Maria Garcelon MOODY

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27 December 1801 , Lewiston, Massachusetts (District of Maine)

Died

7 June 1882 , Lewiston, Maine, USA

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Born: 27 December 1801 in Lewiston, Massachusetts (District of Maine)

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Maria Garcelon married John Augustus DAVIS abt. 1828 in Lewiston, Maine, USA . The couple had (at least) 6 children.
John Augustus DAVIS was born 9 December 1801 in Ludlow, New Brunswick, Canada. John Augustus died 22 December 1876 in Lewiston, Maine, USA. John Augustus was the child of Abel DAVIS and Angelica ASTLE.

Maria Garcelon MOODY died 7 June 1882 in Lewiston, Maine, USA.

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Maria Garcelon MOODY married

John Augustus DAVIS
Marriage date: abt. 1828
Marriage place: Lewiston, Maine, USA
John Augustus DAVIS was the child of Abel DAVIS and Angelica ASTLE

Children of John Augustus DAVIS and Maria Garcelon MOODY

Vesta Maria DAVIS

Born: 13 January 1829, , Maine, USA
Died: ,

George Bates DAVIS

Born: 5 December 1830, , Maine, USA
Died: abt. 1889,

Henry Daniel DAVIS

Born: 8 August 1833, New Portland, Maine, USA
Died: 13 April 1865, Mount Pleasant, Monroe, Alabama, USA

James Lowell DAVIS

Born: 16 October 1835, New Portland, Maine, USA
Died: 19 June 1855, Croton, Newaygo, Michigan, USA

William Garcelon DAVIS

Born: 22 September 1838, New Portland, Maine, USA
Died: 28 August 1862, , Virginia, USA

John Augustus DAVIS

Born: December 1841, New Portland, Maine, USA
Died: 17 December 1913, Peaks Island, Cumberland, Maine, USA

Married: Mary Louise MCFARLAND 19 March 1869 Place: Lewiston, Maine, USA

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Birth — 1801
27 December 1801
Lewiston, Massachusetts (District of Maine)

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 Birth of Child
Vesta Maria DAVIS was born 13 January 1829, , Maine, USA

Maria Garcelon was 27 years old.

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

1830 Birth of Child
George Bates DAVIS was born 5 December 1830, , Maine, USA

Maria Garcelon was 28 years old.

1833 Birth of Child
Henry Daniel DAVIS was born 8 August 1833, New Portland, Maine, USA

Maria Garcelon was 31 years old.

1835 Birth of Child
James Lowell DAVIS was born 16 October 1835, New Portland, Maine, USA

Maria Garcelon was 33 years old.

1837 - Martin Van Buren becomes President of the United States

1838 Birth of Child
William Garcelon DAVIS was born 22 September 1838, New Portland, Maine, USA

Maria Garcelon was 36 years old.

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

1841 Birth of Child
John Augustus DAVIS was born December 1841, New Portland, Maine, USA

Maria Garcelon was 39 years old.

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

1855 Death of Child
James Lowell DAVIS died 19 June 1855, Croton, Newaygo, Michigan, USA

Maria Garcelon was 53 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

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

1862 Death of Child
William Garcelon DAVIS died 28 August 1862, , Virginia, USA

Maria Garcelon was 60 years old.

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)

1865 Death of Child
Henry Daniel DAVIS died 13 April 1865, Mount Pleasant, Monroe, Alabama, USA

Maria Garcelon was 63 years old.

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

1869 Marriage of Child
John Augustus DAVIS married 19 March 1869, Lewiston, Maine, USA to Mary Louise MCFARLAND

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.

1876 Death of Spouse/Partner
John Augustus DAVIS died 22 December 1876, Lewiston, Maine, USA

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)

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.

Death — 1882
7 June 1882
Lewiston, Maine, USA
She died at the age of 80.

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The name Maine is probably a practical nautical term which refers to the region being a mainland (separate from the many surrounding islands). Reference to the area as 'Maine' in writing first appeared in 1622. (statesymbolsusa.org)

Prior to 1685 - New England
1686 - 1689 - Dominion of New England
1690 - 1775 - New England
1776 - 1820 - Massachusetts (District of Maine)
March 15, 1820 - Maine becomes 23rd U.S. state

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