Samuel Moore Senter MOULTON

(b. 1 August 1837 , Center Harbor, New Hampshire, USA d. 11 May 1886 , Laconia, New Hampshire, USA )

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Samuel Moore Senter MOULTON was born 1 August 1837 in Center Harbor, New Hampshire, USA

Samuel Moore Senter MOULTON was the child of John Carroll MOULTON and Nellie Bean SENTER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jonathan Smith MOULTON and Deborah NEAL

Samuel Moore Senter was a soldier in the U.S. Civil War.

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Samuel Moore Senter married Martha Brown "Mattie" THURSTON 31 March 1866 in Moultonboro, New Hampshire, USA . Martha Brown "Mattie" THURSTON was born 12 September 1841 in Hanover, New Hampshire, USA. Martha Brown "Mattie" died 23 December 1930 in Manhattan, New York, USA (New York City) (New Amsterdam) (Washington Heights).

Samuel Moore Senter MOULTON died 11 May 1886 in Laconia, New Hampshire, USA .
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Samuel Moore Senter MOULTON married

Martha Brown "Mattie" THURSTON-- Date: 31 March 1866 Place: Moultonboro, New Hampshire, USA
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Name: S M S Moulton
Marriage Date: 31 Mar 1866
Event Type: Marriage
Marriage Place: Moultonboro, New Hampshire
Birth Date: abt 1840
Birth Place: Centre Harbor, New Hampshire
Age: 26
Race: White
Gender: Male
Father's name: J C Moulton
Mother's name: Nellie Moulton
Spouse Name: Mattie B Thurston
Spouse Birth Place: Hanover, New Hampshire
Spouse Age: 24
Spouse Race: White
Spouse Gender: Female
Spouse Father's Name: B E Moulton
Spouse Mother's Name: S S Moulton
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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1837 Birth
1 August 1837
Center Harbor, New Hampshire, USA

Biography
Samuel Moore Senter Moulton was born August 1, 1837, and resides at Laconia. May 2, 1861, he enlisted and served in the New Hampshire Volunteers. July 26, 1861, he enlisted in the Regular Army of the United States, and served three years during the Rebellion, with the mounted troops. Since the war he has been employed as book-keeper, clerk, and paymaster in the car fastories above referred to. He was one of the selectmen of Laconia for the years 1868 and 1869; and was Representative of the town to the Legislature for the years 1876 and 1877. He married Martha B. Thurston, daughter of Benjamin E. Thurston, who is well-known. He served as Representative to the Legislature from the town of Moultonborough in Carroll CCounty, for the years 1867 and 1868, after which he removed to, and now resides in Laconia, which town he represented in the Legis lature in 1881. He was also High Sheriff of Belknap County in the years 1874 and 1875.

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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)

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

Meredith, New Hampshire
Name: Samuel S Moulton
Age: 13
Birth Year: abt 1837
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 - 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.

1866 Marriage / Partner
Samuel Moore Senter MOULTON and Martha Brown "Mattie" THURSTON 31 March 1866, Moultonboro, New Hampshire, USA

He was 28 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.

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)

Laconia, Belknap, New Hampshire
Name: Samuel M. S. Moulton
Age: 42
Birth Year: abt 1838
Birthplace: New Hampshire
Home in 1880: Laconia, Belknap, New Hampshire
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Self (Head)
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Martha B. Moulton
Father's Birthplace: New Hampshire
Mother's Birthplace: New Hampshire
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Occupation: Clerk In Car Shop
Household Members:
Name Age
Samuel M. S. Moulton 42
Martha B. Moulton 38

1880 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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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

Death
Name: Samuel M S Moulton
Gender: Male
Birth Date: abt 1838
Birth Place: Lake Village, New Hampshire
Death Date: 11 May 1886
Death Place: Laconia, New Hampshire
Death Age: 48
Race: White
Marital Status: Married
Father Name: John C Moulton
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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