Charles W ADAMS

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16 August 1817 , Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Died

10 September 1878 , Memphis, Tennessee, USA

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Born: 16 August 1817 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA

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Charles W was a soldier in the U.S. Civil War.
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Charles W married Lucy Helen EVERETT abt. 1845 . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Lucy Helen EVERETT was born abt. 1828 in Lexington, Kentucky, USA. Lucy Helen died 18 October 1889

Charles W ADAMS died 10 September 1878 in Memphis, Tennessee, USA.

son of Benjamin Adams (1752-1819) and Judith ? (1748-1823)

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Charles W ADAMS married

Lucy Helen EVERETT
Marriage date: abt. 1845
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Children of Charles W ADAMS and Lucy Helen EVERETT

Catherine Everett "Kate" ADAMS

Born: 12 October 1856, , Arkansas, USA
Died: 15 November 1921, Montgomery, Alabama, USA

Married: Arthur Henley KELLER 1878

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Birth — 1817
16 August 1817
Boston, Massachusetts, 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

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

1856 Birth of Child
Catherine Everett "Kate" ADAMS was born 12 October 1856, , Arkansas, USA

Charles W was 39 years old.

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - James Buchanan becomes President of the United States