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  (b. 8 March 1798 Worcester, Massachusetts, USA   d. 24 August 1884 Worcester, Massachusetts, USA )  

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Stephen SALISBURY was born 8 March 1798 in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Stephen SALISBURY was the child of Stephen SALISBURY   and   Elizabeth TUCKERMAN and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Nicholas SALISBURY and Martha SAUNDERS (maternal)  Edward Francis TUCKERMAN and Elizabeth HARRIS

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Stephen  married  Rebekah Scott DEAN 7 November 1833 .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Rebekah Scott DEAN  was born 21 December 1812 in Charlestown, New Hampshire, USA (North).  Rebekah Scott died 24 July 1843 in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. 

Stephen SALISBURY died 24 August 1884 in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.





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He served in city government and spent four years in the Massachusetts legislature. He extended his generosity to such institutions as the American Antiquarian Society, the Worcester Free Public Library, the Massachusetts Historical Society, Harvard University and the Worcester Mechanics Association. He was the first president of the Worcester County Free Institute of Industrial Science, a position he held until his death in 1884. His interest in classical education led him to bequeath to the Institute $10,000 as a fund for instruction in languages. Overall he gave far more than the $236,800 in gifts that appear on the college's books. He survived three wives and had one child, Stephen Salisbury III, who took his father's place on the Institute's board. Stephen III also continued his father's legacy of philanthropy and is best remembered as the founder of the Worcester Art Museum. He donated $100,000 to WPI in his father's memory to build Salisbury Laboratories, and gave the city 18 acres of land to create Institute Park across from campus. wpi.edu


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birth1798 Birth
8 March 1798
Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
NewsThe War of 1812 was a conflict between the United States and Great Britain, lasting from 1812 to 1815. It was primarily fueled by issues such as trade restrictions due to Britain's ongoing war with France, impressment of American sailors into the British Navy, and British support of Native American tribes against American expansion. The war ended with the Treaty of Ghent, restoring pre-war boundaries but resolving few of the initial disputes.
marriage1833 Marriage / Partner
Stephen SALISBURY and Rebekah Scott DEAN 7 November 1833,

He was 35 years old.
1835 Birth of Child
Stephen SALISBURY was born 31 March 1835, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Stephen was 37 years old.
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.
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
1843 Death of Spouse/Partner
Rebekah Scott DEAN died 24 July 1843, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
News1863 - November 19 – American Civil War: U. S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the military cemetery dedication ceremony in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
News1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states.
death1884 Death
24 August 1884
Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

He died at the age of 86.
Added: 3/1/2022 2:17:00 PM - Updated: 3/1/2022 5:34:39 PM
Did You Know?The name 'Massachusetts' originates with native Americans in the Massachusetts Bay area (from the language of the Algonquian nation). The name translates roughly as 'at or about the great hill.' (statesymbolsusa.org)

1620 - 1627 - Plymouth Colony, New England
1628 - 1686 - Massachusetts Bay Colony
1686 - 1689 - Dominion of New England
1689 - 1692 - Massachusetts Bay Colony
1692 - 1775 - Province of Massachusetts Bay
1776 - 1788 - Crown Colony of Massachusetts Bay
February 6, 1788 - Massachusetts becomes 6th U.S. state

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