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Alexander L. Hamilton
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Alexander L. Hamilton
12/5/1861 - 7/27/1931
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Alexander L. Hamilton was born on December 5, 1861 somewhere in Tennessee and died on July 27, 1931 somewhere in Kentucky. He lived to be 69 years old.
He married Rosa May Young. | 
 | Census | 7/20/1870 | Fredonia KY (Caldwell County) | 8 yrs old | | Recorded as family #51: S. E. Hamilton (white female, age 36), Emma J. (white female, age 16), Maud (white female, age 14), Thaddeus (white male, age 13), E. P. (white male, age 10) and Alexr I. (white male, age 8). The older girls are without occupations and the younger boys are at home. S. E. is keeping house. She estimates the value of their estate to be $200. All report that they were born in Tennessee. S. E. can read and write and all of the children have been attending school. |
| Census | 1/1/1910 | District 0017 KY (Caldwell County) | 48 yrs old | | Kentucky 1910 Miracode Index records Alexander L. Hamilton (age 48), his wife Rosa M. (age 40) and his daughter Mary (age 10) living in Caldwell County, KY. |
| Census | 1/1/1910 | Fredonia KY (Caldwell County) | 48 yrs old | | Recorded as family #240: Alexandar L. Hamilton (age 42), Rosa M. (wife, age 41), Mary (daughter, age 10). Alexandar was born in TN as were his parents. Rosa was born in KY as were her parents. Alexandar is a farmer of a general farm. He and Rosa were both married when they were 15. |
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Alexander, his family, and friends. For example, Alexander is 1 years old when May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West.
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| 4 |
1865 |
Mendel publishes his papers on genetics and introduces the concept to the public. |
| 8 |
1869 |
Cro-magnon Man fossils are found in France |
| 16 |
1877 |
Edison invents the phonograph permitting music and voices to be recorded and replayed. |
| 18 |
1879 |
Edison invents the electric light bulb. |
| 28 |
1889 |
The first calculating machine is invented and uses punch cards |
| 34 |
1895 |
Wireless telegraph and the "antenna" are invented but it covers a very short distance. |
| 36 |
1897 |
First ship to shore message is sent using an improved form of wireless telegraph |
| 39 |
1900 |
Freud publishes his book "The Interpretation of Dreams" |
| 39 |
1900 |
The cause of yellow fever is discovered. It is proven that the fever is spread by mosquitoes. This rallies an effort to provide better mosquito control. |
| 40 |
1901 |
First transatlantic wireless telegraph is sent. |
| 41 |
1902 |
The first Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil is discovered. |
| 42 |
1903 |
Wright Brothers complete the first successful flight with an airplane at Kitty Hawk |
| 43 |
1904 |
The first vacuum tube diode is invented by Fleming |
| 45 |
1906 |
Electrons are discovered by Thomson |
| 45 |
1906 |
The triode vacuum tube is invented |
| 45 |
1906 |
Kellogg sells the first box of Corn Flakes |
| 51 |
1912 |
The unsinkable Titanic sinks on its first trip to New York drowning 1,513 people. |
| 52 |
1913 |
Ford builds the first assembly line into his automobile production plant |
| 53 |
1914 |
The first traffic lights (which is only red or green) are put up in America; Construction of the Panama Canal is completed |
| 62 |
1923 |
Freud publishes "The Ego and the Id" |
| 62 |
1923 |
Diphtheria vaccine is developed; Insulin is produced to treat diabetes |
| 63 |
1924 |
Insecticides are used for the first time on crops |
| 65 |
1926 |
Goddard launched the first liquid-fueled rocket |
| 66 |
1927 |
The first television transmission was announced in England |
| 67 |
1928 |
Big bang theory was introduced |
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1862 |
NEWS HEADLINES: May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West. |
| 21 |
1882 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Edison creates the first large power station in New York City, making it the first place in America to have electricity. |
| 24 |
1885 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Eastman invents the box camera. For the first time photography becomes affordable for the average citizen. |
| 47 |
1908 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Henry Ford produces the first Model T automobile |
| 51 |
1912 |
White residents of Forsyth County, GA, drive the black population out. |
| 52 |
1913 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Edison invents motion pictures |
| 56 |
1917 |
NEWS HEADLINES: In June, the United States enters World War I on the side of the allies. The Russian Revolution ends the reign of the czars and thrusts Russia into communism. |
| 58 |
1919 |
NEWS HEADLINES: World War I ends with the signing of The Versailles Treaty. |
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1862 |
May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West. |
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1863 |
Abraham Lincoln issues the "Emancipation Proclamation" freeing slaves. |
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1865 |
American Civil war ends with General Lee's surrender at Appomattox, VA. Reconstruction begins in the "old South" |
| 7 |
1868 |
An eight-hour work day is established for federal employees. |
| 14 |
1875 |
Tennessee enacts Jim Crow law. |
| 15 |
1876 |
The National League of Baseball is founded |
| 48 |
1909 |
The National Association for Advancement of Colored People is formed (NAACP) |
| 49 |
1910 |
Boy Scout and Girl Scout Organizations are introduced in America and the concept of a "week end" meaning time off from regular work begins to take root. The British Empire covers 1/5th of the world land area. |
| 66 |
1927 |
Charles Lindbergh becomes the first man to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean and Babe Ruth hits 60 home runs. |
| 68 |
1929 |
Widespread prosperity of the 1920s ends abruptly with the stock market crash in October |
| 69 |
1930 |
Drought in the Great Plains area begins, creating hardship for farm families in 19 states. |
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| 48 |
1909 |
The "Piltdown Man" hoax -- a fake archeological discovery announced by dishonest scientists who wanted to "prove" that human beings had evolved in Europe |
| 53 |
1914 |
World War I - Following the crisis touched off by the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand of Austria in Sarajevo, Germany declared war on Russia and additional countries joined the war within several days. |
| 56 |
1917 |
Germany uses airplanes to drop bombs in the early stages of World War I -- the first major military use of airplanes. |
| 58 |
1919 |
The Versailles Treaty marks the official end of World War I. |
| 59 |
1920 |
Adolph Hitler begins to organize the Nazi party in Germany; The Ku Klux Klan launches a recruitment campaign using mass marketing techniques to gain 85,000 new recruits; the first commercial broadcast is made. |
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