Benjamin SHEPLEY

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abt. 1830 , Derry, New Hampshire, USA

Died

7 June 1865 , Beaufort, North Carolina, USA

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Born: abt. 1830 in Derry, New Hampshire, USA

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Benjamin was a soldier in the U.S. Civil War.
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Benjamin married Emeline MESSER 23 September 1861 in Manchester, New Hampshire, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Emeline MESSER was born 10 February 1839 in Shirley, Massachusetts, USA. Emeline died 18 November 1916 in Leominster, Massachusetts, USA. Emeline was the child of David MESSER and Betsey KEZAR.

Benjamin SHEPLEY died 7 June 1865 in Beaufort, North Carolina, USA.
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Benjamin SHEPLEY married

Emeline MESSER
Marriage date: 23 September 1861
Marriage place: Manchester, New Hampshire, USA
Source: ancestry.com

Emeline MESSER was the child of David MESSER and Betsey KEZAR

Marriage notes:

Name: Benjamin Shipley

Marriage Date: 23 Sep 1861

Event Type: Marriage

Marriage Place: Manchester, Hillsboro, New Hampshire

Birth Date: abt 1820

Age: 41

Gender: Male

Spouse Name: Emeline Messer

Spouse Age: 24

Spouse Gender: Female

FHL Film Number: 1001304

Ancestry.com. New Hampshire, Marriage Records Index, 1637-1947 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.

Children of Benjamin SHEPLEY and Emeline MESSER

Francena Marcella SHEPLEY

Born: July 1860, Derry, New Hampshire, USA
Died: 1 January 1925, Winchendon, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Edward Eugene HALL 22 March 1892 Place: Keene, New Hampshire, USA

Married: Frederick Lyman POPPLE 22 July 1905 Place: Keene, New Hampshire, USA

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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.

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.