Hiram B WRIGHT

Born

abt. 1842 , Saratoga County, New York, USA

Died

8 January 1867 , Saratoga County, New York, USA

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Dennis WRIGHT

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Sarah SALISBURY

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Preserved SALISBURY Mary POWELL

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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 - Saratoga, New York

Name: Hiram B Wright
Age: 8
Birth Year: abt 1842
BirthPlace: New York
Home in 1850: Saratoga, Saratoga, New York, USA
Gender: Male
Family Number: 12
Household Members:
Name Age
Dennis Wright 47
Sarah Wright 47
Albert S Wright 19
Charles L Wright 15
Eliza Ann Wright 17
Hiram B Wright 8

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1850 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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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 - Saratoga Springs, New York

Name: Hiram Wright
Age: 18
Birth Year: abt 1842
Gender: Male
Birth Place: New York
Home in 1860: Saratoga Springs, Saratoga, New York
Post Office: Saratoga Springs
Dwelling Number: 1400
Family Number: 1521
Household Members:
Name Age
Sarah Wright 57
Elbert Wright 30
Eliza A Wright 27
Charles L Wright 25
Hiram Wright 18
Emily Till 19

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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.