Mercy Adelaide GRANT

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abt. 1814 , Preston, Connecticut, USA

Died

19 July 1848 , Preston, Connecticut, USA

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William GRANT Mercy Adelaide AVERY

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Born: abt. 1814 in Preston, Connecticut, USA

Father: William GRANT

Mother: Mercy Adelaide AVERY

Paternal grandparents: Oliver GRANT , Hannah FANNING

Maternal grandparents: Isaac AVERY , Mercy WILLIAMS

Mercy Adelaide GRANT died 19 July 1848 in Preston, Connecticut, USA .

m. About 1835 • Lenox, Madison, New York
Timothy (Clark) Wilkinson
(1796–1870)

m. 2 Oct 1838 • Ledyard, Connecticut, USA
Charles Hewitt
(1813–1900)

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1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1817 - James Monroe becomes President of the United States

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