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flag male ancestor  Deforest  ROWLAND

Born
abt. 1846 ,  Winchester, Illinois, USA
Died
29 May 1880 ,  Winchester, Illinois, USA

Age: 34
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Deforest ROWLAND was born abt. 1846 in Winchester, Illinois, USA

Deforest ROWLAND was the child of ?   and   ?


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Deforest  married  Lucy PRATHER abt. 1880 .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Lucy PRATHER  was born 1852 November in Winchester, Illinois, USA.  Lucy died 1906 in Winchester, Illinois, USA. 

Deforest ROWLAND died 29 May 1880 in Winchester, Illinois, USA.
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Deforest ROWLAND married flag female ancestor Lucy PRATHER-- Date: abt. 1880 Place: 

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flag male ancestor Eugene ROWLAND (b.05 October 1880, Winchester, Illinois, USA  d. 07 May 1963, Alton, Illinois, USA)
m. Ada WELCH 1929



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Invention 1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)
U.S. President1849 - Zachary Taylor becomes President of the United States
U.S. President1850 - Millard Fillmore becomes President of the United States
U.S. President1853 - Franklin Pierce becomes President of the United States
Invention 1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)
U.S. President1857 - James Buchanan becomes President of the United States
News1857 - 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.
Invention 1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser
News1861 - February 8 – American Civil War: The Confederate States of America are formed, comprising the first six break-away states.
U.S. President1861 - Abraham Lincoln becomes President of the United States
News1863 - January 1 - President Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, freeing slaves.
News1863 - October 3 – President Lincoln proclaims a national Thanksgiving day to be celebrated the final Thursday in November in the United States
News1863 - November 19 – American Civil War: U. S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the military cemetery dedication ceremony in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
Invention 1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)
U.S. PresidentApril 14, 1865 - President Abraham Lincoln was mortally wounded by John Wilkes Booth at in Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. He died the next day. Andrew Johnson becomes President of the United States.
Invention 1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.
U.S. President1869 - Ulysses S. Grant becomes President of the United States
News1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states.
Invention 1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.
U.S. President1877 - Rutherford B. Hayes becomes President of the United States
Invention 1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.
Invention 1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)
death1880 Death
29 May 1880
Winchester, Illinois, USA
1880 Birth of Child
Eugene ROWLAND was born 05 October 1880, Winchester, Illinois, USA
Added: 10/28/2024 11:08:14 AM - Updated: 10/28/2024 12:52:29 PM
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