Emma Kate STRONG

(b. 10 October 1854 , Granville, Massachusetts, USA d. 26 February 1874 , Granville, Massachusetts, USA )

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Emma Kate STRONG was born 10 October 1854 in Granville, Massachusetts, USA

Emma Kate STRONG was the child of Ely STRONG and Orpha Caroline SHELDON

Emma Kate STRONG died 26 February 1874 in Granville, Massachusetts, USA.
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Emma Kate STRONG was a House Wrk.

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1854 Birth
10 October 1854
Granville, Massachusetts, USA

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.

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1869 - Ulysses S. Grant becomes President of the United States

1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states.

Death
Name: Emma Kate Strong
Gender: Female
Burial Date:
Burial Place: Granville
Death Date: 26 Feb 1874
Death Place: Granville, Hampden, Massachusetts
Age: 19
Birth Date: 1855
Birth Place: Granville
Occupation: House Wrk
Race:
Marital Status: Single
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Ely Strong
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Caroline
Mother's Birthplace:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B07551-1
System Origin: Massachusetts-EASy
GS Film number: 185380
Reference ID: yrs 1857-1891 p 18

'Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910,' database, FamilySearch : 10 December 2014