HELP! flag male ancestor  Melzar  STETSON

  (b. abt. 1812 Newcastle, Massachusetts (District of Maine)   d. 12 July 1886 Wakefield, Massachusetts, USA )  

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Melzar STETSON was born abt. 1812 in Newcastle, Massachusetts (District of Maine)

Melzar STETSON was the child of ?   and   ?

Melzar STETSON died 12 July 1886 in Wakefield, Massachusetts, USA.

Occupation: Blacksmith



Father: Abner
Mother: Susan


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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.
Death
Name: Melzar Stetson
Gender: Male
Burial Date:
Burial Place: Melrose
Death Date: 12 Jul 1886
Death Place: Wakefield, Massachusetts
Age: 74
Birth Date: 1812
Birth Place: New Castle, Me.
Occupation: Blacksmith
Race: White
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Abner
Father's Birthplace: Hanover, Mass.
Mother's Name: Susan
Mother's Birthplace: Damaris...
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B06800-5
System Origin: Massachusetts-EASy
GS Film number: 960232
Reference ID: v 374 p 218

'Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910,' database, FamilySearch.org
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Did You Know?America - Did you know? In 1565, Saint Augustine, Florida, settled by the Spanish, became the first permanent European colony in North America.
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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