Mercy Ann GIFFORD

Born

abt. 1834 , New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA

Died

14 April 1896 , New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA

Mercy Ann married Stephen SHERMAN 22 August 1852 in New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Stephen SHERMAN was born abt. 1817 in Rochester, Massachusetts, USA. Stephen died 24 August 1886 in New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA. Stephen was the child of William SHERMAN and Experience HILLER .

Parents & Family of Mercy Ann GIFFORD

Parents of Mercy Ann GIFFORD

Father

William Almy Tillinghast GIFFORD

Mother

Annie B ELDRIDGE

Grandparents of Mercy Ann GIFFORD

Paternal grandparents

Tillinghast Almy GIFFORD Mary E ROBERTSON

Maternal grandparents

Maternal grandfather not yet recorded Maternal grandmother not yet recorded

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Mercy Ann GIFFORD

Mercy Ann GIFFORD married

Stephen SHERMAN
Marriage date: 22 August 1852
Marriage place: New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA
Stephen SHERMAN was the child of William SHERMAN and Experience HILLER

Children of Stephen SHERMAN and Mercy Ann GIFFORD

Mercy Ann SHERMAN

Born: 11 June 1853, Fairhaven, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 18 December 1906, New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Charles Abner LAWTON 14 August 1871 Place: New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA

Married: George S HASKINS 10 June 1895 Place: New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA

Annie E SHERMAN

Born: 13 March 1861, New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA
Died: ,

Married: George Adam LAWTON 10 September 1881 Place: New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA

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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

1852 Marriage / Partner
Mercy Ann GIFFORD and Stephen SHERMAN 22 August 1852, New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA

1853 - Franklin Pierce becomes President of the United States

1853 Birth of Child
Mercy Ann SHERMAN was born 11 June 1853, Fairhaven, Massachusetts, USA

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

1861 Birth of Child
Annie E SHERMAN was born 13 March 1861, New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA

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.

1871 Marriage of Child
Mercy Ann SHERMAN married 14 August 1871, New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA to Charles Abner LAWTON

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 - New Bedford, Massachusetts

Name: Mercy A. Sherman
Age: 45
Birth Date: Abt 1835
BirthPlace: Massachusetts
Home in 1880: New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
Street: S Second Street
House Number: 85
Dwelling Number: 159
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Stephen Sherman
Father's BirthPlace: Massachusetts
Mother's BirthPlace: Massachusetts
Occupation: Keeping House
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Household Members:
Name Age
Stephen Sherman 63
Mercy A. Sherman 45
Marcy A. Lawton 27
Charles A. Lawton 28
William W. Sherman 25
Emma C. Brooks 23
Annie E. Sherman 19
Stephen Sherman 17
Eleanor G. Sherman 14

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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 Marriage of Child
Annie E SHERMAN married 10 September 1881, New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA to George Adam LAWTON

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