Sylvester Nash
WHITNEY
(b.
24 August 1815
,
Rowe, Massachusetts, USA
d.
26 September 1880
,
Shelburne, Massachusetts, USA
)
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Sylvester Nash WHITNEY was born 24 August 1815 in Rowe, Massachusetts, USA
Sylvester Nash WHITNEY was the child of William Ayers WHITNEY and Cynthia MERRILL and the grandchild of: (paternal) Moses WHITNEY and Bernice LOCKESylvester Nash WHITNEY died 26 September 1880 in Shelburne, Massachusetts, USA .
m. Flavilla Alden
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1815 Birth 24 August 1815
Rowe, Massachusetts, USA
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.
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)
1863 - November 19 – American Civil War: U. S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the military cemetery dedication ceremony in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. 1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.
1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states.Death
Name: Sylvester N Whitney
Gender: Male
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Death Date: 26 Sep 1880
Death Place: Shelburne, Franklin, Massachusetts
Age: 65
Birth Date: 1815
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Father's Name: Wm A Whitney
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Mother's Name: Cyntha
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I01051-0
System Origin: Massachusetts-EASy
GS Film number: 1887660
Reference ID: 48
'Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910,' database, FamilySearch : 10 December 2014
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Name: Sylvester N Whitney
Gender: Male
Burial Date:
Burial Place:
Death Date: 26 Sep 1880
Death Place: Shelburne, Franklin, Massachusetts
Age: 65
Birth Date: 1815
Birth Place:
Occupation:
Race:
Marital Status:
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Wm A Whitney
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Cyntha
Mother's Birthplace:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I01051-0
System Origin: Massachusetts-EASy
GS Film number: 1887660
Reference ID: 48
'Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910,' database, FamilySearch : 10 December 2014
See it on familysearch.org
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