Martha ALLEN

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abt. 1841 , New York, USA

Died

4 January 1867 , Lee, Massachusetts, USA

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Father: Isaac N. Allen
Mother: Phoebe
Spouse: Potter

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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

1863 - January 1 - President Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, freeing slaves.

1863 - October 3 – President Lincoln proclaims a national Thanksgiving day to be celebrated the final Thursday in November in the United States

1863 - November 19 – American Civil War: U. S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the military cemetery dedication ceremony in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

April 14, 1865 - President Abraham Lincoln was mortally wounded by John Wilkes Booth at in Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. He died the next day. Andrew Johnson becomes President of the United States.

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Name: Martha Potter
Gender: Female
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Burial Place: Dalton
Death Date: 04 Jan 1867
Death Place: Lee, Berkshire, Massachusetts
Age: 26
Birth Date: 1841
Birth Place: N.Y.
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Marital Status: Unknown
Spouse's Name: Potter
Father's Name: Isaac N. Allen
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Mother's Name: Phoebe
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B74531-6
System Origin: Massachusetts-EASy
GS Film Number: 250261
Reference ID: v 2 p 41

'Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910,' database, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ ark:/ 61903/ 1:1:FH1P-QVY : 10 December 2014), Martha Potter, 04 Jan 1867; citing Lee, Berkshire, Massachusetts, reference v 2 p 41; FHL microfilm 250,261.'

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