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Born
abt. 1821 Readfield, Maine, USA
Died
17 December 1897 Ware, Massachusetts, USA

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Father: Elisha
Mother: Phoebe Mccausland
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Recorded occupation: Gunsmith

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NewsFrom 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.
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 A Prescott
Gender: Male
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Place: Manchester, Me
Death Date: 17 Dec 1897
Death
Place: Ware, Hampshire, Massachusetts
Age: 76
Birth Date: 1821
Birth
Place: Readfield, Maine
Occupation: Gunsmith
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Marital Status: Married
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Name: Elisha
Father's Birth
Place: Gardiner, Me
Mother's
Name: Phoebe Mccausland
Mother's Birth
Place: Litchfield, Me
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B01229-2
System Origin: Massachusetts-EASy
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Film Number: 1870254
Reference ID: v 5 p 34

'Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910,' database, FamilySearch.org
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Did You Know?The name Maine is probably a practical nautical term which refers to the region being a mainland (separate from the many surrounding islands). Reference to the area as 'Maine' in writing first appeared in 1622. (statesymbolsusa.org)

Prior to 1685 - New England
1686 - 1689 - Dominion of New England
1690 - 1775 - New England
1776 - 1820 - Massachusetts (District of Maine)
March 15, 1820 - Maine becomes 23rd U.S. state

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