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flag male ancestor  Bradford  LIBBY

Born
5 July 1842 ,  Gray, Maine, USA
Died
15 June 1889 ,  Gray, Maine, USA
Bradford  married  Mary Elizabeth ANDERSON 18 February 1864 in Gray, Maine, USA .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Mary Elizabeth ANDERSON  was born 22 April 1844 in North Yarmouth, Maine, USA.  Mary Elizabeth died 18 December 1934 in Gray, Maine, USA. 
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Bradford  married  Mary Elizabeth ANDERSON 18 February 1864 in Gray, Maine, USA .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Mary Elizabeth ANDERSON  was born 22 April 1844 in North Yarmouth, Maine, USA.  Mary Elizabeth died 18 December 1934 in Gray, Maine, USA. 
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Bradford LIBBY married flag female ancestor Mary Elizabeth ANDERSON
Marriage date: 18 February 1864
Marriage place: Gray, Maine, USA

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BirthBirth — 1842
5 July 1842
Gray, Maine, USA
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
Invention 1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)
U.S. President1845 - James Knox Polk becomes President of the United States
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.
marriage1864 Marriage / Partner
Bradford LIBBY and Mary Elizabeth ANDERSON 18 February 1864, Gray, Maine, USA

He was 21 years old.
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.
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)
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
1886 Birth of Child
Grace Edith LIBBY was born 23 August 1886, Gray, Maine, USA

Bradford was 44 years old.
News1886 - October 28 - Statue of Liberty is Unveiled
DeathDeath — 1889
15 June 1889
Gray, Maine, USA
He died at the age of 46.
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