Lucy MERRITT

(b. abt. 1842 , Salem, Massachusetts, USA d. 21 August 1867 , Somerville, Massachusetts, USA )

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Lucy MERRITT was born abt. 1842 in Salem, Massachusetts, USA

Lucy MERRITT was the child of ? and ?

Lucy MERRITT died 21 August 1867 in Somerville, Massachusetts, USA.

Father: William
Mother: Rachel

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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)

1845 - James Knox Polk becomes President of the United States

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.

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Name: Lucy Merritt
Gender: Female
Burial Date:
Burial Place: Woodlawn
Death Date: 21 Aug 1867
Death Place: Somerville, Massachusetts
Age: 25
Birth Date: 1842
Birth Place: Salem
Occupation:
Race:
Marital Status: Single
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: William
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Rachel
Mother's Birthplace:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B01225-5
System Origin: Massachusetts-EASy
GS Film number: 1994568
Reference ID: v 7 p 591

'Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910,' database, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ ark:/ 61903/ 1:1:FCM3-V38 : 10 December 2014), Lucy Merritt, 21 Aug 1867; citing Somerville, Massachusetts, reference v 7 p 591; FHL microfilm 1,994,568.'