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Grave has been located flag female ancestor  Maria Clarissa  SHAW

Born
February 4 1824 ,  New York, USA
Died
June 4 1879 ,  Sugar Grove, Mason, Michigan, USA

Age: 55
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Parley SHAWRuby EVANS
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Maria Clarissa SHAW was born February 4 1824 in New York, USA

Maria Clarissa SHAW was the child of Parley SHAW   and   Ruby EVANS


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Maria Clarissa  married  Erastus PARMELEE .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Erastus PARMELEE  was born June 3 1820 in Whitestown, New York, USA (Whitesboro).  Erastus died May 26 1875 in Sugar Grove, Mason, Michigan, USA.  Erastus was the child of Luther PARMELEE and Betsy BENNETT.

Maria Clarissa SHAW died June 4 1879 in Sugar Grove, Mason, Michigan, USA.
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Maria Clarissa SHAW married Grave has been locatedflag photo of Erastus PARMELEE  Erastus PARMELEE-- Place: 
Erastus PARMELEE was the child of Luther PARMELEE and Betsy BENNETT


Children:
Edwin L Parmelee (1847 - 1848)*
Eugene Carlos Parmelee (1849 - 1889)*
Fay Platt Parmelee (1851 - 1928)*
Frank Parmelee (1854 - 1907)*
Emeline Marie Parmelee LaGuire (1855 - 1940)*
Jenny Parmelee (1863 - 1863)*
Hulda H. Parmelee (1864 - 1880)*
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Children of Erastus PARMELEE and Maria Clarissa SHAW

Grave has been locatedflag photo of Fay Platt PARMELEE  Fay Platt PARMELEE (b.08/16/1851, Gilbert Mills, New York, USA  d. 02/08/1928, Mason, Michigan, USA)
m. Villa MOORE 



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birth1824 Birth
February 4 1824
New York, USA
Invention 1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)
U.S. President1825 - John Quincy Adams becomes President of the United States
Invention 1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)
News1826 - Former U.S. Presidents Thomas Jefferson and John Adams both die on the 50th Anniversary of the signing of the United States Declaration of Independence.
Invention 1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)
News1827 - The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad is incorporated, becoming the first railroad in America offering commercial transportation of both people and freight.
Invention 1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)
U.S. President1829 - Andrew Jackson becomes President of the United States
News1830 - The Indian Removal Act marks the beginning of the forced relocation of five tribes of native Americans, known as Trail of Tears
U.S. President1837 - Martin Van Buren becomes President of the United States
Invention 1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
News1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States
NewsFrom 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.
U.S. President1841 - William Henry Harrison becomes President of the United States
U.S. President1841 - John Tyler becomes President of the United States
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
Invention 1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)
U.S. President1845 - James Knox Polk becomes President of the United States
Invention 1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)
U.S. President1849 - Zachary Taylor becomes President of the United States
U.S. President1850 - Millard Fillmore becomes President of the United States
1851 Birth of Child
Fay Platt PARMELEE was born 08/16/1851, Gilbert Mills, New York, USA

Maria Clarissa was 27 years old.
U.S. President1853 - Franklin Pierce becomes President of the United States
Invention 1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)
U.S. President1857 - James Buchanan becomes President of the United States
News1857 - 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.
Invention 1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser
News1861 - February 8 – American Civil War: The Confederate States of America are formed, comprising the first six break-away states.
U.S. President1861 - Abraham Lincoln becomes President of the United States
News1863 - January 1 - President Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, freeing slaves.
News1863 - October 3 – President Lincoln proclaims a national Thanksgiving day to be celebrated the final Thursday in November in the United States
News1863 - November 19 – American Civil War: U. S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the military cemetery dedication ceremony in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
Invention 1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)
U.S. PresidentApril 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.
Invention 1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.
U.S. President1869 - Ulysses S. Grant becomes President of the United States
News1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states.
1875 Death of Spouse/Partner
Erastus PARMELEE died May 26 1875 , Sugar Grove, Mason, Michigan, USA
Invention 1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.
U.S. President1877 - Rutherford B. Hayes becomes President of the United States
Invention 1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.
death1879 Death
June 4 1879
Sugar Grove, Mason, Michigan, USA

She died at the age of 55.
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South Victory Cemetery Ludington Mason County Michigan, USA
Added: 6/2/2017 4:32:29 PM - Updated: 7/9/2025 5:30:46 PM
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