Linus
BLISS
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Born: 7 January 1822 in Suffield, Connecticut, USA
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Linus married Martha SOULE 5 May 1844 . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Martha SOULE was born 2 April 1826 in Dover, Massachusetts, USA. Martha died June 1920 in Dover, Massachusetts, USA.
Linus BLISS died 17 October 1872 in Dover, Massachusetts, USA.
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Birth — 18227 January 1822
Suffield, Connecticut, 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)
1844 Marriage / PartnerLinus BLISS and Martha SOULE 5 May 1844,
He was 22 years old.
1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)
1848 Birth of ChildMartha Louise BLISS was born 22 November 1848, Dover, Massachusetts, USA
Linus was 26 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.1871 Marriage of ChildMartha Louise BLISS married 21 May 1871, Dover, Massachusetts, USA to James Overton HOWARD
Death — 187217 October 1872
Dover, Massachusetts, USA
He died at the age of 50.
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