Ruth Barrell SWAN

(b. 11 June 1821 , Strafford, Vermont, USA d. 13 May 1898 , Washington, DC, USA )

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Ruth Barrell SWAN was born 11 June 1821 in Strafford, Vermont, USA

Ruth Barrell SWAN was the child of Caleb SWAN and Ruth BARRELL and the grandchild of: (maternal) James BARRELL and Betsey RUSSELL

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Ruth Barrell married Justin Smith MORRILL 17 September 1851 in Easton, Massachusetts, USA . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Justin Smith MORRILL was born 14 April 1810 in Strafford, Vermont, USA (South). Justin Smith died 28 December 1898 in Washington, DC, USA.

Ruth Barrell SWAN died 13 May 1898 in Washington, DC, USA.

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Ruth Barrell SWAN married

Justin Smith MORRILL-- Date: 17 September 1851 Place: Easton, Massachusetts, USA

Children of Justin Smith MORRILL and Ruth Barrell SWAN:

Justin Harris MORRILL (b.28 April 1853, Strafford, Vermont, USA d. 16 January 1855, Strafford, Vermont, USA )

James Swan MORRILL (b.8 October 1857, Easton, Massachusetts, USA d. 26 July 1910, Strafford, Vermont, USA )

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1821 Birth
11 June 1821
Strafford, Vermont, 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

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

1850 - Millard Fillmore becomes President of the United States