Diana BAILEY

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11 March 1826 , Richmond, Maine, USA

Died

12 January 1892 , Monmouth, Maine, USA

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Born: 11 March 1826 in Richmond, Maine, USA

Father: Unknown

Mother: Unknown

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Diana married Elias Howard WADSWORTH abt. 1845 in Hallowell, Maine, USA . The couple had (at least) 9 children.
Elias Howard WADSWORTH was born 19 August 1820 in Litchfield, Maine, USA. Elias Howard died 10 July 1893 in Sabattus, Maine, USA (Webster).

Diana BAILEY died 12 January 1892 in Monmouth, Maine, USA.
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Diana BAILEY married

Elias Howard WADSWORTH
Marriage date: abt. 1845
Marriage place: Hallowell, Maine, USA

Marriage notes:

Name: Dianah Bailey

Gender: Female

Spouse: Elias Wadsworth

Spouse Gender: Male

Marriage Date: 1845

Registration Place: Hallowell, Kennebec, Maine, USA

Ancestry.com. Maine, Marriage Records, 1713-1937 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.

Original data: Maine Marriage Records, 1705-1922. Augusta, Maine: Maine State Archives.

Children of Elias Howard WADSWORTH and Diana BAILEY

Francis WADSWORTH

Born: 2 March 1846, Hallowell, Maine, USA
Died: 14 December 1916, Winthrop, Maine, USA

Lucy Ellen WADSWORTH

Born: 12 December 1847, Monmouth, Maine, USA
Died: 11 August 1919, Sabattus, Maine, USA

Married: Frank E SPOFFORD 23 October 1879 Place: Winthrop, Maine, USA

Abby C WADSWORTH

Born: 12 November 1849, Monmouth, Maine, USA
Died: 24 April 1851, Monmouth, Maine, USA

Aaron WADSWORTH

Born: 25 July 1851, Monmouth, Maine, USA
Died: 4 May 1865, Monmouth, Maine, USA

Elias WADSWORTH

Born: 23 July 1853, Monmouth, Maine, USA
Died: abt. 1870,

Diana Clara WADSWORTH

Born: 30 November 1855, Monmouth, Maine, USA
Died: 16 July 1912, West Gardiner, Maine, USA

Frank WADSWORTH

Born: 25 September 1858, Monmouth, Maine, USA
Died: 5 February 1908, Winthrop, Maine, USA

Married: Mary SHEA 17 November 1883 Place: Salem, Massachusetts, USA

Sewell May WADSWORTH

Born: 1 May 1866, Monmouth, Maine, USA
Died: 24 January 1883, Monmouth, Maine, USA

Myra Gertrude WADSWORTH

Born: 16 October 1868, Monmouth, Maine, USA
Died: abt. 1943, Monmouth, Maine, USA

Married: Eugene E DAY 10 September 1887 Place: Monmouth, Maine, USA

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Birth — 1826
11 March 1826
Richmond, Maine, USA

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

1846 Birth of Child
Francis WADSWORTH was born 2 March 1846, Hallowell, Maine, USA

Diana was 19 years old.

1847 Birth of Child
Lucy Ellen WADSWORTH was born 12 December 1847, Monmouth, Maine, USA

Diana was 21 years old.

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1849 - Zachary Taylor becomes President of the United States

1849 Birth of Child
Abby C WADSWORTH was born 12 November 1849, Monmouth, Maine, USA

Diana was 23 years old.

1850 Monmouth, Kennebec, Maine, United States
name: Diame Wadsworth
event: Census
event date: 1850
event place: Monmouth, Kennebec, Maine, United States
gender: Female
age: 22
marital status:
race (original):
race (expanded):
birthplace: Maine
estimated birth year: 1828
dwelling house number: 141
family number: 152
line number: 27
nara publication number: M432
nara roll number: 257
film number: 443494
digital folder number: 004198847
image number: 00463
Household Gender Age
Elias Wadsworth M 26
Diame Wadsworth F 22
Francisco Wadsworth F 4
Abba C Wadsworth F 0

1850 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1850 - Millard Fillmore becomes President of the United States

1851 Death of Child
Abby C WADSWORTH died 24 April 1851, Monmouth, Maine, USA

Diana was 25 years old.

1851 Birth of Child
Aaron WADSWORTH was born 25 July 1851, Monmouth, Maine, USA

Diana was 25 years old.

1853 - Franklin Pierce becomes President of the United States

1853 Birth of Child
Elias WADSWORTH was born 23 July 1853, Monmouth, Maine, USA

Diana was 27 years old.

1855 Birth of Child
Diana Clara WADSWORTH was born 30 November 1855, Monmouth, Maine, USA

Diana was 29 years old.

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

1858 Birth of Child
Frank WADSWORTH was born 25 September 1858, Monmouth, Maine, USA

Diana was 32 years old.

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.

1865 Death of Child
Aaron WADSWORTH died 4 May 1865, Monmouth, Maine, USA

Diana was 39 years old.

1866 Birth of Child
Sewell May WADSWORTH was born 1 May 1866, Monmouth, Maine, USA

Diana was 40 years old.

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1868 Birth of Child
Myra Gertrude WADSWORTH was born 16 October 1868, Monmouth, Maine, USA

Diana was 42 years old.

1869 - Ulysses S. Grant becomes President of the United States

1870 Monmouth, Kennebec, Maine
name: Diana Wadsworth
estimated birth year: 1826
gender: Female
age in 1870: 44y
color (white, black, mulatto, chinese, indian): White
birthplace: Maine
home in 1870: Maine, United States
Household Gender Age
Elias Wadsworth M 49y
Diana Wadsworth F 44y
Francisco Wadsworth M 24y
Lucy Ellen Wadsworth F 23y
Abby Clara Wadsworth F 19y
Elias Wadsworth M 17y
Frank Wadsworth M 13y
Sewell Wadsworth M 5y
Myra Wadsworth F 3y
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)

1879 Marriage of Child
Lucy Ellen WADSWORTH married 23 October 1879, Winthrop, Maine, USA to Frank E SPOFFORD

1880 Monmouth, Kennebec, Maine
name: Diania Wadsworth
residence: Monmouth, Kennebec, Maine
birthdate: 1827
birthplace: Maine, United States
relationship to head: Wife
spouse's name: Elias H. Wadsworth
spouse's birthplace: Maine, United States
father's name:
father's birthplace: Maine, United States
mother's name:
mother's birthplace: Maine, United States
race or color (expanded): White
ethnicity (standardized): American
gender: Female
martial status: Married
age (expanded): 53 years
occupation: Keeping House
nara film number: T9-0481
page: 332
page character: B
entry number: 1017
film number: 1254481
Household Gender Age
spouse Elias H. Wadsworth M 58
Diania Wadsworth F 53
child Frank Wadsworth M 21
child Sewell M. Wadsworth M 15
child Mira Wadsworth F 11
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 - 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.

1883 Death of Child
Sewell May WADSWORTH died 24 January 1883, Monmouth, Maine, USA

Diana was 56 years old.

1883 Marriage of Child
Frank WADSWORTH married 17 November 1883, Salem, Massachusetts, USA to Mary SHEA

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

1886 - October 28 - Statue of Liberty is Unveiled

1887 Marriage of Child
Myra Gertrude WADSWORTH married 10 September 1887, Monmouth, Maine, USA to Eugene E DAY

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1889 - Benjamin Harrison becomes President of the United States

1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)

The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)

First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented

1892 Death
ame: Mrs E H Wadsworth
Gender: Female
Age: 64
Birth Date: abt 1828
Death Date: 12 Jun 1892
Death Place: Monmouth
Registration Place: Monmouth, Kennebec
Father: Robert

Ancestry.com. Maine, Death Records, 1617-1922 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
Original data: Maine Death Records, 1617-1922. Augusta, Maine: Maine State Archives.
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Diana BAILEY - Grave Wadsworth, E. H., (father), Aug. 19, 1821 - July 10, 1893. (Civil War) Wadsworth, Diana, his wife, Mar. 11, 1826 - Jan. 12, 1892.

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Wadsworth, E. H., (father),
Aug. 19, 1821 - July 10, 1893.
(Civil War)

Wadsworth, Diana,
his wife,
Mar. 11, 1826 - Jan. 12, 1892.

Wadsworth, Abby C.,
d. April 24, 1851,
AEt 1 yr. 6 mo.

Wadsworth, Aaron,
d. May 4, 1865,
AEt 14 yrs.

Wadsworth, Frank,
b. Sept. 25, 1858 - d. Feb. 5, 1908.

Wadsworth, Sewall M.,
son of E. H. & D. Wadsworth,
b. May 1, 1866 - d. Jan. 24, 1883.

sons and daus. of E. H. & D. Wadsworth

Monmouth Center Cemetery Monmouth Kennebec County Maine, USA

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