Eliza Taylor MELCHER

Born

14 April 1836 , Laconia, New Hampshire, USA

Died

31 October 1893 , Pasadena, California, USA

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Born: 14 April 1836 in Laconia, New Hampshire, USA

Parents of Eliza Taylor MELCHER

Father

Woodbury Lunt MELCHER

Mother

Rebecca FRENCH

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Eliza Taylor married James Danielson LINCOLN 29 March 1880 in Taunton, Massachusetts, USA . James Danielson LINCOLN was born 30 March 1823 in Brimfield, Massachusetts, USA . James Danielson died 26 May 1906 in Pasadena, California, USA. James Danielson was the child of Asa LINCOLN and Sarah DANIELSON.

Eliza Taylor MELCHER died 31 October 1893 in Pasadena, California, USA.
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Eliza Taylor MELCHER

Eliza Taylor MELCHER married

James Danielson LINCOLN
Marriage date: 29 March 1880
Marriage place: Taunton, Massachusetts, USA
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James Danielson LINCOLN was the child of Asa LINCOLN and Sarah DANIELSON

Marriage notes:

Name: James D Lincoln

Age: 56

Birth Year: abt 1824

Birth Place: Brimfield

Marriage Date: 29 Mar 1880

Marriage Place: Taunton, Massachusetts, USA

Father:

Asa Lincoln

Mother:

Sarah Lincoln

Spouse:

Eliza T Melcher

Name: Eliza T Melcher

Age: 43

Birth Year: abt 1837

Birth Place: Laconia, New Hampshire

Marriage Date: 29 Mar 1880

Marriage Place: Taunton, Massachusetts, USA

Father:

Woodbury Melcher

Mother:

Rebecca Melcher

Spouse:

James D Lincoln

Massachusetts, U.S., Marriage Records, 1840-1915

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Birth — 1836
14 April 1836
Laconia, New Hampshire, USA

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

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)

1880 Marriage / Partner
Eliza Taylor MELCHER and James Danielson LINCOLN 29 March 1880, Taunton, Massachusetts, USA (East Taunton)

She was 43 years old.

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

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