Lydia Minerva MOON

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26 January 1827 , Monroe, New York, USA

Died

2 September 1898 , Hudson, Lenawee, Michigan, USA

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Reuben MOON Alice GROVER

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Born: 26 January 1827 in Monroe, New York, USA

Father: Reuben MOON

Mother: Alice GROVER

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Lydia Minerva married James W SALISBURY abt. 1868 . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
James W SALISBURY was born November 1825 in New York, USA. James W died 8 January 1904 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA. James W was the child of Cummings (Cummins) (Cumins) (Benjamin) SALISBURY and Harriet SMITH.

Lydia Minerva MOON died 2 September 1898 in Hudson, Lenawee, Michigan, USA.

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"In 1809 Reuben Moon began the Moon settlement in the east part of the town." (Sweden, New York)

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Reuben Moon, with his sons James, Amos, and Isaac, settled in 1809 and '10

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Recorded occupation: tailoress

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Lydia Minerva MOON married

James W SALISBURY
Marriage date: abt. 1868
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James W SALISBURY was the child of Cummings (Cummins) (Cumins) (Benjamin) SALISBURY and Harriet SMITH

Children of James W SALISBURY and Lydia Minerva MOON

Blanche SALISBURY

Born: abt. 1867, , Michigan, USA
Died: abt. 1870, Hudson, Lenawee, Michigan, USA

Loe SALISBURY

Born: 9 September 1868, Hudson, Lenawee, Michigan, USA
Died: 26 September 1868, Hudson, Lenawee, Michigan, USA

William SALISBURY

Born: abt. 1869, , Michigan, USA
Died: abt. 1870, Hudson, Lenawee, Michigan, USA

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Birth — 1827
26 January 1827
Monroe, New York, USA

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 - 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

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.

1868 Birth of Child
Loe SALISBURY was born 9 September 1868, Hudson, Lenawee, Michigan, USA

Lydia Minerva was 41 years old.

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

1870 Hudson, Lenawee, Michigan
Name: M Lydia Salsbury
Birth Year (Estimated): 1828
Gender: Female
Age (Original): 42y
Race: White
Birthplace: New York
Event Place: Michigan, United States
Household Gender Age Birthplace
James Salsbury M 43y New York, butcher
M Lydia Salsbury F 42y New York, tailoress
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)

1880 Hudson, Lenawee, Michigan
Name: Lydia Salisbury
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1880
Event Place: Hudson, Lenawee, Michigan, United States
Gender: Female
Age: 53
Marital Status: Married
Occupation: Keeps House
Race (Original): W
Ethnicity: American
Relationship to Head of Household: Wife
Birthplace: New York, United States
Birth Date: 1827
Spouse's Name: James Salisbury
Spouse's Birthplace: New York, United States
Father's Name:
Father's Birthplace: New York, United States
Mother's Name:
Mother's Birthplace: New York, United States
Page: 235
Page Letter: D
Entry Number: 991
Affiliate Film Number: T9-0591
GS Film number: 1254591
Digital Folder Number: 004241731
Image Number: 00154
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Self James Salisbury M 54 New York, United States
Wife Lydia Salisbury F 53 New York, United States
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.

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

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

1893 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

1897 - William McKinley becomes President of the United States

Death
Name: Lydia M Salisbury
[Lydia M Moon]
Gender: Female
Age: 79
Race: White
Birth Year: abt 1819
Death Date: 2 Sep 1898
Death Place: Hudson, Lenawee, Michigan, USA
Father: Rubin Moon
Mother: Ellis Moon

The Library of Michigan; Michigan Death Records Project; Rolls: 1-302; Archive Barcode/ Item Number: 30000008345880; Roll Number: 8; Certificate Number: 36
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Death
Name: Lydia M Salisbury
[Lydia M Moore]
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Married
Birth Date: 1819
Birth Place: New York
Death Date: 2 Sep 1898
Death Place: Hudson, Lenawee, Michigan, USA
Death Age: 79
File Number: 1187
Father: Rubin Moore
Mother: Allie Grover

Ancestry.com. Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1950 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
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Obituary
SALISBURY, MRS JAS
Sep 9, 1898
Hudson Post

Mrs James Salisbury died last week Fri. Maiden name was Lydia Moon, & was born in Monroe Co., NY, Jan 26, 1826. At 12, moved to Penn, & in 1843 to Mich with her family. Married first to David McDonald & later to Jas Salsbury, who survives. Was mother of 3 children, all dead.