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Born
19 August 1824 ,  Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Died
2 July 1878 ,  Colorado, USA
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Hector HUMPHREYMariette MOTT
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Born: 19 August 1824 in Hartford, Connecticut, USA

Father: Hector HUMPHREY
Mother: Mariette MOTT


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

Eliza Mott  married  Samuel MARCY abt. 1852 in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, USA .  The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Samuel MARCY  was born 4 July 1820 in Maryland, USA.  Samuel died 29 January 1862 in At Sea*.  Samuel was the child of William Learned MARCY and Dolley NEWELL.

Eliza Mott HUMPHREY died 2 July 1878 in Colorado, USA.





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Spouse & Children of Eliza Mott HUMPHREY

Eliza Mott HUMPHREY married US Civil War Soldiers flag photo of Samuel MARCY  Samuel MARCY
Marriage date: abt. 1852
Marriage place: Anne Arundel County, Maryland, USA
Samuel MARCY was the child of William Learned MARCY and Dolley NEWELL

Children of Samuel MARCY and Eliza Mott HUMPHREY

flag female ancestor Edith MARCY
Born: 4 September 1854, Annapolis, Maryland, USA
Died: 17 November 1938, Boulder, Colorado, USA


flag male ancestor William Learned MARCY
Born: 7 January 1859, , Maryland, USA
Died: 30 December 1925, , Maryland, USA


flag boy ancestor Allen H MARCY
Born: 9 September 1860, , Maryland, USA
Died: 21 January 1863,




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BirthBirth — 1824
19 August 1824
Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Invention 1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)
U.S. President1825 - John Quincy Adams becomes President of the United States
Invention 1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)
News1826 - 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.
Invention 1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)
News1827 - The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad is incorporated, becoming the first railroad in America offering commercial transportation of both people and freight.
Invention 1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)
U.S. President1829 - Andrew Jackson becomes President of the United States
News1830 - The Indian Removal Act marks the beginning of the forced relocation of five tribes of native Americans, known as Trail of Tears
U.S. President1837 - Martin Van Buren becomes President of the United States
Invention 1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
News1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States
NewsFrom 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.
U.S. President1841 - William Henry Harrison becomes President of the United States
U.S. President1841 - John Tyler becomes President of the United States
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
Invention 1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)
U.S. President1845 - James Knox Polk becomes President of the United States
Invention 1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)
U.S. President1849 - Zachary Taylor becomes President of the United States
U.S. President1850 - Millard Fillmore becomes President of the United States
U.S. President1853 - Franklin Pierce becomes President of the United States
1854 Birth of Child
Edith MARCY was born 4 September 1854, Annapolis, Maryland, USA

Eliza Mott was 30 years old.
Invention 1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)
U.S. President1857 - James Buchanan becomes President of the United States
News1857 - 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.
Invention 1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser
1859 Birth of Child
William Learned MARCY was born 7 January 1859, , Maryland, USA

Eliza Mott was 34 years old.
1860 Birth of Child
Allen H MARCY was born 9 September 1860, , Maryland, USA

Eliza Mott was 36 years old.
News1861 - February 8 – American Civil War: The Confederate States of America are formed, comprising the first six break-away states.
U.S. President1861 - Abraham Lincoln becomes President of the United States
1862 Death of Spouse/Partner
Samuel MARCY died 29 January 1862, At Sea*
News1863 - January 1 - President Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, freeing slaves.
News1863 - October 3 – President Lincoln proclaims a national Thanksgiving day to be celebrated the final Thursday in November in the United States
News1863 - November 19 – American Civil War: U. S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the military cemetery dedication ceremony in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
Invention 1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)
U.S. PresidentApril 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.
Invention 1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.
U.S. President1869 - Ulysses S. Grant becomes President of the United States
News1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states.
Invention 1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.
U.S. President1877 - Rutherford B. Hayes becomes President of the United States
Invention 1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.
DeathDeath — 1878
2 July 1878
Colorado, USA
She died at the age of 53.
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Albany Rural Cemetery Albany, Albany County, New York, USA
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Record added: 7/26/2026 8:42:51 PM
Last updated: 7/27/2026 10:46:09 PM

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