Solomon GARY

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abt. 1802 , Taunton, Massachusetts, USA

Died

01 November 1886 , Cabot, Vermont, USA

Age: 84

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Seth GARY

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Zilpha PIERCE

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Elijah GARY Ruth HASKINS

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married Polly Lowell, lived in Cabot and Walden, VT

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1803 - Louisiana Purchase - The United States doubled its size by purchasing this territory from Spain. (October 20)

1805 - Lewis and Clark reach Pacific (November 15)

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 Cabot, Caledonia, Vermont

Name: Salmon Gary
event: Census
Event Date: 1850
Event Place: Cabot, Caledonia, Vermont, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 48
Marital Status:
Race (Original):
race (standardized):
birthPlace: Massachusetts
estimated Birth Year: 1802
dwelling house number: 219
family number: 224
Line Number: 30
nara publication number: M432
nara roll number: 922
Film Number: 27448
Digital Folder Number: 004191108
Image Number: 00288
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Salmon Gary M 48 Massachusetts
Polly Gary F 46 Vermont
Moses Gary M 82 Massachusetts
Elizabeth Gary F 70 New Hampshire
Cathorine Gary F 26 Vermont
John Gary M 62 Rhode Island
Brattle Gary M 72 Massachusetts
Lorenzo Gary M 29 Vermont
Edward Gary M 73 Connecticut

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1850 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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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 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1860 Cabot, Vermont

Name: Salmon Gerry
Residence: , Washington, Vermont
ward: Cabot
Age: 57 years
estimated Birth Year: 1803
birthPlace: Massachusetts
Gender: Male
pAge: 303
family number: 2501
Film Number: 805324
dgs number: 4297353
Image Number: 00685
nara number: M653

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1860 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
Exploring the U.S. Census: Your Guide to America’s Data

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 Cabot, Vermont

Name: Salmon Gerry
estimated Birth Year: 1802
Gender: Male
age in 1870: 68y
color (white, black, mulatto, chinese, indian): White
birthPlace: Massachusetts
home in 1870: Vermont, United States
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Salmon Gerry M 68y Massachusetts
Polly Gerry F 67y Vermont
Mary E Norris F 15y Vermont
Susan J Norris M 9y Vermont

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1870 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
Exploring the U.S. Census: Your Guide to America’s Data

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 Walden, Caledonia, Vermont

name : Salmon Garry
event: Census
Event Date: 1880
Event Place: Walden, Caledonia, Vermont, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 77
marital status : Married
occupation : Farmer
race or color (original) :
ethnicity (standardized) : American
relationship to head : Father
birthplace : Massachusetts, United States
birthdate : 1803
spouse's name : Polly Garry
spouse's birthplace : New Hampshire, United States
father's name :
father's birthplace : Massachusetts, United States
mother's name :
mother's birthplace : Massachusetts, United States
page : 248
page character : B
entry number : 26
nara film number : T9-1342
gs film number : 1255342
Digital Folder Number: 004244814
Image Number: 00503
Household Gender Age Birthplace
self Clara White F 43 Vermont, United States
son Norris S White M 19 Vermont, United States
son Rodney A White M 7 Vermont, United States
father Salmon Garry M 77 Massachusetts, United States
mother Polly

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1880 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
Exploring the U.S. Census: Your Guide to America’s Data

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.

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 Death

Name: Salmon Gerry
event: Death
Event Date: 01 Nov 1886
Event Place: , , Vermont, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 84
estimated Birth Year: 1802
father: Elbridge Gerry
mother: Pearce
Spouse:
spouse's father:
spouse's mother:
Film Number: 540091
Digital Folder Number: 004357192
Image Number: 00915

'Vermont, Vital Records, 1760-1954,' index and images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ XFSQ-BXN : accessed 12 Dec 2012), Salmon Gerry, 1886.

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familysearch.org (Mormon Genealogy Records)
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