Harriet Eunice
OVIATT
Born
20 May 1808
,
Hudson, Ohio, USA
Died
2 September 1885
,
Columbus, Ohio, USA
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Born: 20 May 1808 in Hudson, Ohio, USA
Father:
Heman OVIATT
Mother:
Eunice NEWTON
Paternal grandparents:
Benjamin OVIATT
, Elizabeth CARTER
Maternal grandparents:
Isaac NEWTON
, Rebecca MINOT
Harriet Eunice OVIATT died 2 September 1885 in Columbus, Ohio, USA.
Spouses:
Sherman Bronson (1800 - 1835)
David Austin Randall (1813 - 1884)
Children:
Emilia Louisa Bronson (1832 - 1848)*
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Sherman Bronson (1800 - 1835)
David Austin Randall (1813 - 1884)
Children:
Emilia Louisa Bronson (1832 - 1848)*
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Birth — 180820 May 1808
Hudson, Ohio, USA
The War of 1812 was a conflict between the United States and Great Britain, lasting from 1812 to 1815. It was primarily fueled by issues such as trade restrictions due to Britain's ongoing war with France, impressment of American sailors into the British Navy, and British support of Native American tribes against American expansion. The war ended with the Treaty of Ghent, restoring pre-war boundaries but resolving few of the initial disputes.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.
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)
1863 - November 19 – American Civil War: U. S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the military cemetery dedication ceremony in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. 1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.
1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states. 1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)
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Medina Co. Gazette - September 24, 1885: We condense the following from a notice in the Ohio State Journal of Sept. 14th of the death of Mrs. D. A. Randall, whose remains were brought to Medina for burial Tuesday of last week.
Mrs. Harriet O. Randall, deceased, was the eldest daughter of Captain Herman and Eunice Newton Oviatt. Her parents were born and reared in Goshen, Conn., and emigrated with a company in 1800 to Hudson, Ohio, being among the first pioneers from New England to the Western Reserve. Her father by great industry and judicious management soon acquired considerable property at that place, and was one of the original founders and generous patrons of Western Reserve College, now moved to Cleveland and known as Adelbert University. Her mother, a sister of Aon Eben Newton, of Canfield, Ohio, was a woman of strong character and remarkable courage, which was of great service to her in her intercourse with the Indians during her frontier life. She spoke fluently three Indian ...Read full story
Medina Co. Gazette - September 24, 1885: We condense the following from a notice in the Ohio State Journal of Sept. 14th of the death of Mrs. D. A. Randall, whose remains were brought to Medina for burial Tuesday of last week.
Mrs. Harriet O. Randall, deceased, was the eldest daughter of Captain Herman and Eunice Newton Oviatt. Her parents were born and reared in Goshen, Conn., and emigrated with a company in 1800 to Hudson, Ohio, being among the first pioneers from New England to the Western Reserve. Her father by great industry and judicious management soon acquired considerable property at that place, and was one of the original founders and generous patrons of Western Reserve College, now moved to Cleveland and known as Adelbert University. Her mother, a sister of Aon Eben Newton, of Canfield, Ohio, was a woman of strong character and remarkable courage, which was of great service to her in her intercourse with the Indians during her frontier life. She spoke fluently three Indian ...Read full story
Death — 18852 September 1885
Columbus, Ohio, USA
She died at the age of 77.
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Spring Grove Cemetery Medina Medina County Ohio, USA
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The name Ohio originates from the Iroquois Indian word for 'good river.' This Indian name was later translated by the French as La Belle Riviere (the Beautiful River). (statesymbolsusa.org)Prior to 1803 - Northwest Territory
March 1, 1803 - Ohio becomes 17th U.S. state
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