Jonathan Gray DAVIS

(b. August 1837 , New Hampshire, USA d. 1 October 1915 , Jackson, New Hampshire, USA )

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Jonathan Gray DAVIS was born August 1837 in New Hampshire, USA

Jonathan Gray DAVIS was the child of ? and ?

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Jonathan Gray married Mary Elizabeth ROGERS 1 January 1868 in Jackson, New Hampshire, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Mary Elizabeth ROGERS was born February 1843 in New Hampshire, USA. Mary Elizabeth died 18 February 1930 in Jackson, New Hampshire, USA. Mary Elizabeth was the child of Levi B ROGERS and Elizabeth H PINKHAM.

Jonathan Gray DAVIS died 1 October 1915 in Jackson, New Hampshire, USA.
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Jonathan Gray DAVIS married

Mary Elizabeth ROGERS-- Date: 1 January 1868 Place: Jackson, New Hampshire, USA
Mary Elizabeth ROGERS was the child of Levi B ROGERS and Elizabeth H PINKHAM

Name: Jonathan G Davis
Marriage Date: 1 Jan 1868
Event Type: Marriage
Marriage Place: Jackson, New Hampshire
Birth Date: abt 1838
Age: 30
Race: White
Gender: Male
Spouse Name: Mary E Rogers
Spouse Birth Place: Jackson, New Hampshire
Spouse Age: 24
Spouse Race: White
Spouse Gender: Female
FHL Film Number: 1000986

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

Children of Jonathan Gray DAVIS and Mary Elizabeth ROGERS:

Marion Augusta DAVIS (b.19 January 1884, Jackson, New Hampshire, USA d. abt. 1959, Perry, New York, USA)
m. James Overton HOWARD 11 June 1903 in Malden, Massachusetts, USA

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1837 Birth
August 1837
New Hampshire, USA

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

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.

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1868 Marriage / Partner
Jonathan Gray DAVIS and Mary Elizabeth ROGERS 1 January 1868, Jackson, New Hampshire, USA

He was 30 years old.

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)

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)

1884 Birth of Child
Marion Augusta DAVIS was born 19 January 1884, Jackson, New Hampshire, USA

Jonathan Gray was 46 years old.

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.

1900 Jackson, New Hampshire
Name: Jonathan G Davis
Age: 62
Birth Date: Aug 1837
Birthplace: New Hampshire
Home in 1900: Jackson, Carroll, New Hampshire
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Mary E Davis
Marriage Year: 1867
Years Married: 33
Father's Birthplace: New Hampshire
Mother's Birthplace: New Hampshire
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Household Members:
Name Age
Jonathan G Davis 62
Mary E Davis 57
Dennis L Davis 33
Herbert J Davis 22
Augusta M Davis 16
Ethel A Davis 14
Everett A Davis 10

1900 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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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 Marriage of Child
Marion Augusta DAVIS married 11 June 1903, Malden, Massachusetts, USA to James Overton HOWARD

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

Death
Name: Jonathan Gray Davis
Gender: Male
Death Date: 1 Oct 1915
Death Place: Jackson, New Hampshire
Father Name: Jonathan Davis
Event Type: Death
FHL Film Number: 2079310

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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Jonathan is buried at: Jackson Village Cemetery Jackson Carroll County New Hampshire, USA Plot: 321-A

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