John B SWETT

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2 January 1836 , Portland, Maine, USA

Died

27 May 1863 , Port Hudson, East Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA

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Lewis SWETT Sylvia (Silva) W DELANO

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Born: 2 January 1836 in Portland, Maine, USA

Father: Lewis SWETT

Mother: Sylvia (Silva) W DELANO

Paternal grandparents: James SWETT , Abigail PRIDE

John B was a soldier in the U.S. Civil War.
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John B SWETT died 27 May 1863 in Port Hudson, East Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA.
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Birth — 1836
2 January 1836
Portland, Maine, USA

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 - 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.