Preserved Salisbury WAITE

Born

1 June 1818 , Halfmoon, New York, USA

Died

31 October 1904 , Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA

Preserved Salisbury married Mary E FITCH 17 May 1849 in Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA . The couple had (at least) 7 children.
Mary E FITCH was born 19 September 1823 in LeRoy, Genesee, New York, USA. Mary E died 16 February 1901 in Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA.

Parents & Family of Preserved Salisbury WAITE

Parents of Preserved Salisbury WAITE

Father

George WAITE

Mother

Betsey SALISBURY

Grandparents of Preserved Salisbury WAITE

Paternal grandparents

Paternal grandfather not yet recorded Paternal grandmother not yet recorded

Maternal grandparents

Preserved SALISBURY Mary POWELL

m. 1849-05-17, Kalamazoo Michigan

Mary E. Fitch
(1823–1901)

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Preserved Salisbury WAITE

Preserved Salisbury WAITE married

Mary E FITCH
Marriage date: 17 May 1849
Marriage place: Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA

Children of Preserved Salisbury WAITE and Mary E FITCH

William Thomas WAITE

Born: 23 May 1853, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
Died: 28 March 1943, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA

Margaret Ann WAITE

Born: 30 July 1855, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
Died: 7 August 1944, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA

George F WAITE

Born: 26 March 1856, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
Died: 2 February 1914, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA

Edwin Hays WAITE

Born: 13 August 1857, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
Died: 24 August 1943, Bloomington, San Bernadino, California, USA

Emma Amelia WAITE

Born: 23 March 1859, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
Died: 14 May 1936, Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA

John Hempstead WAITE

Born: 30 January 1861, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
Died: 8 October 1952, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA

Benjamin Asa WAITE

Born: 20 February 1870, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
Died: 30 June 1948, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA

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Birth — 1818
1 June 1818
Halfmoon, New York, USA

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 - 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 Marriage / Partner
Preserved Salisbury WAITE and Mary E FITCH 17 May 1849, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA

He was 30 years old.

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

1853 Birth of Child
William Thomas WAITE was born 23 May 1853, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA

Preserved Salisbury was 35 years old.

1855 Birth of Child
Margaret Ann WAITE was born 30 July 1855, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA

Preserved Salisbury was 37 years old.

1856 Birth of Child
George F WAITE was born 26 March 1856, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA

Preserved Salisbury was 37 years old.

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.

1857 Birth of Child
Edwin Hays WAITE was born 13 August 1857, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA

Preserved Salisbury was 39 years old.

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

1859 Birth of Child
Emma Amelia WAITE was born 23 March 1859, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA

Preserved Salisbury was 40 years old.

1861 Birth of Child
John Hempstead WAITE was born 30 January 1861, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA

Preserved Salisbury was 42 years old.

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 Birth of Child
Benjamin Asa WAITE was born 20 February 1870, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA

Preserved Salisbury was 51 years old.

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)

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.

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1885 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

1886 - October 28 - Statue of Liberty is Unveiled

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1889 - Benjamin Harrison becomes President of the United States

1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)

The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)

First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented

1893 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

1897 - William McKinley becomes President of the United States

1898 - April 25 – Spanish-American War: The United States declares war on Spain

1898 - December 10 – The Treaty of Paris is signed, ending the Spanish-American War.

1901 - King Camp Gillette and William Emery Nickerson invented the world's first disposable razor blade in 1901. (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

1901 Death of Spouse/Partner
Mary E FITCH died 16 February 1901, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA

1901 - William McKinley, the 25th president of the United States, was shot on the grounds of the Pan-American Exposition in the Temple of Music in Buffalo, New York, on September 6, 1901, six months into his second term. He was shaking hands with the public when an anarchist, Leon Czolgosz, shot him twice in the abdomen. Theodore Roosevelt becomes President of the United States.

1902 - July 17 - Willis Haviland Carrier designed the first modern air-conditioning system. (Buffalo, New York, USA)

1903 - The first engine-powered airplane is invented (Wilbur & Orville Wright, United States)

Death — 1904
31 October 1904
Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
He died at the age of 86.

Obituary

DEATH OF P. S. WAITE
Pioneer Farmer of Kalamazoo County Succumbs to Old Age.
Old age caused the death at 9 o'clock Monday evening of Preserved S. Waite at his home on Asylum avenue. Mr. Waite had not been seriously ill, but for some time had been gradually fading away as the result of his advanced age, 86 years. Mr. Waite was born in Saratoga county, New York, in 1818. In 1837 he came to Michigan and settled on a farm about three miles south of Kalamazoo and had since made his home in Kalamazoo county. In 1884 he decided to live in the city and moved to his home on Asylum avenue, where he died. He was married in May 1847, to Mary E. Fitch, who died in this city about two years ago. When Mr. Waite came to Kalamazoo the country was newly settled and he will be remembered by many of the older residents of the city as one of the pioneer farmers of the county. He was a man of influential character and had a large circle of friends throughout the entire southern section of Michigan. Mr.

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