William
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Born: 15 April 1801
William JAMES died 22 February 1875 in Exeter, Rhode Island, USA.
Mother: Mary
m. Roccellany Peckham
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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)
1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.
Name: William James
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Death Date: 22 Feb 1875
Death Place: Exeter, Washington, Rhode Island
Age: 74
Birth Date: 1801
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Father's Name: Thomas Allen James
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Mother's Name: Mary
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I09990-0
System Origin: Rhode Island-EASy
GS Film number: 932361
Reference ID: p 12
'Rhode Island Deaths and Burials, 1802-1950,' database, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ ark:/ 61903/ 1:1:F8JF-W5D : 6 December 2014), William James, 22 Feb 1875; citing Exeter, Washington, Rhode Island, reference p 12; FHL microfilm 932,361.'
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