James Alden GRANT

Born

22 August 1832 , Cutler, Maine, USA

Died

18 June 1864 , Petersburg, Fauquier County, Virginia, USA

Cause of Death: killed in Civil War

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James Alden GRANT Elmira CATES

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Born: 22 August 1832 in Cutler, Maine, USA

Father: James Alden GRANT

Mother: Elmira CATES

James Alden was a soldier in the U.S. Civil War.
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James Alden married Lydia E Mae ANDREWS . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Lydia E Mae ANDREWS was born 1 December 1837 in Cutler, Maine, USA. Lydia E Mae died 25 October 1891 in Crawford, Maine, USA. Lydia E Mae was the child of Joseph ANDREWS and Betsy MAKER.

James Alden GRANT died 18 June 1864 in Petersburg, Fauquier County, Virginia, USA.
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Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era

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James Alden GRANT married

Lydia E Mae ANDREWS
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Lydia E Mae ANDREWS was the child of Joseph ANDREWS and Betsy MAKER

Children of James Alden GRANT and Lydia E Mae ANDREWS

Mary Louisa GRANT

Born: 9 April 1864, Harrington, Maine, USA
Died: 24 May 1947, Machiasport, Maine, USA

Married: Henry Augustus ACKLEY 28 November 1879 Place: Cutler, Maine, USA

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Birth — 1832
22 August 1832
Cutler, Maine, 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.