Minerva MERCER

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abt. 1853 , Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA

Died

13 August 1871 , Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA

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Father: Thomas Mercer
Mother: Eliza Mercer
Spouse: Kentfield

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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.

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Name: Minerva Kentfield
Gender: Female
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Death Date: 13 Aug 1871
Death Place: Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, Michigan
Age: 18
Birth Date: 1853
Birth Place: Kalamazoo
Occupation: Farmer
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Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Kentfield
Father's Name: Thomas Mercer
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Mother's Name: Eliza Mercer
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B51859-6
System Origin: Michigan-EASy
GS Film Number: 984130
Reference ID: v 1 p 61

'Michigan Deaths and Burials, 1800-1995,' database, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ ark:/ 61903/ 1:1:FHVX-5M6 : 9 December 2014), Minerva Kentfield, 13 Aug 1871; citing Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, Michigan, reference v 1 p 61; FHL microfilm 984,130.'

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