Eliza Jane GRESHAM

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25 July 1824 , Tennessee, USA

Died

9 December 1863 , Meriwether, Georgia, USA

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Edward Harris GRESHAM Mary HOGAN (HOGUE)

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Born: 25 July 1824 in Tennessee, USA

Father: Edward Harris GRESHAM

Mother: Mary HOGAN (HOGUE)

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Eliza Jane married George Washington WRIGHT 20 November 1843 in Meriwether, Georgia, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
George Washington WRIGHT was born 4 December 1820 in South Carolina, USA. George Washington died 14 July 1864 in Griffin, Spalding, Georgia, USA. George Washington was the child of Abraham WRIGHT and Anna BURTZ (BURTS).

Eliza Jane GRESHAM died 9 December 1863 in Meriwether, Georgia, USA.
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George Washington WRIGHT
Marriage date: 20 November 1843
Marriage place: Meriwether, Georgia, USA
George Washington WRIGHT was the child of Abraham WRIGHT and Anna BURTZ (BURTS)

Children of George Washington WRIGHT and Eliza Jane GRESHAM

Columbia Anna WRIGHT

Born: 2 June 1855, Meriwether, Georgia, USA
Died: 9 April 1899, Austin, Texas, USA

Married: Thomas Samuel JOHNSON 11 November 1875

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'Eliza Jane Gresham was born July 24, 1824 probably in Jones Co., Georgia. She was the eldest daughter of Edward 'Ned' Gresham and Mary Hogue. She had seven other siblings. She married George Washington Wright Sr. November 20, 1843 in Meriwether Co., Georgia. She was the mother of nine children. Eliza died December 9, 1863 in Greenville, Meriwether Co., Georgia. She is buried beside her young daughter, her namesake Eliza Jane, and husband at the Flat Rock Primitive Church Cemetery near Greenville, Meriwether Co., Georgia. Eliza passed away while her husband was away serving as a Confederate Soldier during the Civil War--leaving her eldest daughter, Mary Ann, who was 19 years of age in charge of her eight brothers and sisters the youngest of them being but 2 years old. '
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Birth — 1825
25 July 1824
Tennessee, USA

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)