Silas
MERRIAM
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Born: abt. 1785
Silas MERRIAM died 15 April 1872 in Northborough, Massachusetts, USA .
Mother: Mary Elliot
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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)
1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.
Name: Silas Merriam
Gender: Male
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Death Date: 15 Apr 1872
Death Place: Northborough, Worcester, Massachusetts
Age: 87
Birth Date: 1785
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Father's Name: Silas Merriam
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Mother's Name: Mary Elliot
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I06550-4
System Origin: Massachusetts-EASy
GS Film number: 2110098
Reference ID: 736
'Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910,' database, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ ark:/ 61903/ 1:1:FH1W-QL3 : 10 December 2014), Silas Merriam, 15 Apr 1872; citing Northborough, Worcester, Massachusetts, reference 736; FHL microfilm 2,110,098.'
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