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Born
16 July 1809 Agawam, Massachusetts, USA
Died
13 October 1895 Agawam, Massachusetts, USA

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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: tfcq.ca

farmer
Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts

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BirthBirth — 1809
16 July 1809
Agawam, Massachusetts, USA
NewsThe War of 1812 was a conflict between the United States and Great Britain, lasting from 1812 to 1815. It was primarily fueled by issues such as trade restrictions due to Britain's ongoing war with France, impressment of American sailors into the British Navy, and British support of Native American tribes against American expansion. The war ended with the Treaty of Ghent, restoring pre-war boundaries but resolving few of the initial disputes.
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: Alfred Flower
Gender: Male
Burial Date:
Burial
Place: Feeding Hills
Death Date: 13 Oct 1895
Death
Place: Feeding Hills
Age: 86
Birth Date: 1809
Birth
Place: Feeding Hills
Occupation: Farmer
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Marital Status: Married
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Father's
Name: Alfred Flower
Father's Birth
Place: West Springfield
Mother's
Name: Harriet Leonard
Mother's Birth
Place: West Springfield
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B07552-0
System Origin: Massachusetts-EASy
GS
Film Number: 2028187
Reference ID: it9 v2 p14 n44

'Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910,' database, FamilySearch : 10 December 2014
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