James Thomas
MEEKER
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Born: 2 November 1831 in Butler Twp, Darke, Ohio, USA
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James Thomas married Keziah HETZLER . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Keziah HETZLER was born 29 September 1827 in Celina, Mercer, Ohio, USA. Keziah died 21 June 1899 in Sacramento, California, USA. Keziah was the child of Adam HETZLER and Christina NAFSCAR (NAFTYGAS).
James Thomas MEEKER died 19 September 1881 in Greenville, Darke, Ohio, USA.
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Keziah HETZLERMarriage place:
Keziah HETZLER was the child of Adam HETZLER and Christina NAFSCAR (NAFTYGAS)
Children of James Thomas MEEKER and Keziah HETZLER
Marian Clara MEEKERDied: 17 March 1935, Placerville, California, USA
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Birth — 18312 November 1831
Butler Twp, Darke, Ohio, USA
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)
1861 Birth of ChildMarian Clara MEEKER was born 18 October 1861, Greenville, Ohio, USA
James Thomas was 29 years old.
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.
Death — 188119 September 1881
Greenville, Darke, Ohio, USA
He died at the age of 49.
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