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Born
3 August 1847 ,  Tennessee, USA
Died
7 July 1901 ,  Campbell, Searcy, Arkansas, USA
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Born: 3 August 1847 in Tennessee, USA

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Sarah Elizabeth  married  John Millican MASSEY 1 July 1866 in Searcy, Arkansas, USA .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
John Millican MASSEY  was born 11 February 1847 in Landis, Searcy, Arkansas, USA.  John Millican died 7 February 1912 in Campbell, Searcy, Arkansas, USA. 

Sarah Elizabeth HARNESS died 7 July 1901 in Campbell, Searcy, Arkansas, USA.





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Sarah Elizabeth HARNESS married flag photo of John Millican MASSEY  John Millican MASSEY
Marriage date: 1 July 1866
Marriage place: Searcy, Arkansas, USA

Children of John Millican MASSEY and Sarah Elizabeth HARNESS

flag photo of Samuel Alexander MASSEY  Samuel Alexander MASSEY
Born: 16 August 1880, Campbell, Searcy Co, Arkansas, USA
Died: 28 September 1959, Campbell, Searcy Co, Arkansas, USA

Married: Mary Ellen BEAVERS 22 September 1898



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BirthBirth — 1847
3 August 1847
Tennessee, USA
Invention 1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)
U.S. President1849 - Zachary Taylor becomes President of the United States
U.S. President1850 - Millard Fillmore becomes President of the United States
U.S. President1853 - Franklin Pierce becomes President of the United States
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.
marriage1866 Marriage / Partner
Sarah Elizabeth HARNESS and John Millican MASSEY 1 July 1866, Searcy, Arkansas, USA

She was 18 years old.
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.
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)
1880 Birth of Child
Samuel Alexander MASSEY was born 16 August 1880, Campbell, Searcy Co, Arkansas, USA

Sarah Elizabeth was 33 years old.
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
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
Invention 1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)

The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)

First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented
U.S. President1893 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States
Invention 1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)
U.S. President1897 - William McKinley becomes President of the United States
News1898 - April 25 – Spanish-American War: The United States declares war on Spain
News1898 - December 10 – The Treaty of Paris is signed, ending the Spanish-American War.
DeathDeath — 1901
7 July 1901
Campbell, Searcy, Arkansas, USA
She died at the age of 53.
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