Greely Dustin HARPER

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5 November 1813 , Rumford, Massachusetts (District of Maine)

Died

15 October 1858 , Chester, Meigs, Ohio, USA

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Born: 5 November 1813 in Rumford, Massachusetts (District of Maine)

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Greely Dustin married Joanna Polly SLEEPER 30 August 1835 in Meigs, Ohio, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joanna Polly SLEEPER was born 5 April 1818 in Alexander, Athens, Ohio, USA. Joanna Polly died 4 June 1891 in Chester, Meigs, Ohio, USA. Joanna Polly was the child of Jonathan SLEEPER and Elisabeth PRICE.

Greely Dustin HARPER died 15 October 1858 in Chester, Meigs, Ohio, USA.
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Greely Dustin HARPER married

Joanna Polly SLEEPER
Marriage date: 30 August 1835
Marriage place: Meigs, Ohio, USA
Joanna Polly SLEEPER was the child of Jonathan SLEEPER and Elisabeth PRICE

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Lorania HARPER

Born: 1 March 1845, Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio, USA
Died: 28 January 1915, Fullerton, Nance County, Nebraska, USA

Married: Ferdinand Augustus HALSEY 28 January 1866 Place: , Ohio, USA

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Birth — 1813
5 November 1813
Rumford, Massachusetts (District of Maine)

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
Greely Dustin HARPER and Joanna Polly SLEEPER 30 August 1835, Meigs, Ohio, USA

He was 21 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 Birth of Child
Lorania HARPER was born 1 March 1845, Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio, USA

Greely Dustin was 31 years old.

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.

Death — 1858
15 October 1858
Chester, Meigs, Ohio, USA
He died at the age of 44.

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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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