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Samuel Hersey 7 [m]
7th Generation

Personal Details
Born July 27th, 1814 No Image On File
Birthplace Sumner, county of Oxford, Maine, USA
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Died September 26th, 1879, aged about 65 years
Died at... Rockford, Illinois, USA
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Parents
Father [666saf]? Hersey 6 No Image On File
Mother [666sam]? (?) Hersey 6 No Image On File

Spouses, Mates & Children
Wife #1
[666sasa] - Hannah (Cole) Hersey 7

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Married at: Beloit, Wisconsin, USA

Children by this spouse:
I [666sac3] Unnamed Hersey 8 b. No Entry c. ? No Image On File
II [666sac1] Horatio B. Hersey 8 b. December 14th, 1843 c. March No Image On File
III [666sac2]+ Henry Osgood Hersey 8 b. October 25th, 1847 c. January No Image On File
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Wife #2
[666] - Prudence Hubbard (Talcott) Hersey 7

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Children by this spouse:
I [1011]+ Thomas Arthur Hersey 8 b. April 17th, 1855 c. July No Image On File
II [1012] Ida Maria Hersey 8 b. July 7th, 1857 c. October No Image On File
III [1013] Mary Emma Hersey 8 b. August 22nd, 1860 c. November No Image On File
IV [1014] Harriet Adaline (Hersey), Van Tassel 8 b. June 20th, 1864 c. September No Image On File
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Personalized History Timeline, 1814 to 1879
1478-1834:
Torquemada's Spanish Inquisition from before birth until age 20
1760-1820:
Reign of King George III (Hanover) from before birth until age 6
1792-1815:
Napoleonic war from before birth until age 1
1809-1816:
James Madison elected president of US from before birth until age 2
1812-1814:
War of 1812 from before birth until age 0
1815:
Sumbawa volcano (Indonesia) erupts; 50,000 killed at age 1
1815:
French outlaw slavery in France at age 1
1815:
Battle of Waterloo at age 1
1816:
Stethoscope at age 2
1816:
Indiana enters the union - 19th at age 2
1816:
Photographic Negative at age 2
1817-1823:
1st Cholera pandemic from age 3 to age 9
1817:
Alabama organized as a territory at age 3
1817-1824:
James Monroe president of US from age 3 to age 10
1817:
Pentrich Revolution - England's last revolution at age 3
1817:
Mississippi enters the union - 20th at age 3
1817-1825:
Erie canal constructed from age 3 to age 11
1818:
Illinois enters the union - 21st at age 4
1818:
Savannah 1st steamship to cross the Atlantic at age 4
1819:
Arkansas organized as a territory at age 5
1819:
Oersted discovers electro-magnetism at age 5
1819:
Alabama enters the union - 22nd at age 5
1820-1830:
Reign of King George IV (Hanover) from age 6 to age 16
1820:
Maine enters the union - 23rd at age 6
1821:
Missouri enters the union - 24th at age 7
1821-1829:
Greek war of Independence from age 7 to age 15
1821:
US pop. reaches 9.2 million at age 7
1821:
1st US women's college at age 7
1822:
Florida organized as a territory at age 8
1824-1828:
John Quincy Adams president of US from age 10 to age 14
1824:
Erie canal finished at age 10
1824:
Internal Combustion Engine at age 10
1826:
1st railroad tunnel (England) at age 12
1827:
Ohms Law formulated at age 13
1827:
1st Black newspaper Freedom's Journal at age 13
1827:
Ship's propeller (screw) at age 13
1828:
1st Webster's Dictionary at age 14
1828-1836:
Andrew Jackson president of US from age 14 to age 22
1828:
1st railroad in the US at age 14
1829-1851:
2nd Cholera pandemic from age 15 to age 37
1829:
1st US patent on a typewriter at age 15
1830-1837:
Reign of King William IV (Hanover) from age 16 to age 23
1830:
Mormons (Latter Day Saints) founded at age 16
1830-1860:
Underground railroad leads 100,000+ slaves to freedom in US from age 16 to age 46
1832:
Horse-drawn trolleys in New York at age 18
1833:
Telegraph at age 19
1833:
Slavery abolished in British Empire (home and colonies) at age 19
1834:
Modern computer conceived by Charles Babbage at age 20
1835:
Halley's Comet at age 21
1835:
Mormon leader Joseph Smith prophesies of 'coming of lord' by 1891 at age 21
1835-1842:
2nd Seminole War from age 21 to age 28
1836:
Arkansas enters the union -25th at age 22
1836:
Battle of the Alamo at age 22
1836:
Texas war for independence from Mexico at age 22
1837-1840:
Martin Van Buren president of US from age 23 to age 26
1837:
Depression and Panic in the US - inflation, speculation at age 23
1837-1901:
Reign of Queen Victoria (Hanover) from age 23 until after line end
1837:
Michigan enters the union - 26th at age 23
1838-1839:
Forced relocation of Cherokee from age 24 to age 25
1839-1842:
Opium war between China and the English from age 25 to age 28
1841-1844:
John Tyler president of US from age 27 to age 30
1842:
Chinese cede Hong Kong to the English at age 28
1844:
1st telegraph line message, Washington to New York at age 30
1845-1848:
James K Polk president of US from age 31 to age 34
1845:
Texas enters the union - 28th at age 31
1845:
Florida enters the union - 27th at age 31
1845-1849:
Irish Potato Famine from age 31 to age 35
1846:
Iowa enters the union - 29th at age 32
1846-1848:
The Mexican-US War from age 32 to age 34
1848-1856:
1st gold rush in California -- Sutters Mill from age 34 to age 42
1848:
NY allows women to own real estate at age 34
1848:
Wisconsin enters the union - 30th at age 34
1848:
Oregon organized as a territory at age 34
1849-1852:
Zachary Taylor president of the US from age 35 to age 38
1849:
Fizeau measures speed of light at age 35
1850:
Utah (included Nevada) organized as a territory at age 36
1850:
World pop. est. at 1.1 billion at age 36
1850:
California enters the union - 31st at age 36
1850:
New Mexico organized as a territory at age 36
1850:
US pop reaches 23 million at age 36
1851:
Gold rush in Australia at age 37
1852-1859:
3rd Cholera pandemic from age 38 to age 45
1853:
Washington (included pt. of Idaho) organized as a territory at age 39
1853-1856:
Franklin Pierce president of US from age 39 to age 42
1854:
Kansas organized as a territory at age 40
1854-1856:
Crimean War from age 40 to age 42
1854:
Nebraska organized as a territory at age 40
1857-1860:
James Buchanan president of US from age 43 to age 46
1857-1866:
Transatlantic cable laid from age 43 to age 52
1857:
Dred Scott decision: Blacks could not be US citizens at age 43
1858:
India bill transfers government of India to England at age 44
1858:
Minnesota enters the union - 32nd at age 44
1859:
Oregon enters the union - 33rd at age 45
1859:
Oil Well at age 45
1859:
Darwin pub. Origin Of Species at age 45
1860:
South Carolina Secedes from the Union at age 46
1860:
Rifled barrel invented at age 46
1861-1865:
Civil War from age 47 to age 51
1861:
The Apache Declare War on the US at age 47
1861:
Gold rush in New Zealand at age 47
1861-1865:
Abraham Lincoln president of US from age 47 to age 51
1861:
Kansas enters the union - 34th at age 47
1861:
Colorado organized as a territory at age 47
1861:
North Dakota organized as a territory at age 47
1861:
South Dakota organized as a territory at age 47
1861-1865:
Confederate States of America Exist from age 47 to age 51
1861:
Transcontinental Telegraph completed at age 47
1861:
Nevada organized as a territory at age 47
1862:
US Homestead act at age 48
1863:
Emancipation Proclamation frees southern slaves at age 49
1863:
Arizona organized as a territory at age 49
1863-1879:
4th Cholera pandemic from age 49 to age 65
1863:
West Virginia enters the union - 35th at age 49
1863:
Idaho organized as a territory at age 49
1863:
Battle of Gettysburg at age 49
1864:
Nevada enters the union - 36th at age 50
1864:
Louisiana organized as a territory at age 50
1865:
President Lincoln assassinated at age 51
1865:
Ku Klux Klan founded at age 51
1865:
Lister invents Disinfection at age 51
1866:
Walker, Mitchell 1st elected US black officials (Massachusetts) at age 52
1866-1868:
Andrew Johnson president of US from age 52 to age 54
1867:
Dynamite at age 53
1867:
Nebraska enters the union - 37th at age 53
1867:
Diamonds discovered in South Africa at age 53
1867:
Alaska purchased from Russia at age 53
1867:
Confederation of Canada at age 53
1868-1878:
War between Cuba and Spain from age 54 to age 64
1869:
Suez canal opened at age 55
1869:
Trans-continental railroad completed at age 55
1869:
Cutty Sark built at age 55
1869:
Financial black friday caused by attempt to corner gold at age 55
1869-1876:
Ulysses S Grant president of US from age 55 to age 62
1870-1871:
Franco-Prussian war from age 56 to age 57
1870:
US black men can vote at age 56
1870:
1st black US senator (Hiram Revels) at age 56
1871:
Great Fire destroys Chicago at age 57
1873:
Color Photographs at age 59
1873-1878:
Depression, banks fail from age 59 to age 64
1876:
Telephone (Bell, Latimer) at age 62
1876:
Colorado enters the union - 38th at age 62
1876:
American Centennial at age 62
1876:
Little Big Horn - Battle at age 62
1877-1880:
Ruthorford B Hayes president of US from age 63 until after line end
1877:
Wax Cylinder Musical Recordings at age 63
1878:
1st commercial telephone exchange in US at age 64
1879:
Electric Light Bulb (Edison) at age 65
1879:
Zulu war at age 65

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