Sally BUSHEE

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abt. 1806 , Massachusetts, USA

Died

1 November 1881 , Swansea, Massachusetts, USA

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John BUSHEE

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Patience SALISBURY

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Daniel SALISBURY Patience COLE

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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: Sally Bushee
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1855
Event Place: Swansey, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States
Age: 49
Birth Year (Estimated): 1806
Gender: Female
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)

1855 - Swansea, Massachusetts

Name: Sally Bushee
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1865
Event Place: Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States
Event Place: Swansey, Bristol, Massachusetts
Gender: Female
Age: 56
Marital Status: Single
Ethnicity: American
Race: White
Birth Year (Estimated): 1809
BirthPlace: Massachusetts, United States
Family Number: 77
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Patience Bushee Female 91 Massachusetts, United States
Levi Bushee Male 62 Massachusetts, United States
Sally Bushee Female 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: Sally Bushee
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1870
Event Place: Massachusetts, United States
Gender: Female
Age: 64
Race: White
Race: W
Birth Year (Estimated): 1805-1806
BirthPlace: Massachusetts
Page Number: 18
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Levi Bushee Male 67 Massachusetts
Sally Bushee Female 64 Massachusetts
Patience Bushee Female 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.

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 - Swansea, Massachusetts

Name: Sally Bushee
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1880
Event Place: Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States
District: ED 74
Gender: Female
Age: 74
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Race: W
Occupation: At Home
Relationship to Head of Household: Sister
Relationship to Head of Household: Sister
Birth Year (Estimated): 1806
BirthPlace: Massachusetts, United States
Father's BirthPlace: Massachusetts, United States
Mother's BirthPlace: Massachusetts, United States
Note:
Sheet Letter: D
Sheet Number: 232
Sheet Number and Letter: 232D
Household ID: 4534583
Person Number: 1
Volume: 1
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: T9
Affiliate Film Number: 0523
GS Film Number: 1254523
Digital Folder Number: 005160784
Image Number: 00248

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Betsey Pierce Self F 79 Massachusetts, United States
Sally Bushee Sister F 74 Massachusetts, United States

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1880 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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Death

Name: Sally Bushee
Gender: Female
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Death Date: 01 Nov 1881
Death Place: Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts
Age: 76
Birth Date: 1805
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Father's Name: John Bushee
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Mother's Name: Patience Bushee
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I01103-0
System Origin: Massachusetts-EASy
GS Film Number: 1993146
Reference ID: page 43

'Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910,' database, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ ark:/ 61903/ 1:1:FHTQ-5NL : 10 February 2018), Sally Bushee, 01 Nov 1881; citing Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts, reference page 43; FHL microfilm 1,993,146.

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familysearch.org (Mormon Genealogy Records)
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