Benjamin ALVORD

(b. 18 August 1813 , Rutland, Vermont, USA d. 16 October 1884 , Washington, DC, USA )

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Benjamin ALVORD was born 18 August 1813 in Rutland, Vermont, USA

Benjamin ALVORD was the child of ? and ?

Benjamin was a soldier in the U.S. Civil War.

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Benjamin married Emily Louise MUSSEY abt. 1846 . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Emily Louise MUSSEY was born 26 May 1826 in Rutland, Vermont, USA. Emily Louise died 5 November 1885 in Washington, DC, USA.

Benjamin ALVORD died 16 October 1884 in Washington, DC, USA.

son of William Alvord and Lucy Claghorn

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Benjamin ALVORD was a Civil War Union Brigadier General.

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Benjamin ALVORD married

Emily Louise MUSSEY-- Date: abt. 1846 Place:

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Benjamin ALVORD (b.15 May 1860, Vancouver, Washington Territory d. 13 April 1927, Washington, DC, USA)

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1813 Birth
18 August 1813
Rutland, Vermont, 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

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

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.