John BURNS

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14 August 1830 ,

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14 March 1865 , North Carolina, USA

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Born: 14 August 1830

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John was a soldier in the U.S. Civil War.
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John BURNS died 14 March 1865 in North Carolina, USA.

Civil War
Co. C, 20th Regt. Conn. Vols.
Killed in battle at Averasboro, NC

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

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

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

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

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

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Name: John Burns
Gender: Male
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Burial Place: East Haddam, Connecticut
Death Date: 14 Mar 1865
Death Place: N.C.
Age: 35
Birth Date: 1830
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B03746-6
System Origin: Connecticut-EASy
GS Film Number: 3331
Reference ID: p 76

'Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934,' database, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ ark:/ 61903/ 1:1:F7JM-S4Q : 3 December 2014), John Burns, 14 Mar 1865; citing N.C., reference p 76; FHL microfilm 3,331.'