Martha LUTHER

(b. 11 August 1821 , New York, USA d. 24 January 1894 , Pennsylvania, USA )

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Martha LUTHER was born 11 August 1821 in New York, USA

Martha LUTHER was the child of ? and ?

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Martha married Rensselaer Seneca MOSHER abt. 1842 . The couple had (at least) 8 children.
Rensselaer Seneca MOSHER was born 25 January 1817 in Greenfield, Saratoga, New York, USA. Rensselaer Seneca died 29 November 1893 in Middlebury Center, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA. Rensselaer Seneca was the child of David MOSHER and Betsey LEE?.

Martha LUTHER died 24 January 1894 in Pennsylvania, USA.
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Rensselaer Seneca MOSHER-- Date: abt. 1842 Place:
Rensselaer Seneca MOSHER was the child of David MOSHER and Betsey LEE?

Children of Rensselaer Seneca MOSHER and Martha LUTHER:

Martha Elizabeth MOSHER (b.24 September 1842, , New York, USA d. 24 August 1930, Motley, Morrison, Minnesota, USA)

Mary A MOSHER (b.6 February 1845, , New York, USA d. 9 February 1882, Westfield, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA)

William I MOSHER (b.22 October 1846, , United States d. , )

Harvey A MOSHER (b.29 March 1849, , Pennsylvania, USA d. , )

Rensselaer Harvey MOSHER (b.19 June 1854, , Pennsylvania, USA d. , )

Franklin Solomon MOSHER (b.8 October 1858, Deerfield, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA d. 14 October 1944, Tioga County, Pennsylvania, USA)

Eddie MOSHER (b.abt. 1860, , Pennsylvania, USA d. August 1934, )

Leila MOSHER (b.abt. 1864, , United States d. , )

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1821 Birth
11 August 1821
New York, 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

1842 Birth of Child
Martha Elizabeth MOSHER was born 24 September 1842, , New York, USA

Martha was 21 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)

1845 Birth of Child
Mary A MOSHER was born 6 February 1845, , New York, USA

Martha was 23 years old.

1845 - James Knox Polk becomes President of the United States

1846 Birth of Child
William I MOSHER was born 22 October 1846, , United States (USA) (American Colonies)

Martha was 25 years old.

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1849 - Zachary Taylor becomes President of the United States

1849 Birth of Child
Harvey A MOSHER was born 29 March 1849, , Pennsylvania, USA

Martha was 27 years old.

1850 - Millard Fillmore becomes President of the United States

1853 - Franklin Pierce becomes President of the United States

1854 Birth of Child
Rensselaer Harvey MOSHER was born 19 June 1854, , Pennsylvania, USA

Martha was 32 years old.

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

1858 Birth of Child
Franklin Solomon MOSHER was born 8 October 1858, Deerfield, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA

Martha was 37 years old.

1860 - Deerfield, Tioga, Pennsylvania
Name: Martha Mosher
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1860
Event Place: Town of Deerfield, Tioga, Pennsylvania, United States
Gender: Female
Age: 37
Race: White
Race (Original): [Blank]
Birth Year (Estimated): 1823
Birthplace: New York
Page: 122
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Seneca R Mosher Male 43 New York
Martha Mosher Female 37 New York
Elizabith Mosher Female 19 New York
Mary Mosher Female 16 New York
Harvey Mosher Male 8 Pennsylvania
Franklin Mosher Male 4 Pennsylvania
Eddy Mosher Male 1 Pennsylvania
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.

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1869 - Ulysses S. Grant becomes President of the United States

1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states.

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - Rutherford B. Hayes becomes President of the United States

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1880 - Greenwood, Steuben, New York
Name: Martha Mosher
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1880
Event Place: Greenwood, Steuben, New York, United States
Gender: Female
Age: 59
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Race (Original): W
Occupation: Keeping House
Relationship to Head of Household: Wife
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Wife
Birth Year (Estimated): 1821
Birthplace: New York, United States
Father's Birthplace: New York, United States
Mother's Birthplace: New York, United States
Sheet Letter: D
Sheet Number: 242
Person Number: 1
Volume: 1
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
R S Mosher Self Male 63 New York, United States
Martha Mosher Wife Female 59 New York, United States
Frank S Mosher Son Male 24 Pennsylvania, United States
Eddie Mosher Son Male 21 Pennsylvania, United States
1880 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1881 - The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton.

1881 - March 4 - James A. Garfield becomes President of the United States

1881 - July 2 - James A. Garfield was shot at the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station in Washington, D.C., at 9:30 am on Saturday, July 2, 1881. He died in Elberon, New Jersey, two months later on September 19, 1881. The shooting occurred less than four months into his term as president. Charles J. Guiteau was convicted of Garfield's murder and executed by hanging one year after the shooting. Chester Arthur becomes President of the United States.