Andrew Joseph PORTER

(b. abt. 1809 , Virginia, USA d. 24 January 1865 , Camp Morton, Indiana, USA )
Cause of Death: Died at a Confederate prisoner of war camp

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Andrew Joseph PORTER was born abt. 1809 in Virginia, USA

Andrew Joseph PORTER was the child of James Lindsay PORTER and Jeanne Small KIRBY

Andrew Joseph was a soldier in the U.S. Civil War.

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Andrew Joseph married Nancy Elizabeth "Betsy" TREADWAY . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Nancy Elizabeth "Betsy" TREADWAY was born abt. 1814 in South Carolina, USA. Nancy Elizabeth "Betsy" died 29 May 1893 in Allegheny, Blount, Tennessee, USA.

Andrew Joseph PORTER died 24 January 1865 in Camp Morton, Indiana, USA.
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Stephen Andrew PORTER (b.16 October 1841, Maryville, Blount, Tennessee, USA d. 22 July 1909, Andrews, Cherokee, North Carolina, USA)
m. Tallulah Fannie ADAMS 29 August 1878

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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)

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