Sarah Elizabeth SALISBURY

(b. 9 December 1843 , Ledyard, New York, USA d. 8 November 1874 , Ledyard, New York, USA )

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Sarah Elizabeth SALISBURY was born 9 December 1843 in Ledyard, New York, USA

Sarah Elizabeth SALISBURY was the child of Lewis B SALISBURY and Sally Anne (Sarah) TOFFET and the grandchild of: (paternal) Cummings (Benjamin) SALISBURY and Elizabeth MOSHER

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Sarah Elizabeth married Cornelius CHAFFEE 5 March 1860 in Ledyard, New York, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child. Cornelius CHAFFEE was born 24 September 1839 in Ledyard, New York, USA (Aurora). Cornelius died 13 December 1863 in Republic, Seneca, Ohio, USA. Cornelius was the child of Hiram CHAFFEE and Maria B WILKINSON.

Sarah Elizabeth SALISBURY died 8 November 1874 in Ledyard, New York, USA .

Found in Civil War Pension Index as a widow - application number 215602. It reads K. 49 Ohio Inf. Cornelius was the son of Hiram Chaffee and Maria B. Wilkinson.

Grave Inscription:
CHAFFEE SARAH E d. NOV 8, 1874 b. DEC 9, 1843 WIFE OF CORNELIUS

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Sarah Elizabeth SALISBURY married

Cornelius CHAFFEE-- Date: 5 March 1860 Place: Ledyard, New York, USA
Cornelius CHAFFEE was the child of Hiram CHAFFEE and Maria B WILKINSON

Married in the village of Aurora.

Children of Cornelius CHAFFEE and Sarah Elizabeth SALISBURY:

Lewis Hiram CHAFFEE (b.16 April 1861, Ledyard, New York, USA d. 22 April 1937, Tiffin, Ohio, USA)
m. Ella C SMITH 17 May 1882 in Ledyard, New York, USA (Aurora)

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Ledyard, New York, USA (Aurora)
The Inn, Aurora, N.Y. Hotel since 1826
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1843 Birth
9 December 1843
Ledyard, New York, 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

Ledyard, New York, USA (Aurora)
1848 Aurora, NY
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1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1849 - Zachary Taylor becomes President of the United States

1850 Ledyard, Cayuga, New York
Lewis Salisbury 44 1805 Ledyard, Cayuga, NY Page: 248 Roll: M432_483 - Lewis is a boatman, b. NY

Sarah A Salisbury 20 Ledyard, Cayuga, NY, b. NY

Elizabeth Salisbury 6 1843 Ledyard, Cayuga, NY

Clementine Salisbury 1 1848 Ledyard, Cayuga, NY
1850 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1850 - Millard Fillmore becomes President of the United States

1853 - Franklin Pierce becomes President of the United States

1855 Ledyard, Cayuga, New York
name: Sarah E Salisbury
event: Census
event date: 1855
event place: Ledyard, Cayuga, New York, United States
gender: Female
age: 10
relationship to head of household: Child
estimated birth year: 1845
family number: 334
line number: 21
page:
film number: 1435218
digital folder number: 005207172
image number: 00690
Household Gender Age Birthplace
head Lewis Salisbury M 40
wife Sally A Salisbury F 34
child Sarah E Salisbury F 10
child Clemmy Salisbury F 6

'New York, State Census, 1855,' index and images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ K67R-R8F : accessed 09 Feb 2013), Sarah E Salisbury in entry for Lewis Salisbury, 1855.
1855 New York State Census
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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

1860 Marriage / Partner
Sarah Elizabeth SALISBURY and Cornelius CHAFFEE 5 March 1860, Ledyard, New York, USA (Aurora)

She was 16 years old.

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

1861 Birth of Child
Lewis Hiram CHAFFEE was born 16 April 1861, Ledyard, New York, USA (Aurora)

Sarah Elizabeth was 17 years old.

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.

1863 Death of Spouse/Partner
Cornelius CHAFFEE died 13 December 1863, Republic, Seneca, Ohio, USA

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1865 Ledyard, Cayuga, New York
Lewis Saulsbury, 61, m, b. Saratoga, married 1 time, now married, Cooper
Sarah Saulsbury, 43, f, b. Yates, mother of 3 children, married 1 time, now married
Sarah Chaffee, 21, f, child, b. Cayuga, mother of 1 child, married 1 time, widowed
Clemmie Saulsbury, 16, f, child, b. Cayuga, single
Lewis Chaffee, 4, m, grand child, b. Cayuga
Reuben Hilliard, 40, m. boarder, b. Cayuga, single, mechanic
David Perry, 27, m, boarder, b. Cayuga, single, clerk
1865 New York State Census
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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.

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

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

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

1870
Ledyard, Cayuga, NY
Lewis Salisbury, cooper at age 66, b. NY, living in Ledyard, Cayuga, NY with wife, Sara, age 50?, b. NY, daughter, Sara, age 26, b. NY, son, Lewis, age 9, b. NY.
1870 Census Ancestry (U.S.)

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

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Oak Glen Cemetery
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1874 Death
8 November 1874
Ledyard, New York, USA

She died at the age of 30.

1909
'Cornelius Chafee (Hiram, Nathan, Thomas, Jonathan, Jonathan, Nathaniel, Thomas) was born in Aurora, N.Y., September 24, 1839, and died in Republic, O., December 13, 1863. He married in Aurora, March 5, 1860, Sarah E., daughter of Lewis Salisbury of that place. She died November 8, 1874, and was buried in Aurora. She was a member of the Presbyterian Church. Cornelius Chafee served as a Private in the Union Army during the Civil War. He was a carpenter, and had a dark complexion, and black eyes. At the time of his marriage he lived in Aurora.
Child: Lewis H. Chaffee, born April 16, 1861; married Ella C. Smith'
"The Chafee Genealogy", Chaffee, William H., 1909

Sarah is buried at: Oak Glen Cemetery

Ledyard, New York, USA (Aurora)

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