Nathan Gould SPENCER

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12 January 1830 , Hartland, Vermont, USA

Died

20 April 1877 , Battle Creek, Michigan, USA

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Born: 12 January 1830 in Hartland, Vermont, USA

Father: Unknown

Mother: Unknown

Nathan Gould SPENCER died 20 April 1877 in Battle Creek, Michigan, USA.

Father: Aaron Spencer
Mother: Betsey Spencer

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Recorded occupation: Shoemaker

The cordonnier, or shoemaker (a cordwainer in England), was a craftsman who manufactured shoes, boots, and other types of footwear. He knew how to create, with his own hands, the entire shoe from the sole to the upper. He was the cutter, fitter, designer, and polisher... Some shoemakers sold their shoes to merchants, but the majority sold their own shoes, either from their workshop or by going door-to-door selling their wares.
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Birth — 1830
12 January 1830
Hartland, Vermont, USA

1837 - Martin Van Buren becomes President of the United States

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

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.

1841 - William Henry Harrison becomes President of the United States

1841 - John Tyler becomes President of the United States

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)

1845 - James Knox Polk becomes President of the United States

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1849 - Zachary Taylor becomes President of the United States

1850 - Millard Fillmore becomes President of the United States

1853 - Franklin Pierce becomes President of the United States

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - James Buchanan becomes President of the United States

1857 - March 6 – Dred Scott v. Sandford: The Supreme Court of the United States rules that Blacks are not citizens and slaves can not sue for freedom, driving the country further towards the American Civil War.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1861 - February 8 – American Civil War: The Confederate States of America are formed, comprising the first six break-away states.

1861 - Abraham Lincoln becomes President of the United States

1863 - January 1 - President Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, freeing slaves.

1863 - October 3 – President Lincoln proclaims a national Thanksgiving day to be celebrated the final Thursday in November in the 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.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

April 14, 1865 - President Abraham Lincoln was mortally wounded by John Wilkes Booth at in Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. He died the next day. Andrew Johnson becomes President of the United States.

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1869 - Ulysses S. Grant becomes President of the United States

1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states.

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

Death

Advent Record & Herald
10 May 1877

Died in Battle Creek, Michigan, April 29, 1877, Nathan Gould Spencer, aged 47 years, 4 months, and 8 days. He was born in Hartland, Vt., came to Michigan at the age of 18, embraced the Sabbath and the Advent faith 23 years ago as the result of reading tracts put into his had by Eld. Cranson, and was baptized at Battle Creek by Eld. Frisbie in 1857. The strength of his faith in Christ and hope of immortality through him were an ever-present support during his last sickness and sufferings. Funeral services by Eld. S. N. Haskell.

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Name: Nathan G. Spencer
Gender: Male
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Death Date: 20 Apr 1877
Death Place: Battle Creek, Calhoun, Michigan
Age: 47
Birth Date: 1830
Birth Place: Vermont
Occupation: Shoemaker
Race: W
Marital Status: Married
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Father's Name: Aaron Spencer
Father's BirthPlace:
Mother's Name: Betsey Spencer
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B51822-1
System Origin: Michigan-EASy
GS Film Number: 1009292
Reference ID: v 1 p 200

'Michigan Deaths and Burials, 1800-1995,' database, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ ark:/ 61903/ 1:1:FHZG-C9J : 9 December 2014), Nathan G. Spencer, 20 Apr 1877; citing Battle Creek, Calhoun, Michigan, reference v 1 p 200; FHL microfilm 1,009,292.'

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