Charlotte
WIGHT
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Born: abt. 1837 in Friendship, Wyoming Territory
Charlotte WIGHT died 12 March 1865 in Milford, Massachusetts, USA.
Mother: Lucy A. Noyes
Spouse: George C. Jones
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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.
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)
1863 - November 19 – American Civil War: U. S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the military cemetery dedication ceremony in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.Name: Charlotte Wight Jones
Gender: Female
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Burial Place: Milford
Death Date: 12 Mar 1865
Death Place: Milford, Massachusetts
Age: 28
Birth Date: 1837
Birth Place: Friendship, Wy.
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Race: W
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: George C. Jones Wight Jones
Father's Name: Haskey Wight
Father's Birthplace: New York
Mother's Name: Lucy A. Noyes
Mother's Birthplace: New York
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B01253-1
System Origin: Massachusetts-EASy
GS Film number: 2020563
Reference ID: v 42 p 365
'Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910,' database, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ ark:/ 61903/ 1:1:F41F-4P1 : 10 December 2014), Charlotte Wight Jones, 12 Mar 1865; citing Milford, Massachusetts, reference v 42 p 365; FHL microfilm 2,020,563.'
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According to the Wyoming Secretary of State; 'The name Wyoming is a contraction of the Native American word mecheweamiing ('at the big plains')'. (statesymbolsusa.org)1861 - President James Buchanan signed the bill creating the Dakota Territory. The Dakota Territory originally included the area covered today by North and South Dakota as well as Montana and Wyoming.
July 10, 1890 - Wyoming becomes 44th U.S. state.
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