Abner FORBES

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21 April 1792 ,

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26 October 1877 , Greenfield, Massachusetts, USA

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son of Edward Forges and Eunice Amsden

m. Sarah Hunt

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FORBES, Abner, 2nd child listed of Edward aka Edmund Forbes (1755-1835) and Eunice Amsden (1755-1843) dau. of Isaac Amsden; Abner was b. Apr. 21, 1792; d. at Conway, Oct. 26, 1877. 'One of the men who originated the Anti-Slavery movement in this Country,' G. Stone; m. Sarah Hunt, b. Apr. 22, 1794; d. Oct. 10, 1854. Had:
1. William Edward, b. Feb. 5, 1824; d. Oct. 6, 1845.
2. Sarah C., d. May 23, 1895, ae. 61 yrs.

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History of Buckland by Kendrick w/genealogies by Kellogg pg 463

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

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

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

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

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)

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

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Name: Abner Forbes
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Death Date: 26 Oct 1877
Death Place: Greenfield, Franklin, Massachusetts
Age: 85
Birth Date: 1792
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I01000-0
System Origin: Massachusetts-EASy
GS Film Number: 1887525
Reference ID: p 33

'Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910,' database, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ ark:/ 61903/ 1:1:FHRZ-PM3 : 10 December 2014), Abner Forbes, 26 Oct 1877; citing Greenfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, reference p 33; FHL microfilm 1,887,525.'