Robert Sallee JAMES

(b. 17 July 1818 , Kentucky, USA d. 18 August 1850 , Placerville, unorganized territory (California) )

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Robert Sallee JAMES was born 17 July 1818 in Kentucky, USA

Robert Sallee JAMES was the child of John JAMES and Mary POOR and the grandchild of: (paternal) William JAMES and Mary HINES

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Robert Sallee married Zerelda Elizabeth COLE 28 December 1841 in Kentucky, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Zerelda Elizabeth COLE was born 29 January 1825 in Kentucky, USA. Zerelda Elizabeth died 10 February 1911 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA.

Robert Sallee JAMES died 18 August 1850 in Placerville, unorganized territory (California) .

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Robert Sallee JAMES married

Zerelda Elizabeth COLE-- Date: 28 December 1841 Place: , Kentucky, USA
Stamping Ground, Scott, Kentucky

Children of Robert Sallee JAMES and Zerelda Elizabeth COLE:

Jesse Woodson JAMES (b.5 September 1847, Kearney, Clay, Missouri, USA d. 3 April 1882, St Joseph, Missouri, USA)
m. Zerelda Amanda MIMMS 24 April 1874

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1818 Birth
17 July 1818
Kentucky, USA

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1825 - John Quincy Adams becomes President of the United States

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1826 - Former U.S. Presidents Thomas Jefferson and John Adams both die on the 50th Anniversary of the signing of the United States Declaration of Independence.

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1827 - The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad is incorporated, becoming the first railroad in America offering commercial transportation of both people and freight.

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1829 - Andrew Jackson becomes President of the United States

1830 - The Indian Removal Act marks the beginning of the forced relocation of five tribes of native Americans, known as Trail of Tears

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.