HISTORY - TIMELINE
1609-1779 ~ 1781-1806 ~ 1808-1827 ~ 1828-1840 ~ 1841-1850 ~ 1851-1865 ~ 1865-
BACK TO SOMERS MUSEUM
Elephant Hotel sold to William Bailey.
Farmers and Drovers Bank becomes National Association.
Civil War ends with many Somers casualties.
[Lee surrenders to Grant at Appomattox Court House, VA April 19; Lincoln shot, dies April 15; Andrew Johnson sworn in as President same day; Slavery banned by
13th Amendment]
Empire Sewing Machine Company in South Somers incorporated.
[First Civil Rights Act enacted; First YMCA opens in Boston; Five cent "nickel" coin authorized; First transatlantic cable laid]
1865
1866