Elihu ROOT

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abt. 1812 , Belchertown, Massachusetts, USA

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11 March 1844 , Belchertown, Massachusetts, USA

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Born: abt. 1812 in Belchertown, Massachusetts, USA

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Elihu ROOT died 11 March 1844 in Belchertown, Massachusetts, USA.

Father: Elihu Root

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1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1817 - James Monroe becomes President of the United States

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)

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)

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Name: Elihu Root
Gender: Male
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Burial Place: Belchertown
Death Date: 11 Mar 1844
Death Place: Belchertown, Hampshire, Massachusetts
Age: 32
Birth Date: 1812
Birth Place: Belchertown
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Father's Name: Elihu Root
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B07551-5
System Origin: Massachusetts-EASy
GS Film number: 186141
Reference ID: v A p 70

'Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910,' database, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ ark:/ 61903/ 1:1:FC9T-9XC : 10 December 2014), Elihu Root, 11 Mar 1844; citing Belchertown, Hampshire, Massachusetts, reference v A p 70; FHL microfilm 186,141.'