Phebe Jane CHAMBERS

(b. abt. 1845 , New York, USA d. 4 March 1880 , Battle Creek, Michigan, USA )

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Phebe Jane CHAMBERS was born abt. 1845 in New York, USA

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Phebe Jane CHAMBERS died 4 March 1880 in Battle Creek, Michigan, USA.

Father: John Chambers
Mother: Catherine Chambers
Spouse: Thornton

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Occupation

Phebe Jane CHAMBERS was a Housekeeper.

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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

1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states.

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - Rutherford B. Hayes becomes President of the United States

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

Death
Name: Phebe Jane Thornton
Gender: Female
Burial Date:
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Death Date: 04 Mar 1880
Death Place: Battle Creek, Calhoun, Michigan
Age: 35
Birth Date: 1845
Birth Place: New York
Occupation: Housekeeper
Race: White
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Thornton
Father's Name: John Chambers
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Catherine Chambers
Mother's Birthplace:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B51822-3
System Origin: Michigan-EASy
GS Film number: 1009292
Reference ID: v 1 p 266

'Michigan Deaths and Burials, 1800-1995,' database, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ ark:/ 61903/ 1:1:FHZP-MW1 : 9 December 2014), Phebe Jane Thornton, 04 Mar 1880; citing Battle Creek, Calhoun, Michigan, reference v 1 p 266; FHL microfilm 1,009,292.'

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