Elizabeth MARSH

(b. 22 October 1813 , Palmyra, Massachusetts (District of Maine) d. 29 September 1896 , Manton, Wexford, Michigan, USA )

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Elizabeth MARSH was born 22 October 1813 in Palmyra, Massachusetts (District of Maine)

Elizabeth MARSH was the child of Samuel MARSH and Sarah Sally MCCLURE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Noah MARSH and Elizabeth Hannah ROBERTS (maternal) Samuel MCCLURE and Sarah MUDGETT

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Elizabeth married Ebenezer ODLIN 1 April 1844 in Bangor, Maine, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Ebenezer ODLIN was born 15 April 1816 in Lubec, Maine, USA (Cedarville). Ebenezer died 31 January 1881 in Lewiston, Maine, USA. Ebenezer was the child of Samuel ODLIN and Mehetable LAMBERT.

Elizabeth MARSH died 29 September 1896 in Manton, Wexford, Michigan, USA.
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Elizabeth MARSH married

Ebenezer ODLIN-- Date: 1 April 1844 Place: Bangor, Maine, USA
Ebenezer ODLIN was the child of Samuel ODLIN and Mehetable LAMBERT

Children of Ebenezer ODLIN and Elizabeth MARSH:

Frederick Leighton ODLIN (b.2 June 1850, Pittsfield, Maine, USA d. 6 January 1909, Lewiston, Maine, USA)
m. Nancy Orilene WALTON 25 December 1873 in Holyoke, Massachusetts, USA

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1813 Birth
22 October 1813
Palmyra, Massachusetts (District of Maine)

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1817 - James Monroe becomes President of the United States

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

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)

1844 Marriage / Partner
Elizabeth MARSH and Ebenezer ODLIN 1 April 1844, Bangor, Maine, USA

She was 30 years old.

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 Birth of Child
Frederick Leighton ODLIN was born 2 June 1850, Pittsfield, Maine, USA (Plymouth Gore) (Plantation of Sebasticook) (Warsaw)

Elizabeth was 36 years old.

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.

1873 Marriage of Child
Frederick Leighton ODLIN married 25 December 1873, Holyoke, Massachusetts, USA to Nancy Orilene WALTON

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - Rutherford B. Hayes becomes President of the United States

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1881 - The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton.

1881 Death of Spouse/Partner
Ebenezer ODLIN died 31 January 1881, Lewiston, Maine, USA

1881 - March 4 - James A. Garfield becomes President of the United States

1881 - 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.

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1885 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

1886 - October 28 - Statue of Liberty is Unveiled

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1889 - Benjamin Harrison becomes President of the United States

1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)

The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)

First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented

1893 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

1896 Death
29 September 1896
Manton, Wexford, Michigan, USA

She died at the age of 82.

Added: 10/12/2022 11:13:51 PM - Updated: 1/11/2023 8:17:43 PM

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The name Maine is probably a practical nautical term which refers to the region being a mainland (separate from the many surrounding islands). Reference to the area as 'Maine' in writing first appeared in 1622. (statesymbolsusa.org)

Prior to 1685 - New England
1686 - 1689 - Dominion of New England
1690 - 1775 - New England
1776 - 1820 - Massachusetts (District of Maine)
March 15, 1820 - Maine becomes 23rd U.S. state