Phebe KNIGHT

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19 June 1806 , Antrim, New Hampshire, USA

Died

22 October 1882 , Acworth, New Hampshire, USA

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Benjamin KNIGHT Lucy BARDEN

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Born: 19 June 1806 in Antrim, New Hampshire, USA

Father: Benjamin KNIGHT

Mother: Lucy BARDEN

Maternal grandparents: Philip BARDEN , Phebe BASSETT

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Phebe married Josiah Spring MORRISON 5 September 1831 in Lowell, Massachusetts, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Josiah Spring MORRISON was born 12 January 1808 in Hancock, New Hampshire, USA. Josiah Spring died 8 April 1889 in Acworth, New Hampshire, USA. Josiah Spring was the child of Robert MORRISON and Betsey SPRING.

Phebe KNIGHT died 22 October 1882 in Acworth, New Hampshire, USA.
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Josiah Spring MORRISON
Marriage date: 5 September 1831
Marriage place: Lowell, Massachusetts, USA
Josiah Spring MORRISON was the child of Robert MORRISON and Betsey SPRING

Children of Josiah Spring MORRISON and Phebe KNIGHT

Mary Elizabeth "Lizzie" MORRISON

Born: 23 March 1836, Peterborough, New Hampshire, USA
Died: 27 November 1894, Peterborough, New Hampshire, USA

Married: Melville Stephen BUXTON 29 November 1860

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Birth
Name: Phebe Vose Knights
Gender: Female
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Birth Date: 19 Jun 1806
Birthplace: ANTRIM TWP,HILLSBORO,NEW HAMPSHIRE
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Father's Name: Benn. Knights
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Mother's Name: Lucy
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: 7540051
System Origin: New_Hampshire-ODM
GS Film number: 1001010
Reference ID:

'New Hampshire Births and Christenings, 1714-1904,' database, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ ark:/ 61903/ 1:1:FDNN-4QY : 12 December 2014), Benn. Knights in entry for Phebe Vose Knights, 19 Jun 1806; citing ANTRIM TWP,HILLSBORO,NEW HAMPSHIRE; FHL microfilm 1,001,010.
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1809 - James Madison becomes President of the United States

The War of 1812 was a conflict between the United States and Great Britain, lasting from 1812 to 1815. It was primarily fueled by issues such as trade restrictions due to Britain's ongoing war with France, impressment of American sailors into the British Navy, and British support of Native American tribes against American expansion. The war ended with the Treaty of Ghent, restoring pre-war boundaries but resolving few of the initial disputes.

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1817 - James Monroe becomes President of the United States

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

1831 Marriage / Partner
Phebe KNIGHT and Josiah Spring MORRISON 5 September 1831, Lowell, Massachusetts, USA

She was 25 years old.

1836 Birth of Child
Mary Elizabeth "Lizzie" MORRISON was born 23 March 1836, Peterborough, New Hampshire, USA

Phebe was 29 years old.

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.

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.

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.

Death
Name: Phebe V Morrison
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Event Date (Original): 22 Oct 1882
Event Date: 22 Oct 1882
Event Place: Acworth
Gender: Female
Race (Original): W
Race: White
Age: 75
Birth Year (Estimated): 1807
Birthplace: Antrim, , New Hampshire
Marital Status: Married
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Father's Name: Benjamin Knight
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Mother's Name: Lucy Borden
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Clerk's Jurisdiction Place: Acworth, , New Hampshire
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GS Film number: 1001095
Digital Folder Number: 4243764
Image Number: 04110
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'New Hampshire Death Records, 1654-1947,' database with images, FamilySearch.org