Benjamin SHEPLEY

(b. abt. 1830 , Derry, New Hampshire, USA d. 7 June 1865 , Beaufort, North Carolina, USA )

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Benjamin SHEPLEY was born abt. 1830 in Derry, New Hampshire, USA

Benjamin SHEPLEY was the child of ? and ?

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

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Benjamin married Emeline MESSER 23 September 1861 in Manchester, New Hampshire, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Emeline MESSER was born 10 February 1839 in Shirley, Massachusetts, USA. Emeline died 18 November 1916 in Leominster, Massachusetts, USA. Emeline was the child of David MESSER and Betsey KEZAR.

Benjamin SHEPLEY died 7 June 1865 in Beaufort, North Carolina, USA.
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Benjamin SHEPLEY married

Emeline MESSER-- Date: 23 September 1861 Place: Manchester, New Hampshire, USA
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Emeline MESSER was the child of David MESSER and Betsey KEZAR

Name: Benjamin Shipley
Marriage Date: 23 Sep 1861
Event Type: Marriage
Marriage Place: Manchester, Hillsboro, New Hampshire
Birth Date: abt 1820
Age: 41
Gender: Male
Spouse Name: Emeline Messer
Spouse Age: 24
Spouse Gender: Female
FHL Film Number: 1001304

Ancestry.com. New Hampshire, Marriage Records Index, 1637-1947 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.

Children of Benjamin SHEPLEY and Emeline MESSER:

Francena Marcella SHEPLEY (b.July 1860, Derry, New Hampshire, USA d. 1 January 1925, Winchendon, Massachusetts, USA)
m. Edward Eugene HALL 22 March 1892 in Keene, New Hampshire, USA
m. Frederick Lyman POPPLE 22 July 1905 in Keene, New Hampshire, USA

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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.