Richard VERRILL

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11 July 1823 , Raymond, Maine, USA

Died

3 November 1863 , Richmond, Virginia, USA

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Jeremiah VERRILL Lydia TRIPP

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Born: 11 July 1823 in Raymond, Maine, USA

Father: Jeremiah VERRILL

Mother: Lydia TRIPP

Richard was a soldier in the U.S. Civil War.
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Richard married Mary Emmerline TRIPP . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Mary Emmerline TRIPP was born 19 September 1829 in Maine, USA. Mary Emmerline died 19 October 1913 in Raymond, Maine, USA.

Richard VERRILL died 3 November 1863 in Richmond, Virginia, USA.
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Richard VERRILL married

Mary Emmerline TRIPP
Marriage place: New Gloucester, Maine, USA

Children of Richard VERRILL and Mary Emmerline TRIPP

Emmons T VERRILL

Born: 29 March 1847, Raymond, Maine, USA
Died: 5 November 1928, Freeport, Maine, USA

Married: Alice G FIELD 27 November 1882 Place: Minot, Maine, USA (West Minot)

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Birth — 1823
11 July 1823
Raymond, Maine, 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

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

1847 Birth of Child
Emmons T VERRILL was born 29 March 1847, Raymond, Maine, USA

Richard was 23 years old.

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.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1861 - February 8 – American Civil War: The Confederate States of America are formed, comprising the first six break-away states.

1861 - Abraham Lincoln becomes President of the United States

Death — 1863
3 November 1863
Richmond, Virginia, USA
He died at the age of 40.

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The name Maine is probably a practical nautical term which refers to the region being a mainland (separate from the many surrounding islands). Reference to the area as 'Maine' in writing first appeared in 1622. (statesymbolsusa.org)

Prior to 1685 - New England
1686 - 1689 - Dominion of New England
1690 - 1775 - New England
1776 - 1820 - Massachusetts (District of Maine)
March 15, 1820 - Maine becomes 23rd U.S. state

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