Levi BUSHEE

Born

abt. 1802 , Swansea, Massachusetts, USA

Died

18 December 1875 , Swansea, Massachusetts, USA

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John BUSHEE

Mother

Patience SALISBURY

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Daniel SALISBURY Patience COLE

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1803 - Louisiana Purchase - The United States doubled its size by purchasing this territory from Spain. (October 20)

1805 - Lewis and Clark reach Pacific (November 15)

1809 - James Madison becomes President of the United States

The War of 1812 was a conflict between the United States and Great Britain, lasting from 1812 to 1815. It was primarily fueled by issues such as trade restrictions due to Britain's ongoing war with France, impressment of American sailors into the British Navy, and British support of Native American tribes against American expansion. The war ended with the Treaty of Ghent, restoring pre-war boundaries but resolving few of the initial disputes.

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 - 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

1855 - Swansea, Massachusetts

Name: Levi Bushee
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1855
Event Place: Swansey, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States
Age: 53
Birth Year (Estimated): 1802
Gender: Male
BirthPlace: Massachusetts, United States
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
John Bushee Male 79 Massachusetts, United States
Patience Bushee Female 81 Massachusetts, United States
Levi Bushee Male 53 Massachusetts, United States
Sally Bushee Female 49 Massachusetts, United States
Mary Bushee Female 40 Massachusetts, United States
Thomas Lewis Male 46 Massachusetts, United States

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1855 Massachusetts Census
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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

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)

1865 - Swansea, Massachusetts

Name: Levi Bushee
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1865
Event Place: Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States
Event Place: Swansey, Bristol, Massachusetts
Gender: Male
Age: 62
Marital Status: Single
Ethnicity: American
Race: White
Birth Year (Estimated): 1803
BirthPlace: Massachusetts, United States
Household ID:
Family Number: 77
Line Number: 32
Reference ID:
GS Film Number: 0953970
Digital Folder Number: 004286757
Image Number: 00065

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Patience Bushee F 91 Massachusetts, United States
Levi Bushee M 62 Massachusetts, United States
Sally Bushee F 56 Massachusetts, United States

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1865 Massachusetts Census
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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 - Swansea, Massachusetts

Name: Levi Bushee
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1870
Event Place: Massachusetts, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 67
Race: White
Race: W
Birth Year (Estimated): 1802-1803
BirthPlace: Massachusetts
Page Number: 18
Household ID: 181
Line Number: 18
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: M593
GS Film Number: 000552104
Digital Folder Number: 004269700
Image Number: 00787

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Levi Bushee M 67 Massachusetts
Sally Bushee F 64 Massachusetts
Patience Bushee F 96 Massachusetts

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1870 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states.

Death

Name: Levi Bushee
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 18 Dec 1875
Event Place: Swansey, Massachusetts
Residence Place: Swansey, Mass
Address:
Gender: Male
Age: 73
Marital Status: Single
Occupation: Mason
Birth Date:
BirthPlace: Swansey, Mass
Birth Year (Estimated): 1802
Burial Date:
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Cemetery:
Father's Name: John Bushee
Father's Titles and Terms:
Father's BirthPlace: Swansey, Mass
Mother's Name: Patience Salisbury
Mother's Titles and Terms:
Mother's BirthPlace: Swansey, Mass
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Spouse's Name:
Reference ID: v 274 p 140
GS Film Number: 960207
Frame Number:
Digital Folder Number: 4221422
Image Number: 163

'Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915,' database with images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ ark:/ 61903/ 1:1:NWQP-P6T : 10 March 2018), Patience Salisbury in entry for Levi Bushee, 18 Dec 1875; citing Swansey, Massachusetts, v 274 p 140, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 960,207.

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