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Born: 5 June 1789 in Waterboro, Massachusetts (District of Maine)

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Shem KNIGHT died 1 April 1872 in Parsonsfield, Maine, USA .
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Birth Date: 05 Jun 1789
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I00757-9
System Origin: Maine-ODM
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Film Number: 12325
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'Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900,' database, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ ark:/ 61903/ 1:1:F4HH-9HD : 10 February 2018), Shem Knight, 05 Jun 1789; citing Waterboro, York, Maine, United States; FHL microfilm 12,325.
NewsThe War of 1812 was a conflict between the United States and Great Britain, lasting from 1812 to 1815. It was primarily fueled by issues such as trade restrictions due to Britain's ongoing war with France, impressment of American sailors into the British Navy, and British support of Native American tribes against American expansion. The war ended with the Treaty of Ghent, restoring pre-war boundaries but resolving few of the initial disputes.
NewsFrom 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.
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
News1863 - November 19 – American Civil War: U. S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the military cemetery dedication ceremony in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
News1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states.
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Death Date: 01 Apr 1872
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Age: 84
Birth Date: 1788
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I03043-3
System Origin: Maine-EASy
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Film Number: 9816
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Did You Know?The name Maine is probably a practical nautical term which refers to the region being a mainland (separate from the many surrounding islands). Reference to the area as 'Maine' in writing first appeared in 1622. (statesymbolsusa.org)

Prior to 1685 - New England
1686 - 1689 - Dominion of New England
1690 - 1775 - New England
1776 - 1820 - Massachusetts (District of Maine)
March 15, 1820 - Maine becomes 23rd U.S. state

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