Martha Springer NORCROSS

Born

10 August 1817 , Massachusetts (District of Maine)

Died

11 May 1876 , Cedar Mills, Meeker, Minnesota, USA

Martha Springer married Isaac WHEELER 20 July 1837 in Bangor, Maine, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Isaac WHEELER was born 19 June 1817 in Garland, Massachusetts (District of Maine). Isaac died 13 September 1899 in Cedar Mills, Meeker, Minnesota, USA. Isaac was the child of Isaac WHEELER and Betsey MURRAY .

Parents & Family of Martha Springer NORCROSS

Parents of Martha Springer NORCROSS

Father

Elijah Livermore NORCROSS

Mother

Lydia FALL

Grandparents of Martha Springer NORCROSS

Paternal grandparents

Jonathan NORCROSS Martha SPRINGER

Maternal grandparents

Joshua FALL Betsy HIGGINS

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Martha Springer NORCROSS

Martha Springer NORCROSS married

Isaac WHEELER
Marriage date: 20 July 1837
Marriage place: Bangor, Maine, USA
Isaac WHEELER was the child of Isaac WHEELER and Betsey MURRAY

Children of Isaac WHEELER and Martha Springer NORCROSS

Frank Eli WHEELER

Born: 1 January 1851, Garland, Maine, USA
Died: 26 December 1933, Plevna, Fallon, Montana, USA

Married: Lucy Louisa PORTER 11 October 1877

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Birth — 1817
10 August 1817
Massachusetts (District of Maine)

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 Marriage / Partner
Martha Springer NORCROSS and Isaac WHEELER 20 July 1837, Bangor, Maine, USA

She was 19 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

1851 Birth of Child
Frank Eli WHEELER was born 1 January 1851, Garland, Maine, USA

Martha Springer was 33 years old.

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.

Grave

Spring Grove Cemetery Meeker County Minnesota, USA

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Death — 1876
11 May 1876
Cedar Mills, Meeker, Minnesota, USA
She died at the age of 58.

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Spring Grove Cemetery Meeker County Minnesota, USA

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The name Maine is probably a practical nautical term which refers to the region being a mainland (separate from the many surrounding islands). Reference to the area as 'Maine' in writing first appeared in 1622. (statesymbolsusa.org)

Prior to 1685 - New England
1686 - 1689 - Dominion of New England
1690 - 1775 - New England
1776 - 1820 - Massachusetts (District of Maine)
March 15, 1820 - Maine becomes 23rd U.S. state

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