William B WICKER

(b. abt. 1847 , Michigan, USA d. 28 June 1869 , Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA )

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William B WICKER was born abt. 1847 in Michigan, USA

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William B WICKER died 28 June 1869 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA.
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William B WICKER was a Laborer.

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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.

Death
Name: Wm. B. Wicker
Gender: Male
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Death Date: 28 Jun 1869
Death Place: Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan
Age: 22
Birth Date: 1847
Birth Place: Michigan
Occupation: Laborer
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Marital Status: Single
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B01575-7
System Origin: Michigan-EASy
GS Film number: 1002017
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'Michigan Deaths and Burials, 1800-1995,' database, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ ark:/ 61903/ 1:1:FHQT-Q7H : 9 December 2014), Wm. B. Wicker, 28 Jun 1869; citing Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, reference ; FHL microfilm 1,002,017.'