Harriet E. MORTON

(b. abt. 1841 , Michigan, USA d. 26 January 1875 , Flint, Michigan, USA )

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Harriet E. MORTON was born abt. 1841 in Michigan, USA

Harriet E. MORTON was the child of ? and ?

Harriet E. MORTON died 26 January 1875 in Flint, Michigan, USA.

Father: Isaac W. Morton
Mother: Eliza Morton
Spouse: Torrey

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Occupation

Harriet E. MORTON was a Housekeeper.

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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.

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.

Death
Name: Harriet E. Torrey
Gender: Female
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Death Date: 26 Jan 1875
Death Place: Flint, Genesee, Michigan
Age: 34
Birth Date: 1841
Birth Place: Michigan
Occupation: Housekeeper
Race: w
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Torrey
Father's Name: Isaac W. Morton
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Eliza Morton
Mother's Birthplace:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B51844-3
System Origin: Michigan-EASy
GS Film number: 1018929
Reference ID: v 1 p 102

'Michigan Deaths and Burials, 1800-1995,' database, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ ark:/ 61903/ 1:1:FHX5-N4Y : 9 December 2014), Harriet E. Torrey, 26 Jan 1875; citing Flint, Genesee, Michigan, reference v 1 p 102; FHL microfilm 1,018,929.'