James William FIELD

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abt. 1835 , Maine, USA

Died

abt. 1872 , Poland, Maine, USA

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Born: abt. 1835 in Maine, USA

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James William was a soldier in the U.S. Civil War.
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James William married Sarah Ann VERRILL 16 March 1856 in Portland, Maine, USA . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Sarah Ann VERRILL was born 9 February 1838 in Poland, Maine, USA (Poland Spring) (East Poland) (Hackett Mills). Sarah Ann died 20 June 1916 in Pownal, Maine, USA. Sarah Ann was the child of William VERRILL and Lydia TRIPP.

James William FIELD died abt. 1872 in Poland, Maine, USA .

He served in the Civil War as a Union soldier. He was killed in a stave mill where he worked.

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James William FIELD married

Sarah Ann VERRILL
Marriage date: 16 March 1856
Marriage place: Portland, Maine, USA
Source: ancestry.com

Sarah Ann VERRILL was the child of William VERRILL and Lydia TRIPP

Marriage notes:

Name: Sarah A Verrill

Gender: Female

Spouse: James W Field

Spouse Gender: Male

Marriage Date: 16 Mar 1856

Marriage Place: Portland

Registration Place: Portland, Cumberland, Maine, USA

Ancestry.com. Maine, Marriage Records, 1713-1937 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.

Original data: Maine Marriage Records, 1705-1922. Augusta, Maine: Maine State Archives.

Children of James William FIELD and Sarah Ann VERRILL

Elias Herbert FIELD

Born: January 1857, Poland, Maine, USA
Died: 25 June 1934, New Gloucester, Maine, USA

Married: Etta Blanche MOREY 1885 Place: , Maine, USA

Edward F FIELD

Born: abt. 1859, Poland, Maine, USA
Died: ,

Alice G FIELD

Born: 26 May 1863, Poland, Maine, USA
Died: 23 October 1953, Raymond, Maine, USA

Married: Emmons T VERRILL 27 November 1882 Place: Minot, Maine, USA (West Minot)

Ulysses Grant FIELD

Born: January 1867, Poland, Maine, USA
Died: 14 November 1940, Pownal, Maine, USA

Schuyler C FIELD

Born: abt. 1869, Poland, Maine, USA
Died: ,

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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