Lyman Dwight TOWNE

(b. 6 October 1834 , Belchertown, Massachusetts, USA d. 18 April 1858 , Belchertown, Massachusetts, USA )

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Lyman Dwight TOWNE was born 6 October 1834 in Belchertown, Massachusetts, USA

Lyman Dwight TOWNE was the child of Israel TOWNE and Hannah STACY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Amasa TOWNE and Margaret SMITH (maternal) Mark STACY and Julia ROOT

Lyman Dwight TOWNE died 18 April 1858 in Belchertown, Massachusetts, USA.
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1834 Birth
6 October 1834
Belchertown, Massachusetts, USA

1837 - Martin Van Buren becomes President of the United States

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

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

From the 1840s through the 1880s, thousands trekked westward, carrying only a few belonging and supplies for the journey, and settling on the western frontier, forever changing the American West.

1841 - William Henry Harrison becomes President of the United States

1841 - John Tyler becomes President of the United States

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.