Alvin L. RICHMOND

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20 March 1839 , Ashfield, Massachusetts, USA

Died

17 November 1862 , Amherst, Massachusetts, USA

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Born: 20 March 1839 in Ashfield, Massachusetts, USA

Father: Unknown

Mother: Unknown

Alvin L. RICHMOND died 17 November 1862 in Amherst, Massachusetts, USA .

Father: Abiathar Richmond
Mother: Electa Clark

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Birth — 1839
20 March 1839
Ashfield, Massachusetts, 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

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

Death
Name: Alvin L. Richmond
Gender: Male
Burial Date:
Burial Place: No. Amherst
Death Date: 17 Nov 1862
Death Place: Amherst, Hampshire, Mass.
Age: 23
Birth Date: 1839
Birth Place: Ashfield
Occupation: Carpenter
Race:
Marital Status: Single
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Father's Name: Abiathar Richmond
Father's Birthplace: Pittsfield
Mother's Name: Electa Clark
Mother's Birthplace:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B50128-3
System Origin: Massachusetts-EASy
GS Film number: 186127
Reference ID: v 5 p 34

'Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910,' database, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ ark:/ 61903/ 1:1:FH1Z-FMG : 10 December 2014), Alvin L. Richmond, 17 Nov 1862; citing Amherst, Hampshire, Mass., reference v 5 p 34; FHL microfilm 186,127.'