Eleanor DURFEE

Born

19 October 1812 , Farmington, New York, USA

Died

27 April 1863 , Novi, Oakland, Michigan, USA

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Daniel DURFEE Barsheba HART

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Born: 19 October 1812 in Farmington, New York, USA

Father: Daniel DURFEE

Mother: Barsheba HART

Paternal grandparents: Job DURFEE , Mary SLOCUM

Eleanor DURFEE died 27 April 1863 in Novi, Oakland, Michigan, USA.

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Spouse:
Calvin Smith (1809 - 1884)*

Children:
Cordelia Adaline Smith Green (1833 - 1917)*
Daniel Benjamin Smith (1835 - 1896)*
Rosella Elizabeth Smith Van Valkenburgh (1839 - 1899)*
Gideon Warner Smith (1840 - 1875)*
Mary Barsheba Smith Crosby (1842 - 1918)*
Alta Alitia Smith Scullin (1849 - 1908)*
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Birth — 1812
19 October 1812
Farmington, New York, USA

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1817 - James Monroe becomes President of the United States

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

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.