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flag female ancestor  Delila Catherine  MORRIS

Born
15 February 1854 ,  Beaver City, Beaver Co, Pennsylvania, USA
Died
19 August 1890 ,  Peotone, Will County, Illinois, USA
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Born: 15 February 1854 in Beaver City, Beaver Co, Pennsylvania, USA

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Delila Catherine  married  Luther James GILKERSON 8 April 1874 in Kankakee, Kankakee, Illinois, USA .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Luther James GILKERSON  was born 5 September 1851 in Barnet, Vermont, USA (Center, East, West) (McIndoe Falls) (Mosquitoville) (Passumpsic).  Luther James died 20 March 1926 in Howard, Charles Mix Co, South Dakota, USA. 

Delila Catherine MORRIS died 19 August 1890 in Peotone, Will County, Illinois, USA.
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Delila Catherine MORRIS married flag male ancestor Luther James GILKERSON
Marriage date: 8 April 1874
Marriage place: Kankakee, Kankakee, Illinois, USA

Children of Luther James GILKERSON and Delila Catherine MORRIS

flag photo of Ella Agnes GILKERSON  Ella Agnes GILKERSON
Born: 8 September 1885, Manteno, Illinois, USA
Died: 3 January 1961, Grants Pass, Oregon, USA

Married: Peter Joseph COURNOYER 3 July 1908



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BirthBirth — 1854
15 February 1854
Beaver City, Beaver Co, Pennsylvania, USA
Invention 1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)
U.S. President1857 - James Buchanan becomes President of the United States
News1857 - 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.
Invention 1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser
News1861 - February 8 – American Civil War: The Confederate States of America are formed, comprising the first six break-away states.
U.S. President1861 - Abraham Lincoln becomes President of the United States
News1863 - January 1 - President Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, freeing slaves.
News1863 - October 3 – President Lincoln proclaims a national Thanksgiving day to be celebrated the final Thursday in November in the United States
News1863 - November 19 – American Civil War: U. S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the military cemetery dedication ceremony in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
Invention 1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)
U.S. PresidentApril 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.
Invention 1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.
U.S. President1869 - Ulysses S. Grant becomes President of the United States
News1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states.
marriage1874 Marriage / Partner
Delila Catherine MORRIS and Luther James GILKERSON 8 April 1874, Kankakee, Kankakee, Illinois, USA

She was 20 years old.
Invention 1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.
U.S. President1877 - Rutherford B. Hayes becomes President of the United States
Invention 1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.
Invention 1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)
News1881 - The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton.
U.S. President1881 - March 4 - James A. Garfield becomes President of the United States
U.S. President1881 - 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.
Invention 1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)
U.S. President1885 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States
1885 Birth of Child
Ella Agnes GILKERSON was born 8 September 1885, Manteno, Illinois, USA

Delila Catherine was 31 years old.
News1886 - October 28 - Statue of Liberty is Unveiled
Invention 1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)
U.S. President1889 - Benjamin Harrison becomes President of the United States
DeathDeath — 1890
19 August 1890
Peotone, Will County, Illinois, USA
She died at the age of 36.
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