Rufus Welcome
BANGS
Born
11 May 1803
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Died
5 September 1892
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Born: 11 May 1803
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Rufus Welcome married Laura DRAPER 16 September 1827 in Shaftsbury, Vermont, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Laura DRAPER was born 19 August 1804 in Vermont, USA. Laura died 8 August 1892 in Bennington, Vermont, USA (North Bennington). Laura was the child of Allen DRAPER and Polly BURNHAM.
Rufus Welcome BANGS died 5 September 1892
Parents:
John Bangs (1764 - 1813)
Eunice Root Bangs Montague (1768 - 1835)
John Bangs (1764 - 1813)
Eunice Root Bangs Montague (1768 - 1835)
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Rufus Welcome BANGS married 
Laura DRAPER
Marriage date: 16 September 1827
Marriage place: Shaftsbury, Vermont, USA
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Laura DRAPER was the child of Allen DRAPER and Polly BURNHAM
Laura DRAPERMarriage date: 16 September 1827
Marriage place: Shaftsbury, Vermont, USA
Source: familysearch.org (Mormon Genealogy Records)
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Laura DRAPER was the child of Allen DRAPER and Polly BURNHAM
Marriage notes:
name: Rufus Bangs
event: Marriage
event date: 16 Sep 1827
event place: Shaftsbury, , Vermont, United States
gender: Male
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father:
mother:
spouse: Laura Draper
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film number: 27467
digital folder number: 004542944
image number: 03715
"Vermont, Vital Records, 1760-1954," index and images, FamilySearch.org : accessed 11 Feb 2013), Rufus Bangs and Laura Draper, 1827.
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1827 Marriage / PartnerRufus Welcome BANGS and Laura DRAPER 16 September 1827, Shaftsbury, Vermont, USA (South, Center)
He was 24 years old.
1827 marriage
Vermont, Vital Records, 1760-1954
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1828 Birth of ChildJames Ascher BANGS was born 5 December 1828, Bennington, Vermont, USA (North Bennington)
Rufus Welcome was 25 years old.
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)
1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.
1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)
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Grandview Cemetery Shaftsbury Bennington County Vermont, USA
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