Olive PERKINS

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5 March 1824 , Wells, Maine, USA

Died

18 September 1882 , Sanford, Maine, USA

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Born: 5 March 1824 in Wells, Maine, USA

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Olive married Jeremiah MOULTON 29 October 1857 in Sanford, Maine, USA . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Jeremiah MOULTON was born 23 December 1825 in Sanford, Maine, USA (Springvale). Jeremiah died 28 May 1894 in Sanford, Maine, USA (Springvale). Jeremiah was the child of Rufus MOULTON and Miriam FERNALD.

Olive PERKINS died 18 September 1882 in Sanford, Maine, USA .

daughter of Joseph Perkins and Lydia Fernald

m. (1) John Ricker, 28 November 1850, Braintree, Massachusetts

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Olive PERKINS married

Jeremiah MOULTON
Marriage date: 29 October 1857
Marriage place: Sanford, Maine, USA
Jeremiah MOULTON was the child of Rufus MOULTON and Miriam FERNALD

Children of Jeremiah MOULTON and Olive PERKINS

Rufus MOULTON

Born: 26 December 1859, Sanford, Maine, USA
Died: 24 August 1889, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Olive E MOULTON

Born: November 1865, Sanford, Maine, USA
Died: 9 August 1867, Sanford, Maine, USA

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Birth — 1824
5 March 1824
Wells, Maine, USA

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

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 Marriage / Partner
Olive PERKINS and Jeremiah MOULTON 29 October 1857, Sanford, Maine, USA (Springvale)

She was 33 years old.

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

1859 Birth of Child
Rufus MOULTON was born 26 December 1859, Sanford, Maine, USA (Springvale)

Olive was 35 years old.

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.

1865 Birth of Child
Olive E MOULTON was born November 1865, Sanford, Maine, USA (Springvale)

Olive was 41 years old.

1867 Death of Child
Olive E MOULTON died 9 August 1867, Sanford, Maine, USA (Springvale)

Olive was 43 years old.

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.

Olive PERKINS - Grave Inscription: JEREMIAH MOULTON 1825 - 1894 SARAH A. died April 13, 1857 age 28 years & 9 months OLIVE 1824 - 1882

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Inscription:
JEREMIAH MOULTON
1825 - 1894
SARAH A.
died April 13, 1857
age 28 years & 9 months
OLIVE
1824 - 1882

Riverside Cemetery Springvale York County Maine, USA

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Death — 1882
18 September 1882
Sanford, Maine, USA
She died at the age of 58.

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Riverside Cemetery Springvale York County Maine, USA

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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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