Priscilla Preshey CAMERON

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30 March 1815 , Tennessee, USA

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abt. 1860 , Tennessee, USA

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Absalom CAMERON Elizabeth "Betsy" GALLIAN

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Born: 30 March 1815 in Tennessee, USA

Father: Absalom CAMERON

Mother: Elizabeth "Betsy" GALLIAN

Paternal grandparents: John Canaday CAMERON , Margaret JONES

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Priscilla Preshey married Arthur (Author) Lee Campbell GARRETT 19 September 1835 . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Arthur (Author) Lee Campbell GARRETT was born abt. 1813 in Tennessee, USA. Arthur (Author) Lee Campbell died January 1891 in Jefferson, Jefferson, Tennessee, USA. Arthur (Author) Lee Campbell was the child of Pleasant Jasper GARRETT and Margaret Peggy BREVARD.

Priscilla Preshey CAMERON died abt. 1860 in Tennessee, USA.
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Arthur (Author) Lee Campbell GARRETT
Marriage date: 19 September 1835
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Arthur (Author) Lee Campbell GARRETT was the child of Pleasant Jasper GARRETT and Margaret Peggy BREVARD

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Cordelia Sophronia GARRETT

Born: 5 October 1846, Mossy Creek, Jefferson City, Tennessee, USA
Died: 3 July 1925, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA

Married: Isaac Moses GORE 19 November 1869

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Birth — 1815
30 March 1815
Tennessee, 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

1835 Marriage / Partner
Priscilla Preshey CAMERON and Arthur (Author) Lee Campbell GARRETT 19 September 1835,

She was 20 years old.

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

1846 Birth of Child
Cordelia Sophronia GARRETT was born 5 October 1846, Mossy Creek, Jefferson City, Tennessee, USA

Priscilla Preshey was 31 years old.

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

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