Wilbur ELDRIDGE

(b. abt. 1848 , Michigan, USA d. 2 July 1869 , Flint, Michigan, USA )

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Wilbur ELDRIDGE was born abt. 1848 in Michigan, USA

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Wilbur ELDRIDGE died 2 July 1869 in Flint, Michigan, USA.

Father: William Eldridge
Mother: Lucinda Eldridge

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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.

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Name: Wilbur Eldridge
Gender: Male
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Death Date: 02 Jul 1869
Death Place: Flint
Age: 21
Birth Date: 1848
Birth Place: Michigan
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Marital Status: Single
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Father's Name: William Eldridge
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Mother's Name: Lucinda Eldridge
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B02904-0
System Origin: Michigan-EASy
GS Film number: 1018929
Reference ID: BK1 P27 CN524

'Michigan Deaths and Burials, 1800-1995,' database, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ ark:/ 61903/ 1:1:FHYB-6P8 : 9 December 2014), Wilbur Eldridge, 02 Jul 1869; citing Flint, reference BK1 P27 CN524; FHL microfilm 1,018,929.'