Ellen Lewis "Nell" HERNDON

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30 August 1837 , Culpeper, Virginia, USA

Died

12 January 1880 , Manhattan, New York, USA

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Born: 30 August 1837 in Culpeper, Virginia, USA

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Ellen Lewis "Nell" married Chester Alan ARTHUR 25 October 1859 in Manhattan, New York, USA . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Chester Alan ARTHUR was born 5 October 1829 in Fairfield, Vermont, USA (East) (Fairfield Station) (Saint Rocks). Chester Alan died 18 November 1886 in Manhattan, New York, USA (New York City) (New Amsterdam) (Washington Heights). Chester Alan was the child of William MACARTHUR and Malvina STONE.

Ellen Lewis "Nell" HERNDON died 12 January 1880 in Manhattan, New York, USA .

daughter of William Lewis Herndon and Frances Elizabeth Hansbrough

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Ellen Lewis "Nell" HERNDON married

Chester Alan ARTHUR
Marriage date: 25 October 1859
Marriage place: Manhattan, New York, USA
Chester Alan ARTHUR was the child of William MACARTHUR and Malvina STONE

Children of Chester Alan ARTHUR and Ellen Lewis "Nell" HERNDON

William Lewis Herndon ARTHUR

Born: 10 December 1860, Manhattan, New York, USA
Died: 7 July 1863, Englewood, Bergen, New Jersey, USA

Chester Alan ARTHUR

Born: 25 July 1864, Manhattan, New York, USA
Died: 18 July 1937, Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA

Ellen Lewis Herndon ARTHUR

Born: 21 November 1871, Manhattan, New York, USA
Died: 6 September 1915, Mount Kisco, Westchester, New York, USA

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Birth — 1837
30 August 1837
Culpeper, Virginia, USA

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

1859 Marriage / Partner
Ellen Lewis "Nell" HERNDON and Chester Alan ARTHUR 25 October 1859, Manhattan, New York, USA (New York City) (New Amsterdam) (Washington Heights)

She was 22 years old.

1860 Birth of Child
William Lewis Herndon ARTHUR was born 10 December 1860, Manhattan, New York, USA (New York City) (New Amsterdam) (Washington Heights)

Ellen Lewis "Nell" was 23 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 Death of Child
William Lewis Herndon ARTHUR died 7 July 1863, Englewood, Bergen, New Jersey, USA

Ellen Lewis "Nell" was 25 years old.

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)

1864 Birth of Child
Chester Alan ARTHUR was born 25 July 1864, Manhattan, New York, USA (New York City) (New Amsterdam) (Washington Heights)

Ellen Lewis "Nell" was 26 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.

1871 Birth of Child
Ellen Lewis Herndon ARTHUR was born 21 November 1871, Manhattan, New York, USA (New York City) (New Amsterdam) (Washington Heights)

Ellen Lewis "Nell" was 34 years old.

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)

Death — 1880
12 January 1880
Manhattan, New York, USA
She died at the age of 42.