Alonzo COLVIN

(b. abt. 1847 , Coventry, Rhode Island, USA d. 16 April 1867 , Coventry, Rhode Island, USA )

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Alonzo COLVIN was born abt. 1847 in Coventry, Rhode Island, USA

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

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Alonzo COLVIN died 16 April 1867 in Coventry, Rhode Island, USA .

Father: Amasa Colvin
Mother: Amey Rathbun

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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.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1861 - February 8 – American Civil War: The Confederate States of America are formed, comprising the first six break-away states.

1861 - Abraham Lincoln becomes President of the United States

1863 - January 1 - President Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, freeing slaves.

1863 - October 3 – President Lincoln proclaims a national Thanksgiving day to be celebrated the final Thursday in November in the United States

1863 - November 19 – American Civil War: U. S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the military cemetery dedication ceremony in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

April 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.

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Name: Alonzo Colvin
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Death Date: 16 Apr 1867
Death Place: Coventry, Kent, Rhode Island
Age: 20
Birth Date: 1847
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Father's Name: Amasa Colvin
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Mother's Name: Amy Colvin
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I09413-1
System Origin: Rhode Island-EASy
GS Film number: 925616
Reference ID: p22

'Rhode Island Deaths and Burials, 1802-1950,' database, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ ark:/ 61903/ 1:1:F8FX-74Y : 6 December 2014), Alonzo Colvin, 16 Apr 1867; citing Coventry, Kent, Rhode Island, reference p22; FHL microfilm 925,616.'