William CORBETT

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7 March 1819 , Strong, Massachusetts (District of Maine)

Died

5 January 1894 , New Vineyard, Maine, USA

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Otis CORBETT Hannah HISCOCK

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Born: 7 March 1819 in Strong, Massachusetts (District of Maine)

Father: Otis CORBETT

Mother: Hannah HISCOCK

Maternal grandparents: Thomas HISCOCK , Anna KNOWLTON

William was a soldier in the U.S. Civil War.
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William married Mary Jane SMITH 21 June 1851 in Farmington, Maine, USA . Mary Jane SMITH was born 1 January 1833 in Farmington, Maine, USA. Mary Jane died 1 June 1917 in New Vineyard, Maine, USA.

William CORBETT died 5 January 1894 in New Vineyard, Maine, USA.
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William CORBETT married

Mary Jane SMITH
Marriage date: 21 June 1851
Marriage place: Farmington, Maine, USA
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Name: William Corbett

Spouse's Name: Mary J. Smith

Event Date: 21 Jun 1851

Event Place: Farmington, Franklin, Maine

Marital Status: Unknown

Spouse's Marital Status: Single

Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M50356-2 , System Origin: Maine-EASy , GS Film number: 10865 , Reference ID: Vol. 21 P. 174

Maine, Marriages, 1771-1907

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1819 Birth
Name: William Corbett
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 07 Mar 1819
Birthplace: STRONG,FRANKLIN,MAINE
Father's Name: Otis Corbett
Mother's Name: Hannah
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C50381-1 , System Origin: Maine-ODM , GS Film number: 12069

Maine, Births and Christenings, 1739-1900
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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

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 Farmington, Franklin, Maine

Name: William Corbett
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1850
Event Place: Farmington, Franklin, Maine, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 30
Race: White
Birth Year (Estimated): 1820
Birthplace: Maine
House Number: 432
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
William Corbett M 30 Maine
Moses Corbett M 24 Maine
Abner Corbett M 31 Maine
Household ID: 463 , Line Number: 10 , Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) , Affiliate Publication Number: M432 , Affiliate Film Number: 253 , GS Film Number: 9723 , Digital Folder Number: 004193971 , Image Number: 00392
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1850 - Millard Fillmore becomes President of the United States

1851 Marriage / Partner
William CORBETT and Mary Jane SMITH 21 June 1851, Farmington, Maine, USA

He was 32 years old.

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

1860 Farmington, Franklin, Maine
Name: Wm Corbett
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1860
Event Place: Farmington, Franklin, Maine, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 42
Race: White
Birth Year (Estimated): 1818
Birthplace: Maine
Page: 23
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: M653
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Wm Corbett M 42 Maine
Mary J Corbett F 25 Maine
Sarah E Corbett F 6 Maine
Household ID: 174 , GS Film Number: 803435 , Digital Folder Number: 004231246 , Image Number: 00027
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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)

1864 U.S. Naval Enlistment
Name: William A Corbett
Event Type: Military Service
Event Date: Aug 1864
Event Place: Boston
Age: 23
Birth Year (Estimated): 1841
Birthplace: Farmington, Maine
Complexion: Light
Volume: 36
Page: 149
Affiliate Publication Number: M1953
Affiliate Publication Title: Weekly return of enlistments at Naval Rendezvous ('Enlistment Rendezvous'), Jan. 6, 1855-Aug. 8, 1891 , Affiliate Film Number: 25 , GS Film number: 2381766 , Digital Folder Number: 004639552 , Image Number: 00786

United States Naval Enlistment Rendezvous, 1855-1891
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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 New Vineyard, Franklin, Maine
Name: William Corbett
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1870
Event Place: Maine, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 51
Race: White
Race (Original): W
Birth Year (Estimated): 1818-1819
Birthplace: Maine
Page Number: 2
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
William Corbett M 51 Maine
Mary J Corbett F 38 Maine
Sarah E Corbett F 15 Maine
Hannah Corbett F 67 Maine
Rodney H Corbett M 0 Maine
Household ID: 13 , Line Number: 11 , Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) , Affiliate Publication Number: M593 , GS Film number: 000552042 , Digital Folder Number: 004269642 , Image Number: 00300
1870 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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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)

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

1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)

The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)

First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented

1893 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

Death
Name: William Corbett
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 05 Jan 1894
Event Place: New Vineyard, , Maine, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 74
Birth Year (Estimated): 1820
Father's Name: Corbett
GS Film Number: 9919 , Digital Folder Number: 004543997 , Image Number: 00734

Maine, Vital Records, 1670-1907
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Hunter Mountain Cemetery New Vineyard Franklin County Maine, USA Plot: 2

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Hunter Mountain Cemetery New Vineyard Franklin County Maine, USA Plot: 2

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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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