Mercy M THOMPSON

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12 November 1819 , Marblehead, Massachusetts, USA

Died

4 November 1890 , Marblehead, Massachusetts, USA

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Born: 12 November 1819 in Marblehead, Massachusetts, USA

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Mercy M married Benjamin Franklin PEACH 9 September 1838 in Marblehead, Massachusetts, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Benjamin Franklin PEACH was born November 1816 in Marblehead, Massachusetts, USA. Benjamin Franklin died 4 October 1899 in Marblehead, Massachusetts, USA.

Mercy M THOMPSON died 4 November 1890 in Marblehead, Massachusetts, USA.
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Mercy M THOMPSON married

Benjamin Franklin PEACH
Marriage date: 9 September 1838
Marriage place: Marblehead, Massachusetts, USA

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Benjamin Franklin PEACH

Born: 17 October 1839, , Massachusetts, USA
Died: 26 May 1927,

Married: Adelaide L COFFIN 20 October 1870 Place: Newburyport, Massachusetts, USA

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Birth — 1819
12 November 1819
Marblehead, Massachusetts, 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

1838 Marriage / Partner
Mercy M THOMPSON and Benjamin Franklin PEACH 9 September 1838, Marblehead, Massachusetts, USA

She was 18 years old.

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1839 Birth of Child
Benjamin Franklin PEACH was born 17 October 1839, , Massachusetts, USA

Mercy M was 19 years old.

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.

1841 - William Henry Harrison becomes President of the United States

1841 - John Tyler becomes President of the United States

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.