Horace HOYT

Born

31 July 1825 , Brookfield, Trumbull, Ohio, USA

Died

23 September 1861 , Adams, Illinois, USA

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Benjamin HOYT Dorothy Amanda WALKER

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Born: 31 July 1825 in Brookfield, Trumbull, Ohio, USA

Father: Benjamin HOYT

Mother: Dorothy Amanda WALKER

Paternal grandparents: Robert HOYT , Jane HALL

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Horace married Deborah HALL 17 October 1852 in Mason County, Illinois, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Deborah HALL was born 10 January 1831 in Indiana, USA. Deborah died 25 January 1882 in Laharpe, Hancock, Illinois, USA.

Horace HOYT died 23 September 1861 in Adams, Illinois, USA.
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Horace HOYT married

Deborah HALL
Marriage date: 17 October 1852
Marriage place: Mason County, Illinois, USA

Children of Horace HOYT and Deborah HALL

Albertus Homer HOYT

Born: 2 August 1853, Tazewell County, Illinois, USA
Died: 27 December 1938, Webster, Hancock, Illinois, USA

Married: Ann Eliza SHIPMAN 10 September 1874

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Birth — 1825
31 July 1825
Brookfield, Trumbull, Ohio, USA

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 - Millard Fillmore becomes President of the United States