James V TURNEY

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abt. 1848 , Winnebago, Wisconsin, USA

Died

abt. 1880 , Deer Creek, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA

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Born: abt. 1848 in Winnebago, Wisconsin, USA

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James V married Cordelia Marie BUCK 26 November 1871 in Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Cordelia Marie BUCK was born 28 May 1851 in Alexandria, Jefferson, New York, USA. Cordelia Marie died 22 December 1881

James V TURNEY died abt. 1880 in Deer Creek, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA.
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Cordelia Marie BUCK
Marriage date: 26 November 1871
Marriage place: Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA

Children of James V TURNEY and Cordelia Marie BUCK

Mary Abbie B TURNEY

Born: 27 October 1873, Deer Creek, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
Died: 21 April 1949, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA

Married: Eugene SURPRENANT dit SANSOUCY 4 June 1889 Place: Clintonville, Wisconsin, USA

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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.

1871 Marriage / Partner
James V TURNEY and Cordelia Marie BUCK 26 November 1871, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA

1873 Birth of Child
Mary Abbie B TURNEY was born 27 October 1873, Deer Creek, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA

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)

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St Mary's Cemetery - Bear Creek, WI

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Last updated: 3/13/2025 2:03:16 PM

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According to the Wisconsin Historical Society, Wisconsin means 'river running through a red place' (the red place referring to the red sandstone bluffs of the Wisconsin Dells); they also say the name 'is the English spelling of a French version of a Miami Indian name' for the Wisconsin river (which runs 430 miles through the center of Wisconsin). (statesymbolsusa.org)

May 29, 1848 - Wisconsin becomes 25th U.S. state. The state is smaller than the territory and the leftover area continued to be called the Territory of Wisconsin until March 3, 1849. (www.50states.com)

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