Zebulon Edward "Zeb" SEARS

Born

abt. 1850 , Ferrisburgh, Vermont, USA

Died

6 May 1899 , Lincoln, Vermont, USA

Zebulon Edward "Zeb" married Adelia "Delia" Mary RUSSELL 15 September 1875 in Ferrisburgh, Vermont, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Adelia "Delia" Mary RUSSELL was born 22 April 1858 in Shelburne, Vermont, USA. Adelia "Delia" Mary died 18 December 1924 in Johnson, Vermont, USA.

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Zebulon Edward "Zeb" SEARS married

Adelia "Delia" Mary RUSSELL
Marriage date: 15 September 1875
Marriage place: Ferrisburgh, Vermont, USA

Children of Zebulon Edward "Zeb" SEARS and Adelia "Delia" Mary RUSSELL

Pearl E SEARS

Born: 12 November 1892, , Vermont, USA
Died: 30 December 1956, Colchester, Vermont, USA

Married: Henry Joseph WELLS 4 September 1912 Place: Milton, Vermont, USA

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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.

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

1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states.

1875 Marriage / Partner
Zebulon Edward "Zeb" SEARS and Adelia "Delia" Mary RUSSELL 15 September 1875, Ferrisburgh, Vermont, USA (Ferrisburg) (North Ferrisburgh)

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)

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