Elizabeth Weed HENDERSON

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31 August 1832 , Edgewood, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA

Died

14 December 1901 , Springfield, Massachusetts, USA

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Born: 31 August 1832 in Edgewood, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA

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Elizabeth Weed married John Hayward SOUTHWORTH 21 October 1855 . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
John Hayward SOUTHWORTH was born 9 October 1818 in Dartmouth, Massachusetts, USA . John Hayward died 16 January 1891 in Springfield, Massachusetts, USA . John Hayward was the child of John SOUTHWORTH and Betsey Willis HAYWARD.

Elizabeth Weed HENDERSON died 14 December 1901 in Springfield, Massachusetts, USA .
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Elizabeth Weed HENDERSON married

John Hayward SOUTHWORTH
Marriage date: 21 October 1855
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John Hayward SOUTHWORTH was the child of John SOUTHWORTH and Betsey Willis HAYWARD

Children of John Hayward SOUTHWORTH and Elizabeth Weed HENDERSON

Charles Hayward SOUTHWORTH

Born: 1 November 1856, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Died: 10 March 1906, Springfield, Massachusetts, USA

Ida Mary SOUTHWORTH

Born: 13 March 1858, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Died: 8 June 1940, Springfield, Massachusetts, USA

Edward Cortlandt SOUTHWORTH

Born: 25 August 1860, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Died: 22 September 1897, Springfield, Massachusetts, USA

Nina E SOUTHWORTH

Born: 7 November 1863, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Died: 8 July 1864, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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Birth — 1832
31 August 1832
Edgewood, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, 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

1855 Marriage / Partner
Elizabeth Weed HENDERSON and John Hayward SOUTHWORTH 21 October 1855,

She was 23 years old.

1856 Birth of Child
Charles Hayward SOUTHWORTH was born 1 November 1856, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Elizabeth Weed was 24 years old.

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 Birth of Child
Ida Mary SOUTHWORTH was born 13 March 1858, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Elizabeth Weed was 25 years old.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1860 Birth of Child
Edward Cortlandt SOUTHWORTH was born 25 August 1860, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Elizabeth Weed was 28 years old.

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 Birth of Child
Nina E SOUTHWORTH was born 7 November 1863, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Elizabeth Weed was 31 years old.

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)

1864 Death of Child
Nina E SOUTHWORTH died 8 July 1864, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Elizabeth Weed was 31 years old.

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

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

1891 Death of Spouse/Partner
John Hayward SOUTHWORTH died 16 January 1891, Springfield, Massachusetts, USA (Indian Orchard)

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

1897 Death of Child
Edward Cortlandt SOUTHWORTH died 22 September 1897, Springfield, Massachusetts, USA (Indian Orchard)

Elizabeth Weed was 65 years old.

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.

Death — 1901
14 December 1901
Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
She died at the age of 69.