Keziah RUTLEDGE

Born

2/14/1795 , Baltimore County, Maryland, USA

Died

1/12/1882 , Mercer County, Pennsylvania, USA

Age: 86

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Michael RUTLEDGE SR.Elizabeth BUSHNELL

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Born: 2/14/1795 in Baltimore County, Maryland, USA

Father: Michael RUTLEDGE SR.

Mother: Elizabeth BUSHNELL

Paternal grandparents: William RUTLEDGE , Margaret/Sarah Margaret/Eleanor Margaret Dugrase COTTRELL

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Keziah married Moses Alpheus JEWELL . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Moses Alpheus JEWELL was born 4/30/1801 in South Shenango, Crawford County, Pennsylvania, USA. Moses Alpheus died 6/3/1881 in Vernon Township, Trumbull County, Ohio, USA. Moses Alpheus was the child of George JEWELL and Mary SPRAT.

Keziah RUTLEDGE died 1/12/1882 in Mercer County, Pennsylvania, USA.
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Keziah RUTLEDGE married

Moses Alpheus JEWELL
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Moses Alpheus JEWELL was the child of George JEWELL and Mary SPRAT

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Thaddeus JEWELL

Born: 5/17/1828, Vernon Twp., Trumbull County, Ohio, USA
Died: 11/13/1892, Vernon Twp., Trumbull County, Ohio, USA

Married: Mary Ann MOSSMAN

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Birth — 1795
2/14/1795
Baltimore County, Maryland, USA

1797 - John Adams becomes President of the United States

John Adams Genealogy

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.

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.

1828 Birth of Child
Thaddeus JEWELL was born 5/17/1828, Vernon Twp., Trumbull County, Ohio, USA

Keziah was 33 years old.

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

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.

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)

1881 - The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton.

1881 - March 4 - James A. Garfield becomes President of the United States

1881 Death of Spouse/Partner
Moses Alpheus JEWELL died 6/3/1881, Vernon Township, Trumbull County, Ohio, USA

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.

Death — 1882
1/12/1882
Mercer County, Pennsylvania, USA
She died at the age of 86.

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Rock Ridge Cemetery, Mercer County, Pennsylvania, USA

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Last updated: 11/13/2021 1:47:46 PM

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The state of Maryland was named to honor queen Henrietta Maria (1609-1669), the wife of England's King Charles I. (statesymbolsusa.org)

Prior to 1788 - Crown Colony of Maryland
April 28, 1788 - Maryland becomes 7th U.S. state

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