Elisha Clark ADAMS

(b. 30 April 1812 , Conway, Massachusetts, USA d. 27 September 1852 , Syracuse, New York, USA )

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Elisha Clark ADAMS was born 30 April 1812 in Conway, Massachusetts, USA

Elisha Clark ADAMS was the child of Mordecai Hale ADAMS and Thankful CLARK and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joel ADAMS and Joanna HALE

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Elisha Clark married Polly Ann MERRELL . Polly Ann MERRELL was born 13 August 1816 in Cortland, New York, USA. Polly Ann died 13 March 1891 in Syracuse, New York, USA.

Elisha Clark ADAMS died 27 September 1852 in Syracuse, New York, USA.
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Elizabeth Leach Adams (1833 - 1902)
Mordecai H. Adams (1840 - 1845)
Samuel Adams (1846 - 1928)
George Kossuth Adams (1848 - 1870)

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1812 Birth
Name: Elisha Clark Adams
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 30 Apr 1812
Birthplace: CONWAY,FRANKLIN,MASSACHUSETTS
Father's Name: Mordecai H. Adams
Mother's Name: Thankfull
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C50170-1 , System Origin: Massachusetts-ODM , GS Film number: 0873740 IT 2

Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915
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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

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