William Henry Harrison CHENEY

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4 March 1841 , Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA

Died

7 July 1902 , Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA

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Born: 4 March 1841 in Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA

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William Henry Harrison married Mary Rebecca LYON 12 April 1867 in Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Mary Rebecca LYON was born 14 April 1843 in Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA . Mary Rebecca died 7 June 1879 in Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA . Mary Rebecca was the child of Liberty Allen LYON and Mary HIBBARD.

William Henry Harrison CHENEY died 7 July 1902 in Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA .
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Mary Rebecca LYON
Marriage date: 12 April 1867
Marriage place: Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA
Mary Rebecca LYON was the child of Liberty Allen LYON and Mary HIBBARD

Children of William Henry Harrison CHENEY and Mary Rebecca LYON

Mary Edith CHENEY

Born: 31 March 1868, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 10 November 1944,

Married: Fred Ellsworth CORBIN 26 December 1889 Place: Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA

Bethiah CHENEY

Born: 25 December 1872, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA
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Liberty Lyon CHENEY

Born: 27 November 1876, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 28 September 1915, Augusta, Georgia, USA

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Birth — 1841
4 March 1841
Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA

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.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1861 - February 8 – American Civil War: The Confederate States of America are formed, comprising the first six break-away states.

1861 - Abraham Lincoln becomes President of the United States

1863 - January 1 - President Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, freeing slaves.

1863 - October 3 – President Lincoln proclaims a national Thanksgiving day to be celebrated the final Thursday in November in the United States

1863 - November 19 – American Civil War: U. S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the military cemetery dedication ceremony in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

April 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.

1867 Marriage / Partner
William Henry Harrison CHENEY and Mary Rebecca LYON 12 April 1867, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)

He was 26 years old.

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1868 Birth of Child
Mary Edith CHENEY was born 31 March 1868, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)

William Henry Harrison was 27 years old.

1869 - Ulysses S. Grant becomes President of the United States

1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states.

1872 Birth of Child
Bethiah CHENEY was born 25 December 1872, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)

William Henry Harrison was 31 years old.

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1876 Birth of Child
Liberty Lyon CHENEY was born 27 November 1876, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)

William Henry Harrison was 35 years old.

1877 - Rutherford B. Hayes becomes President of the United States

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)