Rhoda SMITH

(b. 11 March 1812 , Monroe, Kentucky, USA d. 28 March 1851 , Schuyler, Illinois, USA )

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Rhoda SMITH was born 11 March 1812 in Monroe, Kentucky, USA

Rhoda SMITH was the child of ? and ?

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Rhoda married Riley PENNINGTON . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Riley PENNINGTON was born 14 December 1809 in Tompkinsville, Monroe, Kentucky, USA. Riley died 12 November 1873 in McDonough, Illinois, USA. Riley was the child of Moses PENNINGTON and Ann OSBORNE.

Rhoda SMITH died 28 March 1851 in Schuyler, Illinois, USA.
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Rhoda SMITH married

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Riley PENNINGTON was the child of Moses PENNINGTON and Ann OSBORNE

Children of Riley PENNINGTON and Rhoda SMITH:

David Nicholas PENNINGTON (b.19 June 1848, Schyler Co, Illinois, USA d. 13 October 1913, Topeka, Kansas, USA)
m. Rachel M BOWEN

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1812 Birth
11 March 1812
Monroe, Kentucky, 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

1848 Birth of Child
David Nicholas PENNINGTON was born 19 June 1848, Schyler Co, Illinois, USA

Rhoda was 36 years old.

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