Grave has been located flag female ancestor  Sarah Maria  WILBUR

  (b. 18 January 1818 ,  Scituate, Rhode Island, USA   d. 31 March 1888 ,  Coventry, Rhode Island, USA )  

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Sarah Maria WILBUR was born 18 January 1818 in Scituate, Rhode Island, USA

Sarah Maria WILBUR was the child of Samuel WILBUR   and   Elizabeth WHIPPLE

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Sarah Maria  married  Reuben Henry FISKE 4 December 1838 in Coventry, Rhode Island, USA .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Reuben Henry FISKE  was born 1 March 1817 in Coventry, Rhode Island, USA (Washington) (Harris).  Reuben Henry died 22 July 1858 in Coventry, Rhode Island, USA (Washington) (Harris).  Reuben Henry was the child of Isaac FISKE and Abigail Nabby HENRY.

Sarah Maria WILBUR died 31 March 1888 in Coventry, Rhode Island, USA .
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Sarah Maria WILBUR married Grave has been locatedflag male ancestor Reuben Henry FISKE-- Date: 4 December 1838 Place: Coventry, Rhode Island, USA
Reuben Henry FISKE was the child of Isaac FISKE and Abigail Nabby HENRY




Children of Reuben Henry FISKE and Sarah Maria WILBUR:

Grave has been locatedflag male ancestor George W FISKE (b.8 March 1841, Coventry, Rhode Island, USA   d. 27 June 1862, Coventry, Rhode Island, USA )



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birth1818 Birth
18 January 1818
Scituate, Rhode Island, USA
Invention 1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)
Invention 1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)
U.S. President1825 - John Quincy Adams becomes President of the United States
Invention 1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)
News1826 - Former U.S. Presidents Thomas Jefferson and John Adams both die on the 50th Anniversary of the signing of the United States Declaration of Independence.
Invention 1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)
News1827 - The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad is incorporated, becoming the first railroad in America offering commercial transportation of both people and freight.
Invention 1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)
U.S. President1829 - Andrew Jackson becomes President of the United States
News1830 - The Indian Removal Act marks the beginning of the forced relocation of five tribes of native Americans, known as Trail of Tears
U.S. President1837 - Martin Van Buren becomes President of the United States
marriage1838 Marriage / Partner
Sarah Maria WILBUR and Reuben Henry FISKE 4 December 1838, Coventry, Rhode Island, USA (Washington) (Harris)

She was 20 years old.
Invention 1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
News1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States
NewsFrom the 1840s through the 1880s, thousands trekked westward, carrying only a few belonging and supplies for the journey, and settling on the western frontier, forever changing the American West.
U.S. President1841 - William Henry Harrison becomes President of the United States
1841 Birth of Child
George W FISKE was born 8 March 1841, Coventry, Rhode Island, USA (Washington) (Harris)

Sarah Maria was 23 years old.
U.S. President1841 - John Tyler becomes President of the United States
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
Invention 1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)
U.S. President1845 - James Knox Polk becomes President of the United States
Invention 1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)
U.S. President1849 - Zachary Taylor becomes President of the United States
U.S. President1850 - Millard Fillmore becomes President of the United States
U.S. President1853 - Franklin Pierce becomes President of the United States
Invention 1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)
U.S. President1857 - James Buchanan becomes President of the United States
News1857 - 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.
Invention 1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser
1858 Death of Spouse/Partner
Reuben Henry FISKE died 22 July 1858, Coventry, Rhode Island, USA (Washington) (Harris)
News1861 - February 8 – American Civil War: The Confederate States of America are formed, comprising the first six break-away states.
U.S. President1861 - Abraham Lincoln becomes President of the United States
1862 Death of Child
George W FISKE died 27 June 1862, Coventry, Rhode Island, USA (Washington) (Harris)

Sarah Maria was 44 years old.
News1863 - January 1 - President Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, freeing slaves.
News1863 - October 3 – President Lincoln proclaims a national Thanksgiving day to be celebrated the final Thursday in November in the United States
News1863 - November 19 – American Civil War: U. S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the military cemetery dedication ceremony in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
Invention 1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)
U.S. PresidentApril 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.
Invention 1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.
U.S. President1869 - Ulysses S. Grant becomes President of the United States
News1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states.
Invention 1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.
U.S. President1877 - Rutherford B. Hayes becomes President of the United States
Invention 1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.
Invention 1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)
News1881 - The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton.
U.S. President1881 - March 4 - James A. Garfield becomes President of the United States
U.S. President1881 - July 2 - James A. Garfield was shot at the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station in Washington, D.C., at 9:30 am on Saturday, July 2, 1881. He died in Elberon, New Jersey, two months later on September 19, 1881. The shooting occurred less than four months into his term as president. Charles J. Guiteau was convicted of Garfield's murder and executed by hanging one year after the shooting. Chester Arthur becomes President of the United States.
Invention 1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)
U.S. President1885 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States
News1886 - October 28 - Statue of Liberty is Unveiled
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Fiske-Andrews Lot Coventry, Kent County, Rhode Island, USA

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death1888 Death
31 March 1888
Coventry, Rhode Island, USA

She died at the age of 70.

Sarah is buried at: Fiske-Andrews Lot Coventry, Kent County, Rhode Island, USA
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