James H. WATKINS

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abt. 1846 , Peru, Massachusetts, USA

Died

23 October 1866 , Peru, Massachusetts, USA

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Father: Samuel T. Watkins
Mother: Cordelia Watkins

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Recorded occupation: Farmer

The farmer, cultivateur, or cultivator, was a person who cultivated and exploited the land in order to get a crop.

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farmer

Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts

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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.

Death

Name: James H. Watkins
Gender: Male
Burial Date:
Burial Place: Peru
Death Date: 23 Oct 1866
Death Place: Peru, Berkshire, Massachusetts
Age: 20
Birth Date: 1846
Birth Place: Peru
Occupation: Farmer
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Marital Status: Single
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Father's Name: Samuel T. Watkins
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Mother's Name: Cordelia Watkins
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B07496-3
System Origin: Massachusetts-EASy
GS Film Number: 250281
Reference ID: pg21

'Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910,' database, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ ark:/ 61903/ 1:1:FC9X-2YY : 10 December 2014), James H. Watkins, 23 Oct 1866; citing Peru, Berkshire, Massachusetts, reference pg21; FHL microfilm 250,281.'

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