Betsy Pierce STAPLES

(b. 5 October 1824 , Taunton, Massachusetts, USA d. 5 April 1877 , Berkley, Massachusetts, USA )

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Betsy Pierce STAPLES was born 5 October 1824 in Taunton, Massachusetts, USA

Betsy Pierce STAPLES was the child of ? and ?

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Betsy Pierce married Charles Henry NORCUTT SR . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Charles Henry NORCUTT SR was born 10 March 1825 in Berkley, Massachusetts, USA (Berkeley). Charles Henry died 27 March 1869 in Berkley, Massachusetts, USA (Berkeley). Charles Henry was the child of Elijah NORCUTT SR and Elizabeth PHILLIPS.

Betsy Pierce STAPLES died 5 April 1877 in Berkley, Massachusetts, USA .
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Charles Henry NORCUTT SR was the child of Elijah NORCUTT SR and Elizabeth PHILLIPS

Children of Charles Henry NORCUTT SR and Betsy Pierce STAPLES:

Charles Henry NORCUTT JR (b.5 October 1857, Berkley, Massachusetts, USA d. 4 September 1937, Taunton, Massachusetts, USA )
m. Eva Maria LEONARD

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1824 Birth
5 October 1824
Taunton, Massachusetts, USA

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1825 - John Quincy Adams becomes President of the United States

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1826 - 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.

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1827 - The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad is incorporated, becoming the first railroad in America offering commercial transportation of both people and freight.

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1829 - Andrew Jackson becomes President of the United States

1830 - The Indian Removal Act marks the beginning of the forced relocation of five tribes of native Americans, known as Trail of Tears

1837 - Martin Van Buren becomes President of the United States

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 - 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.