Samuel D. MEAD

(b. 3 July 1813 , West Milford, New Jersey, USA d. 14 October 1856 , West Milford, New Jersey, USA )

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Samuel D. MEAD was born 3 July 1813 in West Milford, New Jersey, USA

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Samuel D. MEAD died 14 October 1856 in West Milford, New Jersey, USA.

m. Mary Crane

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1813 Birth
3 July 1813
West Milford, New Jersey, USA

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1817 - James Monroe becomes President of the United States

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1825 - John Quincy Adams becomes President of the United States

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1826 - Former U.S. Presidents Thomas Jefferson and John Adams both die on the 50th Anniversary of the signing of the United States Declaration of Independence.

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1827 - The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad is incorporated, becoming the first railroad in America offering commercial transportation of both people and freight.

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1829 - Andrew Jackson becomes President of the United States

1830 - The Indian Removal Act marks the beginning of the forced relocation of five tribes of native Americans, known as Trail of Tears

1837 - Martin Van Buren becomes President of the United States

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

From 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.

1841 - William Henry Harrison becomes President of the United States

1841 - John Tyler becomes President of the United States

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1845 - James Knox Polk becomes President of the United States

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1849 - Zachary Taylor becomes President of the United States

1850 - Millard Fillmore becomes President of the United States

1853 - Franklin Pierce becomes President of the United States

Death
Name: Samuel D. Mead
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Death Date: 14 Oct 1856
Death Place: West Milford, Passaic, New Jersey
Age: 43
Birth Date: 1813
Birth Place: W. Milford
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Marital Status: Married
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B07196-1
System Origin: New Jersey-EASy
GS Film number: 584579
Reference ID: v AC p 416

'New Jersey Deaths and Burials, 1720-1988,' database, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ ark:/ 61903/ 1:1:FZGY-744 : 12 December 2014), Samuel D. Mead, 14 Oct 1856; citing West Milford, Passaic, New Jersey, reference v AC p 416; FHL microfilm 584,579.'