Willis Trapp,
Died May 10, 1918
Aged 102 Years
"A Faithful Son and..." remaining information weathered away.
Mr. Trapp was born in 1816.
Greenwood County was formed in 1897 from portions of Abbeville County and Edgefield County, which had originally been part of the old Ninety-Six District. It was named for its county seat, Greenwood, which had been named around 1824 after a plantation owned by John McGehee, an early resident. Wiki
Many events occurred during Mr. Trapp's lifetime:
1810’s
René Laennec invents the stethoscope
Gas lighting becomes a practical technology and is implemented in cities in Europe and the United States.
The New Madrid earthquake in Mississippi Valley near New Madrid reverses the course of the river for a while.
The first edition of the Farmer's Almanac is published.
1820’s
President Monroe introduced the Monroe Doctrine in the State of the Union Address, declaring that any European attempts to recolonize the Americas would be considered a hostile act towards the United States.
The people of the Cherokee Nation are forcibly relocated during the Trail of Tears.
1830’s
Charles Carroll, the last surviving signer of the Declaration of Independence dies at his home in Maryland at age 95.
Battle of the Alamo - 182 settler soldiers die in a struggle with approximately 5,000 Mexican soldiers
The earliest United States patent for a phosphorus friction match is granted to Alonzo Dwight Phillips of Springfield, Massachusetts.
Charles Goodyear vulcanizes rubber.
1840's
The United States issues its first postage stamps Picturing George Washington for 10 cents and Benjamin Franklin for 5 cents.
Construction of the Washington Monument begins in Washington, D.C.
The Mexican–American War (1846–1848) was fought between Mexico and the United States of America.
1850's
Charles Darwin publishes The Origin of Species, putting forward the theory of evolution by natural selection.
First transpacific telegraph cable laid.
First commercially successful sewing machine made by Isaac Singer
1860's
The American Civil War from 1861–1865.
The First Transcontinental Railroad in the USA was completed.
Dimitri Mendeleev develops the modern periodic table
1870's
The prototype telephone was invented by Alexander Graham Bell
A version of the light bulb was invented by Thomas Edison.
Jeanne Calment, born 1875, would eventually become the longest-living human being in recorded history. She lived until 1997, at the age of 122. She still holds the record as of 2013.
1880's
Krakatoa, a volcano in Indonesia, erupted cataclysmically; 36,000 people were killed, the majority being killed by the resulting tsunami.
Mark Twain published Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
Robert Louis Stevenson published Treasure Island and The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
Home Insurance Building, the first skyscraper (10 stories) in history, becomes the tallest man-made structure ever built.
1890's
Wounded Knee Massacre in South Dakota. 365 troops of the US 7th Cavalry, surrounded an encampment of Miniconjou (Lakota) and Hunkpapa Sioux (Lakota) near Wounded Knee Creek, South Dakota.
The Lattimer massacre. The violent deaths of 19 unarmed striking immigrant anthracite coal miners at the Lattimer mine near Hazleton, Pennsylvania.
Argon was discovered by Lord Rayleigh and William Ramsay. Helium was discovered to exist on the Earth by William Ramsay. One year after helium's terrestrial discovery, neon, krypton, and xenon were discovered by William Ramsay and Morris Travers.
1900's
A powerful hurricane hits Galveston, Texas, USA killing about 8,000.
The San Francisco earthquake (estimated magnitude 7.8) on the San Andreas Fault destroys much of San Francisco, USA, killing at least 3,000, with 225,000–300,000 left homeless, and $350 million in damages.
Jack London publishes The Call of the Wild.
Upton Sinclair publishes The Jungle
Louis Lassen of Louis' Lunch makes the first modern-day hamburger sandwich.
1910's
The British ocean liner RMS Lusitania is torpedoed by U-20, a German U-boat, off the Old Head of Kinsale in Ireland and sinks in 18 minutes. 1,198 lives are lost, including 128 Americans. The sinking proves to be a factor in the American decision to enter World War I two years later.
World War I broke out in Europe.
The RMS Titanic, a British ocean liner which was the largest and most elegant ship at that time, strikes an iceberg and sinks in the North Atlantic during its maiden voyage - 1,517 people perished in the disaster.
The Ford Model T dominated the automobile market, selling more than all other makers combined.
Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs is published
Comet Halley's closest approach to Earth in 1910 pass
Thirty States were admitted into the Union:
Indiana Dec. 11, 1816
Mississippi Dec. 10, 1817
Illinois Dec. 3, 1818
Alabama Dec. 14, 1819
Maine Mar. 15, 1820
Missouri Aug. 10, 1821
Arkansas June 15, 1836
Michigan Jan. 26, 1837
Florida Mar. 3, 1845
Texas Dec. 29, 1845
Iowa Dec. 28, 1846
Wisconsin May 29, 1848
California Sept. 9, 1850
Minnesota May 11, 1858
Oregon Feb. 14, 1859
Kansas Jan. 29, 1861.
West Virginia June 20, 1863
Nevada Oct. 31, 1864
Nebraska Mar. 1, 1867
Colorado Aug. 1, 1876
North Dakota Nov. 2, 1889
South Dakota Nov. 2, 1889
Montana Nov. 8, 1889
Washington Nov. 11, 1889
Idaho July 3, 1890
Wyoming July 10, 1890
Utah Jan. 4, 1896
Oklahoma Nov. 16, 1907
New Mexico Jan. 6, 1912
Arizona Feb. 14, 1912
Twenty-five Presidents held office
James Madison (1809-1817)
James Monroe (1817-1825)
John Quincy Adams (1825-1829)
Andrew Jackson (1829-1837)
Martin Van Buren (1837-1841)
William Henry Harrison (1841)
John Tyler (1841-1845)
James K. Polk (1845-1849)
Zachary Taylor (1849-1850)
Millard Fillmore (1850-1853)
Franklin Pierce (1853-1857)
James Buchanan (1857-1861)
Abraham Lincoln (1861-1865)
Andrew Johnson (1865-1869)
Ulysses S. Grant (1869-1877)
Rutherford B. Hayes (1877-1881)
James A. Garfield (1881)
Chester Arthur (1881-1885)
Grover Cleveland (1885-1889)
Benjamin Harrison (1889-1893)
Grover Cleveland (1893-1897)
William McKinley (1897-1901)
Theodore Roosevelt (1901-1909)
William Howard Taft (1909-1913)
Woodrow Wilson (1913-1921)
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