Abigail WETZEL

Born

February 8, 1820 , Lower Mahanoy, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, USA

Died

March 14, 1907 , Natalie, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, USA

Age: 87

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Johannes Jeremiah WETZEL Elisabeth LEFFLER

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Born: February 8, 1820 in Lower Mahanoy, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, USA

Father: Johannes Jeremiah WETZEL

Mother: Elisabeth LEFFLER

Paternal grandparents: Heinrich WETZEL , Anna Catharina TREXLER

Maternal grandparents: Johannes Philip LEFFLER , Catharina Elizabeth RIETH

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Abigail married William BENDER . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
William BENDER was born abt. 1813 in Woodward, Centre, Pennsylvania, USA. William died February 22, 1890 in Barry, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, USA.

Abigail WETZEL died March 14, 1907 in Natalie, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, USA.

Year: 1850; Census Place: Barry, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, USA. Roll: M432_827; Page: 32A; Image: 13.
Year: 1860; Census Place: Barry, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, USA. Roll: M653_1180; Page: 118.
Year: 1870; Census Place: Barry, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, USA. Roll: M593_1449; Page: 7A.
Year: 1880; Census Place: Barry, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania; Roll: 1190; Page: 12C; Enumeration District: 173.
Year: 1900; Census Place: Barry, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania; Page: 9; Enumeration District: 0121: Abbie Bender age 80 born Feb 1820 Pennsylvania. Abigail had a total of 12 children, but only 6 are living when the Federal Census was recorded on June 20, 1900.
Year: 1907; Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Historical Society of Pennsylvania. Death Records.
Find a Grave, database and images memorial page for Abigail Wetzel Bender (8 Feb 1820–14 Mar 1907), Find a Grave Memorial no. 180019902, citing Saint John's United Church of Christ Cemetery, Ashland, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, USA ; Maintained by RoadRunner (contributor 47320165) .

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Amanda BENDER

Born: August 31, 1841, Ashland, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, USA
Died: April 14, 1907, Montour, Columbia, Pennsylvania, USA

Married: Augustus HARP

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Birth — 1820
February 8, 1820
Lower Mahanoy, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, USA

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

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

1841 Birth of Child
Amanda BENDER was born August 31, 1841, Ashland, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, USA

Abigail was 21 years old.

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

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.

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.

1877 - Rutherford B. Hayes becomes President of the United States

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1881 - The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton.

1881 - March 4 - James A. Garfield becomes President of the United States

1881 - 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.

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1885 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

1886 - October 28 - Statue of Liberty is Unveiled

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1889 - Benjamin Harrison becomes President of the United States

1890 Death of Spouse/Partner
William BENDER died February 22, 1890, Barry, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, USA

1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)

The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)

First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented

1893 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

1897 - William McKinley becomes President of the United States

1898 - April 25 – Spanish-American War: The United States declares war on Spain

1898 - December 10 – The Treaty of Paris is signed, ending the Spanish-American War.

1901 - King Camp Gillette and William Emery Nickerson invented the world's first disposable razor blade in 1901. (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

1901 - William McKinley, the 25th president of the United States, was shot on the grounds of the Pan-American Exposition in the Temple of Music in Buffalo, New York, on September 6, 1901, six months into his second term. He was shaking hands with the public when an anarchist, Leon Czolgosz, shot him twice in the abdomen. Theodore Roosevelt becomes President of the United States.

1902 - July 17 - Willis Haviland Carrier designed the first modern air-conditioning system. (Buffalo, New York, USA)

1903 - The first engine-powered airplane is invented (Wilbur & Orville Wright, United States)

1904 - June 28 - U.S. begins construction of Panama Canal.

1906 - August 22 – The first Victor Victrola, a phonographic record player, was manufactured, revolutionizing the way people listened to music at home.

In 1906, Reginald Fessenden made the first AM radio broadcast on December 24th. This event marked a significant advancement in radio technology, paving the way for the modern broadcasting industry.

Death — 1907
March 14, 1907
Natalie, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, USA
She died at the age of 87.

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