Mary WOODMAN

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28 March 1824 , Little Compton, Rhode Island, USA

Died

1 March 1876 , Rhode Island, USA

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Born: 28 March 1824 in Little Compton, Rhode Island, USA

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Mary married William B GRAY 18 April 1846 in Tiverton, Rhode Island, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
William B GRAY was born abt. 1813 in Tiverton, Rhode Island, USA .

Mary WOODMAN died 1 March 1876 in Rhode Island, USA.
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Mary WOODMAN

Mary WOODMAN married

William B GRAY
Marriage date: 18 April 1846
Marriage place: Tiverton, Rhode Island, USA

Children of William B GRAY and Mary WOODMAN

Elizabeth Russel "Lizzie" GRAY

Born: 5 February 1853, Tiverton, Rhode Island, USA
Died: 15 March 1907, Tiverton, Rhode Island, USA

Married: Joel Henry COGGESHALL 20 March 1890 Place: Tiverton, Rhode Island, USA

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Birth — 1824
28 March 1824
Little Compton, Rhode Island, USA

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

1846 Marriage / Partner
Mary WOODMAN and William B GRAY 18 April 1846, Tiverton, Rhode Island, USA (Tiverton, Massachusetts)

She was 22 years old.

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 Birth of Child
Elizabeth Russel "Lizzie" GRAY was born 5 February 1853, Tiverton, Rhode Island, USA (Tiverton, Massachusetts)

Mary was 28 years old.

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

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

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.