Mark BILLS

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8 April 1806 , Amherst, New Hampshire, USA

Died

26 August 1853 , Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

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Born: 8 April 1806 in Amherst, New Hampshire, USA

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Mark married Maria Daggett GRANGER 18 August 1835 in Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA* . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Maria Daggett GRANGER was born abt. 1811 in Connecticut, USA. Maria Daggett died 18 May 1847 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.

Mark BILLS died 26 August 1853 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
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Mark BILLS married

Maria Daggett GRANGER
Marriage date: 18 August 1835
Marriage place: Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA*

Children of Mark BILLS and Maria Daggett GRANGER

Horatio C BILLS

Born: 30 May 1838, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 14 August 1869, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Isabella JONES 24 August 1858 Place: Charlestown, Massachusetts, USA*

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Birth — 1806
8 April 1806
Amherst, New Hampshire, USA

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.

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
Mark BILLS and Maria Daggett GRANGER 18 August 1835, Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA*

He was 29 years old.

1837 - Martin Van Buren becomes President of the United States

1838 Birth of Child
Horatio C BILLS was born 30 May 1838, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

Mark was 32 years old.

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