Roger S DERBY

(b. 29 January 1844 , Dublin, New Hampshire, USA d. 11 August 1872 , Harrisville, Cheshire, New Hampshire, USA )

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Roger S DERBY was born 29 January 1844 in Dublin, New Hampshire, USA

Roger S DERBY was the child of Sherman Minot DERBY and Dorothy Colburn BROAD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Samuel DARBY (DERBY) and Hannah MINOT (maternal) Timothy BROAD and Lucy SMITH

Roger S was a soldier in the U.S. Civil War.

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Roger S DERBY died 11 August 1872 in Harrisville, Cheshire, New Hampshire, USA .

Civil War - 6th New Hampshire Infantry, Co. C.

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1844 Birth
29 January 1844
Dublin, New Hampshire, 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

1860 - Dublin, New Hampshire
Name: Roger S Derby
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1860
Event Place: Dublin, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 16
Race: White
Race (Original): [Blank]
Birth Year (Estimated): 1844
Birthplace: New Hampshire
Page: 92
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Sherman Derby Male 52 Massachusetts
Mary Derby Female 44 New Hampshire
Nathan M Derby Male 18 New Hampshire
Roger S Derby Male 16 New Hampshire
Elisabeth M Derby Female 3 New Hampshire
1860 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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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.

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1869 - Ulysses S. Grant becomes President of the United States

1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states.