Ward
CHENEY
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Born: 22 February 1813 in Manchester, Connecticut, USA
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Ward married Caroline JACKSON 30 July 1834 in Rhode Island, USA . Caroline JACKSON was born 20 May 1813 Caroline died 4 April 1865
Ward CHENEY died 22 March 1876 in Manchester, Connecticut, USA .
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Recorded occupation: partner in Cheney Brothers silk business
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Birth — 181322 February 1813
Manchester, Connecticut, USA
1834 Marriage / PartnerWard CHENEY and Caroline JACKSON 30 July 1834, , Rhode Island, USA
He was 21 years old.
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.
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)
1863 - November 19 – American Civil War: U. S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the military cemetery dedication ceremony in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. 1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.
1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states.
Death — 187622 March 1876
Manchester, Connecticut, USA
He died at the age of 63.
The Mills of Cheney Brothers, South Manchester, Conn.
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