Eli B ROBERTS

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14 July 1816 , Scipio, New York, USA

Died

28 January 1864 , Sparta, Kent, Michigan, USA

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Born: 14 July 1816 in Scipio, New York, USA

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Eli B married Catharine P THOMPSON 28 January 1844 in Scipio Township, Seneca, Ohio, USA . Catharine P THOMPSON was born 18 November 1820 in Venice, Cayuga, New York, USA. Catharine P died 2 March 1890 in Sparta, Kent, Michigan, USA. Catharine P was the child of Josiah THOMPSON and Dorcas CHIDESTER.

Eli B ROBERTS died 28 January 1864 in Sparta, Kent, Michigan, USA.
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Catharine P THOMPSON
Marriage date: 28 January 1844
Marriage place: Scipio Township, Seneca, Ohio, USA
Catharine P THOMPSON was the child of Josiah THOMPSON and Dorcas CHIDESTER

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Birth — 1816
14 July 1816
Scipio, New York, USA

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)