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Born
20 June 1845 ,  Sangamon Co., Illinois, USA
Died
7 June 1880 ,  La Salle Co., Illinois, USA
Maria A  married  Thomas Cone FOSTER 23 March 1871 in Illinois, USA .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Thomas Cone FOSTER  was born 13 March 1828 Thomas Cone died 1 November 1900
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Father
Ira S MOSHER
Mother
Louisa PEASE

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Benjamin MOSHER Abigail? MOSHER?
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Maria A  married  Thomas Cone FOSTER 23 March 1871 in Illinois, USA .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Thomas Cone FOSTER  was born 13 March 1828 Thomas Cone died 1 November 1900




m. Thomas C Foster
March 1871
Illinois
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Maria A MOSHER married  male ancestor Thomas Cone FOSTER
Marriage date: 23 March 1871
Marriage place: , Illinois, USA

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BirthBirth — 1845
20 June 1845
Sangamon Co., Illinois, USA
Invention 1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)
U.S. President1849 - Zachary Taylor becomes President of the United States
U.S. President1850 - Millard Fillmore becomes President of the United States
U.S. President1853 - Franklin Pierce becomes President of the United States
Invention 1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)
U.S. President1857 - James Buchanan becomes President of the United States
News1857 - 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.
Invention 1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser
News1861 - February 8 – American Civil War: The Confederate States of America are formed, comprising the first six break-away states.
U.S. President1861 - Abraham Lincoln becomes President of the United States
News1863 - January 1 - President Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, freeing slaves.
News1863 - October 3 – President Lincoln proclaims a national Thanksgiving day to be celebrated the final Thursday in November in the United States
News1863 - November 19 – American Civil War: U. S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the military cemetery dedication ceremony in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
Invention 1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)
U.S. PresidentApril 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.
Invention 1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.
U.S. President1869 - Ulysses S. Grant becomes President of the United States
News1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states.
marriage1871 Marriage / Partner
Maria A MOSHER and Thomas Cone FOSTER 23 March 1871, , Illinois, USA

She was 25 years old.
1872 Birth of Child
Jessie Louise FOSTER was born 12 November 1872, , Illinois, USA

Maria A was 27 years old.
Invention 1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.
U.S. President1877 - Rutherford B. Hayes becomes President of the United States
Invention 1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.
Invention 1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)
DeathDeath — 1880
7 June 1880
La Salle Co., Illinois, USA
She died at the age of 34.
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