Benjamin SMITH

(b. 12 March 1812 , Canterbury, New Hampshire, USA d. 4 September 1890 , North Brookfield, Massachusetts, USA )

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Benjamin SMITH was born 12 March 1812 in Canterbury, New Hampshire, USA

Benjamin SMITH was the child of ? and ?

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Benjamin married Mary Elizabeth SMITH 30 August 1832 in Thompson, Connecticut, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Mary Elizabeth SMITH was born abt. 1812 in Canterbury, New Hampshire, USA (East Canterbury). Mary Elizabeth died 6 July 1849 in North Brookfield, Massachusetts, USA.

Benjamin SMITH died 4 September 1890 in North Brookfield, Massachusetts, USA.
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Benjamin SMITH married

Mary Elizabeth SMITH-- Date: 30 August 1832 Place: Thompson, Connecticut, USA

Children of Benjamin SMITH and Mary Elizabeth SMITH:

Henry Emerson SMITH (b.26 April 1841, North Brookfield, Massachusetts, USA d. 7 June 1920, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA)
m. Abigail Crecy NEVIN 8 December 1868
m. Mary Ann Canterbury WILSON 26 April 1882 in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

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1812 Birth
12 March 1812
Canterbury, New Hampshire, USA

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

1832 Marriage / Partner
Benjamin SMITH and Mary Elizabeth SMITH 30 August 1832, Thompson, Connecticut, USA (North Grosvenordale) (Quinebaug) (Fabyan) (Mechanicsville)

He was 20 years old.

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

1841 Birth of Child
Henry Emerson SMITH was born 26 April 1841, North Brookfield, Massachusetts, USA

Benjamin was 29 years old.

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