Edward Richmond DAVENPORT

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18 December 1814 , Amherst, Massachusetts, USA

Died

16 March 1886 , Gardner, Massachusetts, USA

Age: 72

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Born: 18 December 1814 in Amherst, Massachusetts, USA

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Edward Richmond married Lorania "Lorane" NOBLE . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Lorania "Lorane" NOBLE was born 25 February 1823 in Green, Chenango, New York, USA. Lorania "Lorane" died 26 March 1883 in Northampton, Massachusetts, USA (Florence).

Edward Richmond DAVENPORT died 16 March 1886 in Gardner, Massachusetts, USA.
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Allan J DAVENPORT

Born: January 1841, Great Barrington, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 23 April 1908, Springfield, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Nellie M RICKER

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Birth — 1814
18 December 1814
Amherst, Massachusetts, USA

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1817 - James Monroe becomes President of the United States

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1825 - John Quincy Adams becomes President of the United States

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1826 - Former U.S. Presidents Thomas Jefferson and John Adams both die on the 50th Anniversary of the signing of the United States Declaration of Independence.

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1827 - The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad is incorporated, becoming the first railroad in America offering commercial transportation of both people and freight.

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1829 - Andrew Jackson becomes President of the United States

1830 - The Indian Removal Act marks the beginning of the forced relocation of five tribes of native Americans, known as Trail of Tears

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 Birth of Child
Allan J DAVENPORT was born January 1841, Great Barrington, Massachusetts, USA (Housatonic)

Edward Richmond was 26 years old.

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.

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

1860 - Springfield, Massachusetts
Name: Edward R Davenport
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1860
Event Place: Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 46
Race: White
Race: [Blank]
Occupation:
Birth Year (Estimated): 1814
Birthplace: Massachusetts
Page: 440
Household ID: 3739
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: M653
Affiliate Film Number: 503
GS Film Number: 803503
Digital Folder Number: 005170085
Image Number: 00445

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Edward R Davenport M 46 Massachusetts
Lorana Davenport F 38 New York
Allen J Davenport M 19 Massachusetts
Eugene F Davenport M 8 Massachusetts
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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.

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - Rutherford B. Hayes becomes President of the United States

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1880 - Northampton, Massachusetts
Name: Edwin R. Davenport
Age: 66
Birth Date: Abt 1814
Birthplace: Massachusetts
Home in 1880: Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA
Dwelling Number: 230
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Self (Head)
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Lorane Davenport
Father's Birthplace: Massachusetts
Mother's Birthplace: Massachusetts
Occupation: Baker
Attended School: Yes
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Household Members:
Name Age
Edwin R. Davenport 66
Lorane Davenport 57

1880 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1881 - The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton.

1881 - March 4 - James A. Garfield becomes President of the United States

1881 - July 2 - James A. Garfield was shot at the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station in Washington, D.C., at 9:30 am on Saturday, July 2, 1881. He died in Elberon, New Jersey, two months later on September 19, 1881. The shooting occurred less than four months into his term as president. Charles J. Guiteau was convicted of Garfield's murder and executed by hanging one year after the shooting. Chester Arthur becomes President of the United States.