Eliza LIBBY

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13 January 1810 , Saco, Massachusetts (District of Maine)

Died

4 September 1893 , Saco, Maine, USA

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Born: 13 January 1810 in Saco, Massachusetts (District of Maine)

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Eliza married William Collins MOULTON 2 August 1829 in Scarborough, Maine, USA . The couple had (at least) 7 children.
William Collins MOULTON was born 5 October 1809 in Scarborough, Maine, USA (Scarboro). William Collins died 22 February 1892 William Collins was the child of Daniel MOULTON and Mary "Polly" LIBBY.

Eliza LIBBY died 4 September 1893 in Saco, Maine, USA .

daughter of David Libby

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Eliza LIBBY married

William Collins MOULTON
Marriage date: 2 August 1829
Marriage place: Scarborough, Maine, USA
William Collins MOULTON was the child of Daniel MOULTON and Mary "Polly" LIBBY

Children of William Collins MOULTON and Eliza LIBBY

Araxene Southgate MOULTON

Born: 4 January 1831, Saco, Maine, USA
Died: 28 April 1901, Saco, Maine, USA

Mary Elizabeth MOULTON

Born: March 1837, Scarborough, Maine, USA
Died: 4 October 1922, Portland, Maine, USA

Myra Fogg MOULTON

Born: 3 October 1839, Saco, Maine, USA
Died: 18 January 1902, Saco, Maine, USA

Harriet Jose MOULTON

Born: 3 October 1839, Saco, Maine, USA
Died: ,

David Thompson MOULTON

Born: 3 December 1843, Scarborough, Maine, USA
Died: ,

Louisa Thompson MOULTON

Born: 3 December 1843, Saco, Maine, USA
Died: 5 September 1902, Saco, Maine, USA

Amanda Dunn MOULTON

Born: 30 December 1847, Saco, Maine, USA
Died: ,

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Birth — 1810
13 January 1810
Saco, Massachusetts (District of Maine)

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 Marriage / Partner
Eliza LIBBY and William Collins MOULTON 2 August 1829, Scarborough, Maine, USA (Scarboro)

She was 19 years old.

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

1831 Birth of Child
Araxene Southgate MOULTON was born 4 January 1831, Saco, Maine, USA (Pepperrellborough)

Eliza was 20 years old.

1837 Birth of Child
Mary Elizabeth MOULTON was born March 1837, Scarborough, Maine, USA (Scarboro)

Eliza was 27 years old.

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
Harriet Jose MOULTON was born 3 October 1839, Saco, Maine, USA (Pepperrellborough)

Eliza was 29 years old.

1839 Birth of Child
Myra Fogg MOULTON was born 3 October 1839, Saco, Maine, USA (Pepperrellborough)

Eliza was 29 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)

1843 Birth of Child
David Thompson MOULTON was born 3 December 1843, Scarborough, Maine, USA (Scarboro)

Eliza was 33 years old.

1843 Birth of Child
Louisa Thompson MOULTON was born 3 December 1843, Saco, Maine, USA (Pepperrellborough)

Eliza was 33 years old.

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

1847 Birth of Child
Amanda Dunn MOULTON was born 30 December 1847, Saco, Maine, USA (Pepperrellborough)

Eliza was 37 years old.

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

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 - 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)

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

Death — 1893
4 September 1893
Saco, Maine, USA
She died at the age of 83.

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The name Maine is probably a practical nautical term which refers to the region being a mainland (separate from the many surrounding islands). Reference to the area as 'Maine' in writing first appeared in 1622. (statesymbolsusa.org)

Prior to 1685 - New England
1686 - 1689 - Dominion of New England
1690 - 1775 - New England
1776 - 1820 - Massachusetts (District of Maine)
March 15, 1820 - Maine becomes 23rd U.S. state

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