Grave has been located flag male ancestor  Danford  PORTER

  (b. 24 December 1812 ,  Warren, Vermont, USA   d. 17 December 1890 ,  Ellsworth, Nobles, Minnesota, USA )  

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Danford PORTER was born 24 December 1812 in Warren, Vermont, USA

Danford PORTER was the child of William PORTER   and   Lucy THOMPSON and the grandchild of: (paternal)  William PORTER and Deborah AINSWORTH (maternal)  Hezekiah THOMPSON and Mary BISHOP

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Danford  married  Sarah Jane STREETER 13 November 1845 in Richmond, McHenry, Illinois, USA .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Sarah Jane STREETER  was born 4 March 1819 in Canisteo, Steuben, New York, USA.  Sarah Jane died 22 April 1909 in Ellsworth, Nobles, Minnesota, USA.  Sarah Jane was the child of Thomas STREETER and Mary Louisa STEWART.

Danford PORTER died 17 December 1890 in Ellsworth, Nobles, Minnesota, USA.
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Danford PORTER married Grave has been locatedflag female ancestor Sarah Jane STREETER-- Date: 13 November 1845 Place: Richmond, McHenry, Illinois, USA
Sarah Jane STREETER was the child of Thomas STREETER and Mary Louisa STEWART




Children of Danford PORTER and Sarah Jane STREETER:

Grave has been locatedflag female ancestor Lucy Louisa PORTER (b.9 July 1856, Fairfield, Sauk, Wisconsin, USA  d. 9 July 1921, Terry, Prairie, Montana, USA)
m. Frank Eli WHEELER 11 October 1877



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birth1812 Birth
24 December 1812
Warren, Vermont, USA
Invention 1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)
U.S. President1817 - James Monroe becomes President of the United States
Invention 1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)
Invention 1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)
U.S. President1825 - John Quincy Adams becomes President of the United States
Invention 1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)
News1826 - 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.
Invention 1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)
News1827 - The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad is incorporated, becoming the first railroad in America offering commercial transportation of both people and freight.
Invention 1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)
U.S. President1829 - Andrew Jackson becomes President of the United States
News1830 - The Indian Removal Act marks the beginning of the forced relocation of five tribes of native Americans, known as Trail of Tears
U.S. President1837 - Martin Van Buren becomes President of the United States
Invention 1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
News1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States
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.
U.S. President1841 - William Henry Harrison becomes President of the United States
U.S. President1841 - John Tyler becomes President of the United States
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
Invention 1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)
marriage1845 Marriage / Partner
Danford PORTER and Sarah Jane STREETER 13 November 1845, Richmond, McHenry, Illinois, USA

He was 32 years old.
U.S. President1845 - James Knox Polk becomes President of the United States
Invention 1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)
U.S. President1849 - Zachary Taylor becomes President of the United States
U.S. President1850 - Millard Fillmore becomes President of the United States
U.S. President1853 - Franklin Pierce becomes President of the United States
1856 Birth of Child
Lucy Louisa PORTER was born 9 July 1856, Fairfield, Sauk, Wisconsin, USA

Danford was 43 years old.
Invention 1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)
U.S. President1857 - James Buchanan becomes President of the United States
News1857 - 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.
Invention 1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser
News1861 - February 8 – American Civil War: The Confederate States of America are formed, comprising the first six break-away states.
U.S. President1861 - Abraham Lincoln becomes President of the United States
News1863 - January 1 - President Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, freeing slaves.
News1863 - October 3 – President Lincoln proclaims a national Thanksgiving day to be celebrated the final Thursday in November in the United States
News1863 - November 19 – American Civil War: U. S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the military cemetery dedication ceremony in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
Invention 1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)
U.S. PresidentApril 14, 1865 - President Abraham Lincoln was mortally wounded by John Wilkes Booth at in Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. He died the next day. Andrew Johnson becomes President of the United States.
Invention 1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.
U.S. President1869 - Ulysses S. Grant becomes President of the United States
News1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states.
Invention 1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.
U.S. President1877 - Rutherford B. Hayes becomes President of the United States
Invention 1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.
Invention 1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)
News1881 - The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton.
U.S. President1881 - March 4 - James A. Garfield becomes President of the United States
U.S. President1881 - July 2 - James A. Garfield was shot at the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station in Washington, D.C., at 9:30 am on Saturday, July 2, 1881. He died in Elberon, New Jersey, two months later on September 19, 1881. The shooting occurred less than four months into his term as president. Charles J. Guiteau was convicted of Garfield's murder and executed by hanging one year after the shooting. Chester Arthur becomes President of the United States.
Invention 1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)
U.S. President1885 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States
News1886 - October 28 - Statue of Liberty is Unveiled
Invention 1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)
U.S. President1889 - Benjamin Harrison becomes President of the United States
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Ellsworth Cemetery Darwin Meeker County Minnesota, USA

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death1890 Death
17 December 1890
Ellsworth, Nobles, Minnesota, USA

He died at the age of 78.

Danford is buried at: Ellsworth Cemetery Darwin Meeker County Minnesota, USA
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