Eliza J. WEST

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abt. 1857 , Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Died

21 May 1879 , Medford, Massachusetts, USA

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Born in the Neponset section of Boston

Father: Williiam West
Mother: Elizabeth
Spouse: C.E. Preston

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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.

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

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

1869 - Ulysses S. Grant becomes President of the United States

1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states.

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

1877 - Rutherford B. Hayes becomes President of the United States

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

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Name: Eliza J. West Preston
Gender: Female
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Burial Place: Malden
Death Date: 21 May 1879
Death Place: Medford, Mass.
Age: 22
Birth Date: 1857
Birth Place: Neponset
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Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: C.E. Preston
Father's Name: Williiam West
Father's BirthPlace: England
Mother's Name: Elizabeth
Mother's BirthPlace: Scotland
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B02985-5
System Origin: Massachusetts-EASy
GS Film Number: 1994571
Reference ID: 280

'Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910,' database, FamilySearch.org

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