Martha Caroline GASTON

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4 August 1822 , South Carolina, USA

Died

10 May 1877 , Cherokee County, Texas, USA

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William Porter GASTON Sarah "Sally" TINDALL

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Born: 4 August 1822 in South Carolina, USA

Father: William Porter GASTON

Mother: Sarah "Sally" TINDALL

Maternal grandparents: Larkin Asa TINDALL , Martha GOING

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Martha Caroline married George Winston BOOTH 24 May 1839 in Limestone, Alabama, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
George Winston BOOTH was born 18 April 1812 in Virginia, USA. George Winston died 24 November 1850 in Kentucky, USA. George Winston was the child of Charles Thomas BOOTH and Lucy Ann ABERNATHY.

Martha Caroline GASTON died 10 May 1877 in Cherokee County, Texas, USA.
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Martha Caroline GASTON married

George Winston BOOTH
Marriage date: 24 May 1839
Marriage place: Limestone, Alabama, USA
George Winston BOOTH was the child of Charles Thomas BOOTH and Lucy Ann ABERNATHY

Children of George Winston BOOTH and Martha Caroline GASTON

Catherine BOOTH

Born: 2 February 1847, , Tennessee, USA
Died: 18 February 1924, Cherokee, Texas, USA

Married: John Alton WILLIS

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Birth — 1822
4 August 1822
South Carolina, USA

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 - 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)

1839 Marriage / Partner
Martha Caroline GASTON and George Winston BOOTH 24 May 1839, Limestone, Alabama, USA

She was 16 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)

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
Catherine BOOTH was born 2 February 1847, , Tennessee, USA

Martha Caroline was 24 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

1850 Death of Spouse/Partner
George Winston BOOTH died 24 November 1850, , Kentucky, USA

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.

Obituary
Mrs. Martha C. Booth, relict of Geo. W. Booth, departed this life May 10, 1877, near Jacksonville, Cherokee County, Texas. She was born August 4, 1822; was left a lonely widow in the year 1850 with eight children. She lived to see them all grown, and all in the Methodist Church, save one. May the spirit of God follow him. She was a member of the Methodist Church long before I can recollect. She was indeed a kind mother. She spared no effort in the nuture and admonition of the Lord. Through her life, she was a devoted Christian and when the end drew near she was ready. In a letter to her daughter in Alabama a few days previous to her illness, she says; 'I am not well, nor do I ever expect to be in this world; but I feel today I am ready to go and hope to meet you where parting will be no more.' She was suddenly and sorely stricken with paralysis a few days before her death but seemed to realize that earthly afflictions but work out for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of...Read full story