Laura DRAPER

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19 August 1804 , Vermont, USA

Died

8 August 1892 , Bennington, Vermont, USA

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Allen DRAPER Polly BURNHAM

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Born: 19 August 1804 in Vermont, USA

Father: Allen DRAPER

Mother: Polly BURNHAM

Paternal grandparents: James DRAPER , Ruth PIERCE

Maternal grandparents: Asa W BURNHAM , Lucy HUNTINGTON

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Laura married Rufus Welcome BANGS 16 September 1827 in Shaftsbury, Vermont, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Rufus Welcome BANGS was born 11 May 1803 Rufus Welcome died 5 September 1892

Laura DRAPER died 8 August 1892 in Bennington, Vermont, USA .
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Laura DRAPER married

Rufus Welcome BANGS
Marriage date: 16 September 1827
Marriage place: Shaftsbury, Vermont, USA
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name: Rufus Bangs

event: Marriage

event date: 16 Sep 1827

event place: Shaftsbury, , Vermont, United States

gender: Male

age:

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mother:

spouse: Laura Draper

spouse's father:

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film number: 27467

digital folder number: 004542944

image number: 03715

"Vermont, Vital Records, 1760-1954," index and images, FamilySearch.org : accessed 11 Feb 2013), Rufus Bangs and Laura Draper, 1827.

Children of Rufus Welcome BANGS and Laura DRAPER

James Ascher BANGS

Born: 5 December 1828, Bennington, Vermont, USA
Died: 5 February 1915, Bennington, Vermont, USA

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Birth — 1804
19 August 1804
Vermont, USA

1805 - Lewis and Clark reach Pacific (November 15)

1809 - James Madison becomes President of the United States

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.

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 Marriage / Partner
Laura DRAPER and Rufus Welcome BANGS 16 September 1827, Shaftsbury, Vermont, USA (South, Center)

She was 23 years old.

Laura DRAPER - 1827 marriage Vermont, Vital Records, 1760-1954

1827 marriage
Vermont, Vital Records, 1760-1954

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1827 - The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad is incorporated, becoming the first railroad in America offering commercial transportation of both people and freight.

1828 Birth of Child
James Ascher BANGS was born 5 December 1828, Bennington, Vermont, USA (North Bennington)

Laura was 24 years old.

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.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1860 Bennington, Bennington, Vermont
Name: Laura Bangs
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Minor Civil Division: Bennington
Age (Expanded): 55 years
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Page: 327
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Affiliate Publication Number: M653
GS Film number: 805316
Digital Folder Number: 4297344
Image Number: 00132
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 Plainfield, Will, Illinois
Name: Laura Bangs
Birth Year (Estimated): 1804
Gender: Female
Age (Original): 66y
Race: White
Birthplace: Vermont
Event Place: Illinois, United States
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Rufus W Bangs M 67y Massachusetts
Laura Bangs F 66y Vermont
Norman L Bangs M 27y Vermont
1870 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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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 Plainfield, Will, Illinois
Name: Laura Bangs
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1880
Event Place: Plainfield, Will, Illinois, United States
Gender: Female
Age: 76
Marital Status: Married
Occupation: Keep House
Race (Original): W
Ethnicity: American
Relationship to Head of Household: Wife
Birthplace: Vermont, United States
Birth Date: 1804
Spouse's Name: Rufush Bangs
Spouse's Birthplace: Massachusetts, United States
Father's Name:
Father's Birthplace: Vermont, United States
Mother's Name:
Mother's Birthplace: Vermont, United States
Page: 411
Page Letter: C
Entry Number: 1275
Affiliate Film Number: T9-0260
GS Film number: 1254260
Digital Folder Number: 004240568
Image Number: 00825
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Self Rufush Bangs M 77 Massachusetts, United States
Wife Laura Bangs F 76 Vermont, United States
Son Norman Bangs M 37 Vermont, United States
Daughter-in-law Silva Bangs F 29 Missouri, United States
Granddaughter Clara Bangs F 5 Missouri, United...Read full story

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.

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1885 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

1886 - October 28 - Statue of Liberty is Unveiled

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1889 - Benjamin Harrison becomes President of the United States

1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)

The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)

First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented

1892 Death
Vermont Deaths and Burials, 1871-1965
name: Laura Draper Bangs
gender: Female
burial date:
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death date: 08 Aug 1892
death place: Bennington, Vermont, United States
age: 81
birth date: 1811
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spouse's name:
father's name: Allen Draper
father's birthplace:
mother's name: Mary Buraham
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indexing project (batch) number: I10207-2
system origin: Vermont-EASy
source film number: 540056
reference number: p 148

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