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abt. 1841 Oberlin, Ohio, USA
Died
19 May 1879 Oberlin, Ohio, USA

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Edwin B. was a soldier in the U.S. Civil War.
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m. Ann Papworth

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Recorded occupation: Farmer

The farmer, cultivateur, or cultivator, was a person who cultivated and exploited the land in order to get a crop.

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Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts

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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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Name: Edwin B. Wack
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Death Date: 19 May 1879
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Place: Oberlin, Lorain, Ohio
Age: 38
Birth Date: 1841
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Occupation: Farmer
Race: White
Marital Status: Married
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B05174-9
System Origin: Ohio-EASy
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Film Number: 1294335
Reference ID: v 2 p 1360 fn 654

'Ohio Deaths and Burials, 1854-1997,' database, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ ark:/ 61903/ 1:1:F6ZJ-BJZ : 12 December 2014), Edwin B. Wack, 19 May 1879; citing Oberlin, Lorain, Ohio, reference v 2 p 1360 fn 654; FHL microfilm 1,294,335.'
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Westwood Cemetery Oberlin, Lorain County, Ohio, USA PLOT I-066-07a

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Westwood Cemetery Oberlin, Lorain County, Ohio, USA PLOT I-066-07a
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