Aretus STEVENS

(b. abt. 1847 , Sheffield, Massachusetts, USA d. 9 May 1870 , Johnstown, New York, USA )

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Aretus STEVENS was born abt. 1847 in Sheffield, Massachusetts, USA

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Aretus STEVENS died 9 May 1870 in Johnstown, New York, USA.

Father: George
Mother: Sarah Hart

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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.

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

Death
Name: Aretus Stevens
Gender: Male
Burial Date:
Burial Place: Sheffield
Death Date: 09 May 1870
Death Place: Johnstown, Ny
Age: 23
Birth Date: 1847
Birth Place: Sheffield, Berkshire, Mass
Occupation:
Race:
Marital Status: Single
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: George
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Sarah Hart
Mother's Birthplace:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B00349-3
System Origin: Massachusetts-EASy
GS Film number: 250248
Reference ID: P 28

'Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910,' database, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ ark:/ 61903/ 1:1:F41Z-3QL : 10 December 2014), Aretus Stevens, 09 May 1870; citing Johnstown, Ny, reference P 28; FHL microfilm 250,248.'