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flag female ancestor  Mary Frances  MEAD

Born
August 20, 1830 ,  Rockingham, Vermont, USA
Died
abt. 1874 ,  Altona, New York, USA
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Born: August 20, 1830 in Rockingham, Vermont, USA

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Mary Frances  married  Daniel GRAY .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Daniel GRAY  was born abt. 1820 in Waterbury, Vermont, USA.  Daniel died August 13, 1900 in St Albans, Vermont, USA. 

Mary Frances MEAD died abt. 1874 in Altona, New York, USA.
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Mary Frances MEAD married flag male ancestor Daniel GRAY
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Children of Daniel GRAY and Mary Frances MEAD

flag photo of Harriet E "Hattie" GRAY (GREY)  Harriet E "Hattie" GRAY (GREY)
Born: August 29, 1854, Altona, New York, USA
Died: March 30, 1926, St Albans, Vermont, USA

Married: Albinus Morse WELLS 25 July 1883   Place: Haverhill, New Hampshire, USA (Woodsville) (Pike)



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BirthBirth — 1830
August 20, 1830
Rockingham, Vermont, USA
U.S. President1837 - Martin Van Buren becomes President of the United States
Invention 1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
News1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States
NewsFrom 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.
U.S. President1841 - William Henry Harrison becomes President of the United States
U.S. President1841 - John Tyler becomes President of the United States
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
Invention 1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)
U.S. President1845 - James Knox Polk becomes President of the United States
Invention 1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)
U.S. President1849 - Zachary Taylor becomes President of the United States
U.S. President1850 - Millard Fillmore becomes President of the United States
U.S. President1853 - Franklin Pierce becomes President of the United States
1854 Birth of Child
Harriet E "Hattie" GRAY (GREY) was born August 29, 1854, Altona, New York, USA

Mary Frances was 24 years old.
Invention 1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)
U.S. President1857 - James Buchanan becomes President of the United States
News1857 - 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.
Invention 1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser
News1861 - February 8 – American Civil War: The Confederate States of America are formed, comprising the first six break-away states.
U.S. President1861 - Abraham Lincoln becomes President of the United States
News1863 - January 1 - President Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, freeing slaves.
News1863 - October 3 – President Lincoln proclaims a national Thanksgiving day to be celebrated the final Thursday in November in the United States
News1863 - November 19 – American Civil War: U. S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the military cemetery dedication ceremony in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
Invention 1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)
U.S. PresidentApril 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.
Invention 1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.
U.S. President1869 - Ulysses S. Grant becomes President of the United States
News1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states.
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