Samuel Smith WRIGHT

(b. 2 December 1817 , Centerville, Montgomery, Ohio, USA d. 18 July 1842 , Fayette, Indiana, USA )

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Samuel Smith WRIGHT was born 2 December 1817 in Centerville, Montgomery, Ohio, USA

Samuel Smith WRIGHT was the child of Daniel WRIGHT and Catherine REEDER

Samuel Smith WRIGHT died 18 July 1842 in Fayette, Indiana, USA.
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1817 Birth
2 December 1817
Centerville, Montgomery, Ohio, USA

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