Elizur M BOSTWICK

(b. 19 November 1852 , Comstock, Michigan, USA d. 9 August 1867 , Comstock, Michigan, USA )

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Elizur M BOSTWICK was born 19 November 1852 in Comstock, Michigan, USA

Elizur M BOSTWICK was the child of Milo B BOSTWICK and Hannah Jane SHARPSTEEN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Elizur D BOSTWICK and Elizabeth WILKINSON (maternal) John SHARPSTEEN and Susan SMITH

Elizur M BOSTWICK died 9 August 1867 in Comstock, Michigan, USA .
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1852 Birth
19 November 1852
Comstock, Michigan, USA

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

1860 - Comstock, Michigan
Name: Eliza M Bostwic
Age: 7
Birth Year: abt 1853
Gender: Female
Birth Place: Michigan
Home in 1860: Comstock, Kalamazoo, Michigan
Post Office: Augusta
Dwelling Number: 1066
Family Number: 1072
Attended School: Yes
Household Members:
Name Age
Milo B Bostwic 52
Hannah J Bostwic 45
Geo Bostwic 25
Eliza M Bostwic 7
1860 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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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

1863 - January 1 - President Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, freeing slaves.

1863 - October 3 – President Lincoln proclaims a national Thanksgiving day to be celebrated the final Thursday in November in the United States

1863 - November 19 – American Civil War: U. S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the military cemetery dedication ceremony in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

April 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.