Dorr William KATHAN

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8 July 1829 , Dummerston, Vermont, USA

Died

16 June 1877 , Brattleboro, Vermont, USA

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Born: 8 July 1829 in Dummerston, Vermont, USA

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Dorr William married Elizabeth W BRIGGS 13 September 1858 in Brattleboro, Vermont, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Elizabeth W BRIGGS was born abt. 1833 in Brattleboro, Vermont, USA (West Brattleboro). Elizabeth W died 29 December 1915 in Agawam, Massachusetts, USA (Feeding Hills).

Dorr William KATHAN died 16 June 1877 in Brattleboro, Vermont, USA .
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Dorr William KATHAN married

Elizabeth W BRIGGS
Marriage date: 13 September 1858
Marriage place: Brattleboro, Vermont, USA

Children of Dorr William KATHAN and Elizabeth W BRIGGS

Fanny A KATHAN

Born: 17 July 1872, Brattleboro, Vermont, USA
Died: 6 March 1966, Agawam, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Carl "Charles" Theodore CROUSS 25 April 1894 Place: Agawam, Massachusetts, USA (Feeding Hills)

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Birth — 1829
8 July 1829
Dummerston, Vermont, USA

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

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 Marriage / Partner
Dorr William KATHAN and Elizabeth W BRIGGS 13 September 1858, Brattleboro, Vermont, USA (West Brattleboro)

He was 29 years old.

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)

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.

1872 Birth of Child
Fanny A KATHAN was born 17 July 1872, Brattleboro, Vermont, USA (West Brattleboro)

Dorr William was 43 years old.