Asa S JOHNSON

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20 August 1831 , Delaware, USA

Died

12 April 1900 , Kent, Delaware, USA

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Azel J JOHNSON Tabitha P MORRIS

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Born: 20 August 1831 in Delaware, USA

Father: Azel J JOHNSON

Mother: Tabitha P MORRIS

Asa S was a soldier in the U.S. Civil War.
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Asa S married Caroline REEVES 5 September 1865 in Kent County, Delaware, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Caroline REEVES was born abt. 1846 in Pennsylvania, USA. Caroline died abt. 1869 in Delaware, USA. Caroline was the child of Jacob A REEVES and Sarah R UNKNOWN.

Asa S JOHNSON died 12 April 1900 in Kent, Delaware, USA.
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Asa S JOHNSON married

Caroline REEVES
Marriage date: 5 September 1865
Marriage place: Kent County, Delaware, USA
Caroline REEVES was the child of Jacob A REEVES and Sarah R UNKNOWN

Children of Asa S JOHNSON and Caroline REEVES

Eldridge Reeves JOHNSON

Born: 6 February 1867, Wilmington, Delaware, USA
Died: 14 November 1945, Moorestown, New Jersey, USA

Married: Elsie Reeves FENIMORE 1899

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Birth — 1831
20 August 1831
Delaware, 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.