Isaac Blake PEABODY

Born

6 April 1808 , Mount Holly, Vermont, USA

Died

17 October 1875 , Pitcairn, St Lawrence, New York, USA

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Moses PEABODY Elizabeth BLAKE

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Born: 6 April 1808 in Mount Holly, Vermont, USA

Father: Moses PEABODY

Mother: Elizabeth BLAKE

Paternal grandparents: Isaac Perkins PEABODY , Sarah Smith WILKINS

Maternal grandparents: Joseph BLAKE , Elizabeth ELLIS

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Isaac Blake married Sally Lavina TOMPKINS abt. 1830 in New York, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Sally Lavina TOMPKINS was born 16 July 1814 Sally Lavina died abt. 1840 in Herkimer, Herkimer, New York, USA. Sally Lavina was the child of Nathaniel TOMPKINS and Elizabeth "Betsey" RATHBUN (RATHBONE).

Isaac Blake PEABODY died 17 October 1875 in Pitcairn, St Lawrence, New York, USA.

son of Moses Peabody and Elizabeth Blake

m. (2) Sally Bethia Lawton (1821 - 1900)

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Sally Lavina TOMPKINS
Marriage date: abt. 1830
Marriage place: , New York, USA
Sally Lavina TOMPKINS was the child of Nathaniel TOMPKINS and Elizabeth "Betsey" RATHBUN (RATHBONE)

Children of Isaac Blake PEABODY and Sally Lavina TOMPKINS

David Jerome PEABODY

Born: 12 January 1839, Herkimer, Herkimer, New York, USA
Died: 5 June 1899, Fenwick, Montcalm, Michigan, USA

Married: Judith Luthera MOULTON 17 February 1867

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Birth — 1808
6 April 1808
Mount Holly, Vermont, USA

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 - 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)

1839 Birth of Child
David Jerome PEABODY was born 12 January 1839, Herkimer, Herkimer, New York, USA

Isaac Blake was 30 years old.

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.