Personal Details

Born	April 10th, 1796
Birthplace	Germantown, county of Herkimer, New York, USA
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Died	March 25th, 1855, aged about 59 years
Died at...	Niles, Michigan, USA
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Burial Place	Silverbrook Cemetary
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Spouses, Mates & Children

Wife #1 [1324_sa_mmm_sb_sa] - Mary (Baldwin) Fitzgerald 6 Married by: No Entry Married at: No Entry Children by this spouse: No Records of Children
Wife #2 [1324_sa_mmm] - Lucy (Pelletier) Lacey 6 Married by: No Entry Married at: No Entry Children by this spouse: No Records of Children

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Personalized History Timeline, 1796 to 1855

1231-1808: Papal Inquisition from before birth until age 12 1478-1834: Torquemada's Spanish Inquisition from before birth until age 38 1760-1820: Reign of King George III (Hanover) from before birth until age 24 1789-1796: George Washington selected 1st President from before birth until age 0 1792-1815: Napoleonic war from before birth until age 19 1796: Vaccination against Smallpox at age 0 1796: Tennesee enters the union - 16th at age 0 1796-1800: John Adams elected 2nd president of US from age 0 to age 4 1796: France's presses get right of free speech at age 0 1798: Lithography at age 2 1798-1800: Undeclared war with France from age 2 to age 4 1798: Mississippi organized as a territory at age 2 1798: US Marine Corps Established at age 2 1799: Rosetta Stone found at age 3 1800: 1st Battery (Volta) at age 4 1800: Russia annexes Georgia at age 4 1800-1809: Thomas Jefferson elected president of US from age 4 to age 13 1800: US capital moves from Philadelphia to Washington DC at age 4 1802: Babylonian cuniform deciphered at age 6 1803: Ohio enters the union - 17th at age 7 1803: Fulton propels vessel by steampower at age 7 1803: Louisiana Territory Purchased at age 7 1804-1806: Lewis and Clark Expedition from age 8 to age 10 1804: Haiti independent - 1st black country in West. Hemis. at age 8 1805: Morphine isolated at age 9 1805: Thomas Jefferson re-elected president of US at age 9 1807: Robert Fulton makes 1st practical steamboat voyage at age 11 1808: Pompeii excavation begins in earnest at age 12 1808: Import of new slaves into US Is banned at age 12 1809-1816: James Madison elected president of US from age 13 to age 20 1809: Charles Darwin born at age 13 1810: Homeopathy founded at age 14 1810: US pop. reaches 7.2 million at age 14 1812-1814: War of 1812 from age 16 to age 18 1812: Missouri organized as a territory at age 16 1812: Louisiana enters the union - 18th at age 16 1815: Battle of Waterloo at age 19 1815: French outlaw slavery in France at age 19 1815: Sumbawa volcano (Indonesia) erupts; 50,000 killed at age 19 1816: Stethoscope at age 20 1816: Photographic Negative at age 20 1816: Indiana enters the union - 19th at age 20 1817: Alabama organized as a territory at age 21 1817-1825: Erie canal constructed from age 21 to age 29 1817: Pentrich Revolution - England's last revolution at age 21 1817: Mississippi enters the union - 20th at age 21 1817-1824: James Monroe president of US from age 21 to age 28 1817-1823: 1st Cholera pandemic from age 21 to age 27 1818: Illinois enters the union - 21st at age 22 1818: Savannah 1st steamship to cross the Atlantic at age 22 1819: Oersted discovers electro-magnetism at age 23 1819: Arkansas organized as a territory at age 23 1819: Alabama enters the union - 22nd at age 23 1820-1830: Reign of King George IV (Hanover) from age 24 to age 34 1820: Maine enters the union - 23rd at age 24 1821: 1st US women's college at age 25 1821: US pop. reaches 9.2 million at age 25 1821-1829: Greek war of Independence from age 25 to age 33 1821: Missouri enters the union - 24th at age 25 1822: Florida organized as a territory at age 26 1824: Internal Combustion Engine at age 28 1824-1828: John Quincy Adams president of US from age 28 to age 32 1824: Erie canal finished at age 28 1826: 1st railroad tunnel (England) at age 30 1827: 1st Black newspaper Freedom's Journal at age 31 1827: Ship's propeller (screw) at age 31 1827: Ohms Law formulated at age 31 1828-1836: Andrew Jackson president of US from age 32 to age 40 1828: 1st Webster's Dictionary at age 32 1828: 1st railroad in the US at age 32 1829: 1st US patent on a typewriter at age 33 1829-1851: 2nd Cholera pandemic from age 33 to age 55 1830-1860: Underground railroad leads 100,000+ slaves to freedom in US from age 34 until after line end 1830: Mormons (Latter Day Saints) founded at age 34 1830-1837: Reign of King William IV (Hanover) from age 34 to age 41 1832: Horse-drawn trolleys in New York at age 36 1833: Slavery abolished in British Empire (home and colonies) at age 37 1833: Telegraph at age 37 1834: Modern computer conceived by Charles Babbage at age 38 1835: Halley's Comet at age 39 1835: Mormon leader Joseph Smith prophesies of 'coming of lord' by 1891 at age 39 1835-1842: 2nd Seminole War from age 39 to age 46 1836: Battle of the Alamo at age 40 1836: Texas war for independence from Mexico at age 40 1836: Arkansas enters the union -25th at age 40 1837-1840: Martin Van Buren president of US from age 41 to age 44 1837: Michigan enters the union - 26th at age 41 1837: Depression and Panic in the US - inflation, speculation at age 41 1837-1901: Reign of Queen Victoria (Hanover) from age 41 until after line end 1838-1839: Forced relocation of Cherokee from age 42 to age 43 1839-1842: Opium war between China and the English from age 43 to age 46 1841-1844: John Tyler president of US from age 45 to age 48 1842: Chinese cede Hong Kong to the English at age 46 1844: 1st telegraph line message, Washington to New York at age 48 1845: Texas enters the union - 28th at age 49 1845-1848: James K Polk president of US from age 49 to age 52 1845: Florida enters the union - 27th at age 49 1845-1849: Irish Potato Famine from age 49 to age 53 1846-1848: The Mexican-US War from age 50 to age 52 1846: Iowa enters the union - 29th at age 50 1848: NY allows women to own real estate at age 52 1848-1856: 1st gold rush in California -- Sutters Mill from age 52 until after line end 1848: Wisconsin enters the union - 30th at age 52 1848: Oregon organized as a territory at age 52 1849: Fizeau measures speed of light at age 53 1849-1852: Zachary Taylor president of the US from age 53 to age 56 1850: California enters the union - 31st at age 54 1850: World pop. est. at 1.1 billion at age 54 1850: Utah (included Nevada) organized as a territory at age 54 1850: New Mexico organized as a territory at age 54 1850: US pop reaches 23 million at age 54 1851: Gold rush in Australia at age 55 1852-1859: 3rd Cholera pandemic from age 56 until after line end 1853: Washington (included pt. of Idaho) organized as a territory at age 57 1853-1856: Franklin Pierce president of US from age 57 until after line end 1854: Nebraska organized as a territory at age 58 1854-1856: Crimean War from age 58 until after line end 1854: Kansas organized as a territory at age 58

Additional Information

Senator from Michigan June 3rd, 1848 to March 3rd, 1849