Persis Nelson BURSLY

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29 August 1837 , Guilford, Maine, USA

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abt. 1870 , Maine, USA

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Born: 29 August 1837 in Guilford, Maine, USA

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Persis Nelson married Stillman HOWARD 20 June 1868 in Guilford, Maine, USA . Stillman HOWARD was born 30 March 1831 in Livermore Falls, Maine, USA (East Livermore). Stillman died 29 July 1923 in Guilford, Maine, USA.

Persis Nelson BURSLY died abt. 1870 in Maine, USA.

Parents:
Silas Bursley (1801 - 1871)
Thankful Glass (1799 - 1883)

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Persis Nelson BURSLY married

Stillman HOWARD
Marriage date: 20 June 1868
Marriage place: Guilford, Maine, USA
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Name: Stillman Howard

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Spouse's Name: Persis N. Bursly

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Event Date: 20 Jun 1868

Event Place: Guilford,Piscataquis,Maine

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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M52223-1

System Origin: Maine-ODM

GS Film number: 10923

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"Maine, Marriages, 1771-1907," index, FamilySearch.org : accessed 27 Oct 2013), Stillman Howard and Persis N. Bursly, 20 Jun 1868.

Children:

Stanley Howard (1869 - 1918)*

Effie M Howard Crafts (1870 - 1911)*

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Birth — 1837
29 August 1837
Guilford, Maine, USA

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.

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

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.

1868 Marriage / Partner
Persis Nelson BURSLY and Stillman HOWARD 20 June 1868, Guilford, Maine, USA

She was 30 years old.

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

1870 Guilford, Piscataquis, Maine
Name: Stillman Howard
Birth Year (Estimated): 1832
Gender: Male
Age (Original): 38y
Race: White
Birthplace: Maine
Event Place: Maine, United States
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Stillman Howard M 38y Maine
Persis B Howard F 26y Maine
Stanley Howard M 1y Maine
1870 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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