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flag female ancestor  Mary Elizabeth  MURPHY

Born
abt. 1848 ,  Pennsylvania, USA
Died
abt. 1879 ,  Washington, DC, USA
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Born: abt. 1848 in Pennsylvania, USA

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Mary Elizabeth  married  Charles Remond DOUGLASS .  The couple had (at least) 6 children.
Charles Remond DOUGLASS  was born 21 October 1844 in Lynn, Massachusetts, USA.  Charles Remond died 24 November 1920 in Washington, DC, USA.  Charles Remond was the child of Frederick Augustus Washington (BAILEY) DOUGLASS and Anna MURRAY.

Mary Elizabeth MURPHY died abt. 1879 in Washington, DC, USA.
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Mary Elizabeth MURPHY married US Civil War Soldiers flag photo of Charles Remond DOUGLASS  Charles Remond DOUGLASS
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Charles Remond DOUGLASS was the child of Frederick Augustus Washington (BAILEY) DOUGLASS and Anna MURRAY

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Invention 1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)
U.S. President1849 - Zachary Taylor becomes President of the United States
U.S. President1850 - Millard Fillmore becomes President of the United States
U.S. President1853 - Franklin Pierce becomes President of the United States
Invention 1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)
U.S. President1857 - James Buchanan becomes President of the United States
News1857 - 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.
Invention 1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser
News1861 - February 8 – American Civil War: The Confederate States of America are formed, comprising the first six break-away states.
U.S. President1861 - Abraham Lincoln becomes President of the United States
News1863 - January 1 - President Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, freeing slaves.
News1863 - October 3 – President Lincoln proclaims a national Thanksgiving day to be celebrated the final Thursday in November in the United States
News1863 - November 19 – American Civil War: U. S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the military cemetery dedication ceremony in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
Invention 1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)
U.S. PresidentApril 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.
Invention 1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.
U.S. President1869 - Ulysses S. Grant becomes President of the United States
1869 Birth of Child
Joseph Henry DOUGLASS was born 3 July 1869, Washington, DC, USA
News1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states.
Invention 1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.
U.S. President1877 - Rutherford B. Hayes becomes President of the United States
Invention 1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.
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National Harmony Memorial Park Cemetery Hyattsville Prince George's County Maryland, USA
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