Mary Rebecca LYON

Born

14 April 1843 , Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA

Died

7 June 1879 , Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA

Parents & Family of Mary Rebecca LYON

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Born: 14 April 1843 in Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA

Parents of Mary Rebecca LYON

Father

Liberty Allen LYON

Mother

Mary HIBBARD

Grandparents of Mary Rebecca LYON

Paternal grandparents

Corbin LYON Rebecca VINTON

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Mary Rebecca married William Henry Harrison CHENEY 12 April 1867 in Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
William Henry Harrison CHENEY was born 4 March 1841 in Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA . William Henry Harrison died 7 July 1902 in Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA .

Mary Rebecca LYON died 7 June 1879 in Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA .
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Mary Rebecca LYON

Mary Rebecca LYON married

William Henry Harrison CHENEY
Marriage date: 12 April 1867
Marriage place: Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA

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
Died: ,

Liberty Lyon CHENEY

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

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Birth — 1843
14 April 1843
Southbridge, Massachusetts, 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
Mary Rebecca LYON and William Henry Harrison CHENEY 12 April 1867, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)

She was 24 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)

Mary Rebecca was 24 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)

Mary Rebecca was 29 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)

Mary Rebecca was 33 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.