Alexander Lucius
TWILIGHT
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Born: 23 September 1795 in Corinth, Vermont, USA
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Alexander Lucius married Mercy Ladd MERRILL 20 April 1826 . Mercy Ladd MERRILL was born 15 April 1805 in Unity, New Hampshire, USA. Mercy Ladd died 29 July 1878 in Derby, Vermont, USA (Derby Line) (Beebe Plain).
Alexander Lucius TWILIGHT died 19 June 1857 in Brownington, Vermont, USA.
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Recorded occupation: American educator, minister and politician, first African American to graduate from college in the United States
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Birth — 179523 September 1795
Corinth, Vermont, USA
Alexander Twilight was born free in 1795. He was the son of Ichabod Twilight and Mary Twilight. His father, Ichabod Twilight, was a Revolutionary War veteran who had earned his freedom. His parents were the first Black people to arrive in the city of Corinth, Vermont.
He married Mercy Ladd Merrill, April 20, 1826.
Called successively to pastor congregations in Vergennes and Brownington, Vermont, Twilight also became the headmaster of the Orleans County Grammar School.
Elected to the Vermont General Assembly in 1836, Twilight became the first African American to serve in a state legislature in the United States.
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The War of 1812 was a conflict between the United States and Great Britain, lasting from 1812 to 1815. It was primarily fueled by issues such as trade restrictions due to Britain's ongoing war with France, impressment of American sailors into the British Navy, and British support of Native American tribes against American expansion. The war ended with the Treaty of Ghent, restoring pre-war boundaries but resolving few of the initial disputes.Visit Middlebury, Vermont, USA (East Middlebury) (Farmingdale)
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1826 Marriage / PartnerAlexander Lucius TWILIGHT and Mercy Ladd MERRILL 20 April 1826,
He was 30 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)
Death — 185719 June 1857
Brownington, Vermont, USA
He died at the age of 61.
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French explorer Samuel de Champlain called the Green Mountains of Vermont 'Verd Mont' (green mountain) on his 1647 map. (statesymbolsusa.org)Prior to 1685 - New England
1686 - 1689 - Dominion of New England
1690 - 1775 - New England
1776 - 1791 - Vermont Republic (New Hampshire Grants)
March 4, 1791 - Vermont becomes 14th U.S. state
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