Emily M MATHEWSON

Born

29 May 1840 , Smithfield, Rhode Island, USA

Died

13 July 1886 , Smithfield, Rhode Island, USA

Emily M married Henry A SMITH 28 December 1860 in Cumberland, Rhode Island, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Henry A SMITH was born abt. 1818 in Smithfield, Rhode Island, USA . Henry A died 18 November 1876 in Smithfield, Rhode Island, USA .

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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Emily M MATHEWSON

Emily M MATHEWSON married

Henry A SMITH
Marriage date: 28 December 1860
Marriage place: Cumberland, Rhode Island, USA

Children of Henry A SMITH and Emily M MATHEWSON

Fidelia Adelaide "Delia" SMITH

Born: 7 December 1861, Smithfield, Rhode Island, USA
Died: 26 April 1914, East Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Married: Andrew DEAETT 16 October 1884 Place: Smithfield, Rhode Island, USA

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Birth — 1840
29 May 1840
Smithfield, Rhode Island, USA

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

1860 Marriage / Partner
Emily M MATHEWSON and Henry A SMITH 28 December 1860, Cumberland, Rhode Island, USA (Valley Falls) (Ashton) (Cumberland Hill)

She was 20 years old.

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

1861 Birth of Child
Fidelia Adelaide "Delia" SMITH was born 7 December 1861, Smithfield, Rhode Island, USA (Esmond) (Georgiaville) (Stillwater)

Emily M was 21 years old.

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.