Ora Lucy PETRY

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abt. 1817 , Island Creek, Giles, Virginia, USA

Died

abt. 1856 , Mercer, West Virginia, USA

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Born: abt. 1817 in Island Creek, Giles, Virginia, USA

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Ora Lucy married Andrew WILLIAMS . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Andrew WILLIAMS was born abt. 1820 in Virginia, USA. Andrew died 27 November 1898 in Chesapeak, Kanawha, West Virginia, USA. Andrew was the child of Larkin WILLIAMS and Rhoda COOK.

Ora Lucy PETRY died abt. 1856 in Mercer, West Virginia, USA.
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Ora Lucy PETRY married

Andrew WILLIAMS
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Andrew WILLIAMS was the child of Larkin WILLIAMS and Rhoda COOK

Children of Andrew WILLIAMS and Ora Lucy PETRY

Jacob WILLIAMS

Born: February 1844, , Virginia, USA
Died: 27 November 1930, Cabell Co., West Virginia, USA

Married: Martha Marinda FEAZEL

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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)