Henry Martyn HUMPHREY

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21 September 1822 , Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA

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4 July 1840 , Amherst, Massachusetts, USA

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Born: 21 September 1822 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA

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Henry Martyn HUMPHREY died 4 July 1840 in Amherst, Massachusetts, USA .

Father: Herman Humphrey
Mother: Sophia Porter

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Birth — 1822
21 September 1822
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA

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 - Martin Van Buren becomes President of the United States

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

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Name: Henry M. Humphrey
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Death Date: 04 Jul 1840
Death Place: Amherst, Hampshire, Mass.
Age: 18
Birth Date: 1822
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Father's Name: Humphrey
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B50119-3
System Origin: Massachusetts-EASy
GS Film number: 186126
Reference ID: v 2 p 9

'Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910,' database, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ ark:/ 61903/ 1:1:FH1C-5Y8 : 10 December 2014), Henry M. Humphrey, 04 Jul 1840; citing Amherst, Hampshire, Mass., reference v 2 p 9; FHL microfilm 186,126.'