Martin TRUESDELL

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24 December 1841 , Marlborough, Connecticut, USA

Died

2 August 1862 , Vernon, Connecticut, USA

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Born: 24 December 1841 in Marlborough, Connecticut, USA

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Martin TRUESDELL died 2 August 1862 in Vernon, Connecticut, USA.

son of Augustus Truesdell and Mary Sexton

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Birth — 1841
24 December 1841
Marlborough, 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

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Name: Martin Truesdell
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Death Date: 02 Aug 1862
Death Place: Vernon, Connecticut
Age: 20
Birth Date: 1842
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Father's Name: Augustus
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Mother's Name: Mary
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B03794-9
System Origin: Connecticut-EASy
GS Film Number: 3366
Reference ID: pg 35

'Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934,' database, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ ark:/ 61903/ 1:1:F7V3-BLS : 3 December 2014), Martin Truesdell, 02 Aug 1862; citing Vernon, Connecticut, reference pg 35; FHL microfilm 3,366.'