Albert Alponzo BENNETT

(b. 8 November 1837 , Brattleboro, Vermont, USA d. 8 October 1863 , Baxter Springs, Kansas, USA )
Age: 25
Cause of Death: killed in Civil War at Baxter Springs Massacre

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Albert Alponzo BENNETT was born 8 November 1837 in Brattleboro, Vermont, USA

Albert Alponzo BENNETT was the child of Albert BENNETT and Mary E SALISBURY and the grandchild of: (maternal) James SALISBURY and Mary (Molly) STODDARD

Albert Alponzo was a soldier in the U.S. Civil War.

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Albert Alponzo BENNETT died 8 October 1863 in Baxter Springs, Kansas, USA.

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killed by Quantrill's raiders in Baxter Springs Massacre (see Baxter Springs (above) for more details

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Albert Alponzo BENNETT was a soldier - Third Wisconsin Calvary, U.S. Civil War.

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1837 Birth
8 November 1837
Brattleboro, Vermont, USA

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

From 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.

1841 - William Henry Harrison becomes President of the United States

1841 - John Tyler becomes President of the United States

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
Name: Albert A Bennett
Age: 12
Birth Year: abt 1838
Birthplace: Vermont
Home in 1850: Brattleboro, Windham, Vermont
Gender: Male
Family Number: 73
Household Members:
Name Age
Albert Bennett 45
Mary Bennett 45
Emeline Bennett 21
Mary E Bennett 20
James Bennett 18
Simeon Bennett 17
John Bennett 15
Albert A Bennett 12
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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