William Swift HOLABIRD

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17 February 1842 , Winchester, Connecticut, USA

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23 October 1866 , Winchester, Connecticut, USA

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Born: 17 February 1842 in Winchester, Connecticut, USA

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William Swift HOLABIRD died 23 October 1866 in Winchester, Connecticut, USA .

son of William Swift Holabird and Adeline Catlin

m. Mary J Bell

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Birth — 1842
17 February 1842
Winchester, Connecticut, USA

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

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - James Buchanan becomes President of the United States

1857 - March 6 – Dred Scott v. Sandford: The Supreme Court of the United States rules that Blacks are not citizens and slaves can not sue for freedom, driving the country further towards the American Civil War.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1861 - February 8 – American Civil War: The Confederate States of America are formed, comprising the first six break-away states.

1861 - Abraham Lincoln becomes President of the United States

1863 - January 1 - President Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, freeing slaves.

1863 - October 3 – President Lincoln proclaims a national Thanksgiving day to be celebrated the final Thursday in November in the United States

1863 - November 19 – American Civil War: U. S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the military cemetery dedication ceremony in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

April 14, 1865 - President Abraham Lincoln was mortally wounded by John Wilkes Booth at in Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. He died the next day. Andrew Johnson becomes President of the United States.

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Name: William Swift Holabird
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Death Date: 23 Oct 1866
Death Place: Winchester
Age: 24
Birth Date: 1842
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B03360-4
System Origin: Connecticut-EASy
GS Film number: 3141
Reference ID: 3 p. 187

'Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934,' database, FamilySearch (https:/ / familysearch.org/ ark:/ 61903/ 1:1:F78V-T2C : 3 December 2014), William Swift Holabird, 23 Oct 1866; citing Winchester, reference 3 p. 187; FHL microfilm 3,141.'
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