David CAPEN

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abt. 1831 , Palmer, Massachusetts, USA

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28 December 1861 , Belchertown, Massachusetts, USA

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Born: abt. 1831 in Palmer, Massachusetts, USA

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David CAPEN died 28 December 1861 in Belchertown, Massachusetts, USA.

Father: Dexter Capen

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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)

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

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Name: David Capen
Gender: Male
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Burial Place: South Belchertown
Death Date: 28 Dec 1861
Death Place: Belchertown, Hampshire, Massachusetts
Age: 30
Birth Date: 1831
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Marital Status: Single
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Father's Name: Dexter Capen
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B07552-7
System Origin: Massachusetts-EASy
GS Film number: 186141
Reference ID: v B p 6

'Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910,' database, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ ark:/ 61903/ 1:1:FC9T-K3J : 10 December 2014), David Capen, 28 Dec 1861; citing Belchertown, Hampshire, Massachusetts, reference v B p 6; FHL microfilm 186,141.'

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