Laura CLARK

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21 November 1798 , Shaftsbury, Vermont, USA

Died

24 March 1880 , Rome, New York, USA

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Born: 21 November 1798 in Shaftsbury, Vermont, USA

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Laura married Asa Clark HUNTINGTON 15 November 1815 in Shaftsbury, Vermont, USA . The couple had (at least) 10 children.
Asa Clark HUNTINGTON was born 22 May 1794 in Shaftsbury, Vermont, USA (South, Center). Asa Clark died 9 November 1865 in Rome, New York, USA. Asa Clark was the child of Matthew HUNTINGTON and Mary "Polly" CATLIN.

Laura CLARK died 24 March 1880 in Rome, New York, USA.
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Laura CLARK married

Asa Clark HUNTINGTON
Marriage date: 15 November 1815
Marriage place: Shaftsbury, Vermont, USA
Asa Clark HUNTINGTON was the child of Matthew HUNTINGTON and Mary "Polly" CATLIN

Children of Asa Clark HUNTINGTON and Laura CLARK

Mary HUNTINGTON

Born: 24 September 1816, Floyd, New York, USA
Died: 9 February 1881, Westernville, New York, USA

Ansel HUNTINGTON

Born: 9 August 1818, Floyd, New York, USA
Died: 18 April 1890, Rome, New York, USA

Elon HUNTINGTON

Born: 8 April 1820, Floyd, New York, USA
Died: 12 June 1884, Manhattan, New York, USA

Married: Mary MORSE 1 February 1843

Married: Lucy Emeline MORSE 22 January 1846

Martha HUNTINGTON

Born: 19 February 1822, Floyd, New York, USA
Died: ,

Amanda HUNTINGTON

Born: 24 June 1823, Westernville, New York, USA
Died: 30 March 1902, Rome, New York, USA

Ann HUNTINGTON

Born: 22 March 1825, Westernville, New York, USA
Died: 2 May 1828, Westernville, New York, USA

George HUNTINGTON

Born: 11 January 1827, Westernville, New York, USA
Died: 20 June 1892, Rome, New York, USA

Married: Nancy Anna OLIVER 11 June 1867 Place: Rome, New York, USA

Jay HUNTINGTON

Born: 29 March 1829, Westernville, New York, USA
Died: 23 February 1895, Plymouth, Michigan, USA

Married: Caroline SCOTT 27 August 1856

Jane HUNTINGTON

Born: 26 April 1831, Westernville, New York, USA
Died: ,

Laura HUNTINGTON

Born: 8 February 1834, Westernville, New York, USA
Died: ,

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Birth — 1798
21 November 1798
Shaftsbury, Vermont, USA

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1801 - Thomas Jefferson becomes President of the United States

Thomas Jefferson Genealogy

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.

1815 Marriage / Partner
Laura CLARK and Asa Clark HUNTINGTON 15 November 1815, Shaftsbury, Vermont, USA (South, Center)

She was 16 years old.

1816 Birth of Child
Mary HUNTINGTON was born 24 September 1816, Floyd, New York, USA (Floyd Corners)

Laura was 17 years old.

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1817 - James Monroe becomes President of the United States

1818 Birth of Child
Ansel HUNTINGTON was born 9 August 1818, Floyd, New York, USA (Floyd Corners)

Laura was 19 years old.

1820 Birth of Child
Elon HUNTINGTON was born 8 April 1820, Floyd, New York, USA (Floyd Corners)

Laura was 21 years old.

1822 Birth of Child
Martha HUNTINGTON was born 19 February 1822, Floyd, New York, USA (Floyd Corners)

Laura was 23 years old.

1823 Birth of Child
Amanda HUNTINGTON was born 24 June 1823, Westernville, New York, USA

Laura was 24 years old.

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

1825 Birth of Child
Ann HUNTINGTON was born 22 March 1825, Westernville, New York, USA

Laura was 26 years old.

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 Birth of Child
George HUNTINGTON was born 11 January 1827, Westernville, New York, USA

Laura was 28 years old.

1827 - The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad is incorporated, becoming the first railroad in America offering commercial transportation of both people and freight.

1828 Death of Child
Ann HUNTINGTON died 2 May 1828, Westernville, New York, USA

Laura was 29 years old.

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1829 - Andrew Jackson becomes President of the United States

1829 Birth of Child
Jay HUNTINGTON was born 29 March 1829, Westernville, New York, USA

Laura was 30 years old.

1830 - The Indian Removal Act marks the beginning of the forced relocation of five tribes of native Americans, known as Trail of Tears

1831 Birth of Child
Jane HUNTINGTON was born 26 April 1831, Westernville, New York, USA

Laura was 32 years old.

1834 Birth of Child
Laura HUNTINGTON was born 8 February 1834, Westernville, New York, USA

Laura was 35 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

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.

1865 Death of Spouse/Partner
Asa Clark HUNTINGTON died 9 November 1865, Rome, New York, USA

1867 Marriage of Child
George HUNTINGTON married 11 June 1867, Rome, New York, USA to Nancy Anna OLIVER

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.

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)

Death — 1880
24 March 1880
Rome, New York, USA
She died at the age of 81.

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French explorer Samuel de Champlain called the Green Mountains of Vermont 'Verd Mont' (green mountain) on his 1647 map. (statesymbolsusa.org)

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1686 - 1689 - Dominion of New England
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1776 - 1791 - Vermont Republic (New Hampshire Grants)
March 4, 1791 - Vermont becomes 14th U.S. state

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