Lyman A BENDER

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25 November 1835 , Indiana, USA

Died

10 October 1864 , Andersonville, Georgia, USA

Cause of Death: died in Andersonville Prison during Civil War

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Samuel BENDER Hannah LYMAN

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Born: 25 November 1835 in Indiana, USA

Father: Samuel BENDER

Mother: Hannah LYMAN

Paternal grandparents: Jacob BENDER , Mary UNKNOWN

Maternal grandparents: John LYMAN , Hannah OTT

Lyman A was a soldier in the U.S. Civil War.
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Lyman A married Elizabeth RHODES 25 October 1863 . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Elizabeth RHODES was born 23 November 1841 in Illinois, USA. Elizabeth died 13 September 1912 in Illinois, USA. Elizabeth was the child of Jacob RHODES (RHOADES) and Mary (Polly) SCHNEIDER.

Lyman A BENDER died 10 October 1864 in Andersonville, Georgia, USA.
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Lyman A BENDER married

Elizabeth RHODES
Marriage date: 25 October 1863
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Elizabeth RHODES was the child of Jacob RHODES (RHOADES) and Mary (Polly) SCHNEIDER

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Lyman A BENDER

Born: 3 August 1864, Woodland, Iriquois, Illinois, USA
Died: 9 November 1951, Placerville, California, USA

Married: Barbara ZIEGLER 17 November 1903 Place: Chicago, Illinois, USA

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Birth — 1835
25 November 1835
Indiana, USA

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.