flag female ancestor  Ruth Anna  GARRETSON

  (b. 3 March 1810 Adams, Pennsylvania, USA   d. 6 June 1879 Plainfield, Hendricks, Indiana, USA )  

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Ruth Anna GARRETSON was born 3 March 1810 in Adams, Pennsylvania, USA

Ruth Anna GARRETSON was the child of ?   and   ?

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Ruth Anna  married  Joseph Wierman GRIEST .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph Wierman GRIEST  was born 19 August 1800 in Adams, Pennsylvania, USA.  Joseph Wierman died 20 July 1859 in Nevada City, Nevada, California, USA. 

Ruth Anna GARRETSON died 6 June 1879 in Plainfield, Hendricks, Indiana, USA.
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flag photo of John Milton GREIST  John Milton GREIST (b.9 May 1850, Crawfordsville, Montgomery, Indiana, USA  d. 23 February 1906, New Haven, Connecticut, USA )
m. Sarah Edwina MURDOCK 23 May 1870
m. Mary Fife WOODS 10 October 1889



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birth1810 Birth
3 March 1810
Adams, Pennsylvania, 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.
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)
1850 Birth of Child
John Milton GREIST was born 9 May 1850, Crawfordsville, Montgomery, Indiana, USA

Ruth Anna was 40 years old.
1859 Death of Spouse/Partner
Joseph Wierman GRIEST died 20 July 1859, Nevada City, Nevada, California, 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.
death1879 Death
6 June 1879
Plainfield, Hendricks, Indiana, USA

She died at the age of 69.
Added: 12/14/2022 4:37:27 PM - Updated: 12/14/2022 4:37:27 PM

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