Elizabeth Rogers TOWNSEND

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1 June 1818 , New York, USA

Died

14 May 1851 , New Windsor, Orange, New York, USA

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Born: 1 June 1818 in New York, USA

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Elizabeth Rogers married Madison CANNON . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Madison CANNON was born 5 March 1815 in Manhattan, New York, USA . Madison died 12 October 1871

Elizabeth Rogers TOWNSEND died 14 May 1851 in New Windsor, Orange, New York, USA.
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Madison CANNON
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Madison Mott CANNON

Born: 17 February 1840, Salisbury Mills, New York, USA
Died: 11 February 1892, Englewood, Bergen, New Jersey, USA

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Birth — 1818
1 June 1818
New York, 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.

1840 Birth of Child
Madison Mott CANNON was born 17 February 1840, Salisbury Mills, New York, USA

Elizabeth Rogers was 21 years old.

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