 May 1886, Laconia, New Hampshire, USA )
m. Martha Brown "Mattie" THURSTON 31 March 1866 in Moultonboro, New Hampshire, USA

William Hale MOULTON (b.20 July 1844, Center Harbor, New Hampshire, USA d. 10 March 1849, , New Hampshire, USA)

Horatio Francis MOULTON (b.24 January 1848, Center Harbor, New Hampshire, USA d. 13 September 1911, Los Angeles, California, USA)
m. Ella Susan MELCHER 10 July 1873 in West Springfield, Massachusetts, USA

Ida Lattice MOULTON (b.4 June 1850, Laconia, New Hampshire, USA d. 22 September 1932, Concord, Massachusetts, USA)
m. Joshua Bennett HOLDEN 2 November 1871 in Laconia, New Hampshire, USA (Lakeport) (Weirs Beach) (The Weirs)

John Carroll MOULTON married

Sarah Ann SHAW-- Date: 18 August 1866 Place: Laconia, New Hampshire, USA
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Name: John C Moulton
Marriage Date: 18 Aug 1866
Event Type: Marriage
Marriage Place: Laconia, New Hampshire
Birth Date: abt 1811
Birth Place: Center Harbor, New Hampshire
Age: 55
Race: White
Gender: Male
Father's name: Jonathan S Moulton
Mother's name: Deborah Neal
Spouse Name: Sarah A McDougal
Spouse Birth Place: Franklin, New Hampshire
Spouse Age: 41
Spouse Race: White
Spouse Gender: Female
Spouse Father's Name: Benj Shaw
Spouse Mother's Name: Anna Fellows
FHL Film Number: 1001286

Ancestry.com. New Hampshire, Marriage Records Index, 1637-1947 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.

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JOHN CARROLL MOULTON.

John Carroll Moulton, son of Jonathan Smith Moulton and Deborah (Neal) Moulton, born in Centre Harbor, December 24, 1810, is the subject of our sketch. In addition to the ordinary opportunities of the district school, in his native town, he attended Holmes Academy, at Plymouth, New Hampshire, where for several terms he pursued his studies under the instruction of the late Samuel Burns, who ranked among the foremost teachers of his time. To perfect himself in mathematical studies, for which he showed an early and natural aptitude, he placed himself under the tuition of Master Dudley Leavitt, the noted almanac-maker, who, for many years, opened an annual term of high school in Meredith, where he taught all the advanced branches of mathematics to pupils, who in that day flocked from every part of the country to place themselves at the feet of this great mathematical Gamaliel. These studies he ardently pursued far beyond the limits of the ordinary academical...Read MORE...

Birth
Name: John C Moulton
Birth Date: 24 Nov 1811
Birth Place: Center Harbor, Carroll, New Hampshire, United States
Gender: Male
Race: White
Ethnicity: Canadian
Father's name: Jon S Moulton
Mother's name: Deborah
FHL Film Number: 1001024

Ancestry.com. New Hampshire, Births and Christenings Index, 1714-1904 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
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The War of 1812 was a conflict between the United States and Great Britain, lasting from 1812 to 1815. It was primarily fueled by issues such as trade restrictions due to Britain's ongoing war with France, impressment of American sailors into the British Navy, and British support of Native American tribes against American expansion. The war ended with the Treaty of Ghent, restoring pre-war boundaries but resolving few of the initial disputes.

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1817 - James Monroe becomes President of the United States

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1825 - John Quincy Adams becomes President of the United States

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1826 - Former U.S. Presidents Thomas Jefferson and John Adams both die on the 50th Anniversary of the signing of the United States Declaration of Independence.

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1827 - The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad is incorporated, becoming the first railroad in America offering commercial transportation of both people and freight.

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1829 - Andrew Jackson becomes President of the United States

1830 - The Indian Removal Act marks the beginning of the forced relocation of five tribes of native Americans, known as Trail of Tears

1833 Marriage / Partner
John Carroll MOULTON and Nellie Bean SENTER 15 July 1833, Center Harbor, New Hampshire, USA

He was 21 years old.

1834 Birth of Child
Edwin Carroll MOULTON was born 25 May 1834, Laconia, New Hampshire, USA (Lakeport) (Weirs Beach) (The Weirs)

John Carroll was 22 years old.

1837 - Martin Van Buren becomes President of the United States

1837 Birth of Child
Samuel Moore Senter MOULTON was born 1 August 1837, Center Harbor, New Hampshire, USA

John Carroll was 25 years old.

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)

1844 Birth of Child
William Hale MOULTON was born 20 July 1844, Center Harbor, New Hampshire, USA

John Carroll was 32 years old.

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

1848 Birth of Child
Horatio Francis MOULTON was born 24 January 1848, Center Harbor, New Hampshire, USA

John Carroll was 36 years old.

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1849 - Zachary Taylor becomes President of the United States

1849 Death of Child
William Hale MOULTON died 10 March 1849, , New Hampshire, USA

John Carroll was 37 years old.

Meredith, New Hampshire
Name: John C Moulton
Age: 40
Birth Year: abt 1810
Birthplace: New Hampshire
Home in 1850: Meredith, Belknap, New Hampshire, USA
Gender: Male
Family Number: 229
Household Members:
Name Age
John C Moulton 40
Melley b S Moulton 40
Edwin C Moulton 16
Samuel S Moulton 13
Horatio F Moulton 1
Ruth P Cogswell 18

1850 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1850 Birth of Child
Ida Lattice MOULTON was born 4 June 1850, Laconia, New Hampshire, USA (Lakeport) (Weirs Beach) (The Weirs)

John Carroll was 38 years old.

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

1860 Death of Spouse/Partner
Nellie Bean SENTER died 8 November 1860, Laconia, New Hampshire, USA (Lakeport) (Weirs Beach) (The Weirs)

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.

1866 Marriage / Partner
John Carroll MOULTON and Sarah Ann SHAW 18 August 1866, Laconia, New Hampshire, USA (Lakeport) (Weirs Beach) (The Weirs)

He was 54 years old.

1866 Marriage of Child
Samuel Moore Senter MOULTON married 31 March 1866, Moultonboro, New Hampshire, USA to Martha Brown "Mattie" THURSTON

1867 Death of Child
Edwin Carroll MOULTON died 13 November 1867, Laconia, New Hampshire, USA (Lakeport) (Weirs Beach) (The Weirs)

John Carroll was 55 years old.

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.

1871 Marriage of Child
Ida Lattice MOULTON married 2 November 1871, Laconia, New Hampshire, USA (Lakeport) (Weirs Beach) (The Weirs) to Joshua Bennett HOLDEN

1873 Marriage of Child
Horatio Francis MOULTON married 10 July 1873, West Springfield, Massachusetts, USA to Ella Susan MELCHER

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

1886 Death of Child
Samuel Moore Senter MOULTON died 11 May 1886, Laconia, New Hampshire, USA (Lakeport) (Weirs Beach) (The Weirs)

John Carroll was 74 years old.

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

Death
Name: John C Moulton
Gender: Male
Birth Date: abt 1811
Birth Place: Center Harbor, New Hampshire
Death Date: 23 Jul 1894
Death Place: Laconia, New Hampshire
Death Age: 83
Race: White
Marital Status: Widowed
Father Name: Jonathan Moulton
Mother Name: Deborah Neal
Clerk Locality: Laconia, New Hampshire
Event Type: Death
FHL Film Number: 1001096

Ancestry.com. New Hampshire, Death and Burial Records Index, 1654-1949 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
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John is buried at: Union Cemetery Laconia Belknap County New Hampshire, USA

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