Personal Details

Born	July 27th, 1814
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
Mother	[666sam]	? (?) Hersey 6

Spouses, Mates & Children

Wife #1 [666sasa] - Hannah (Cole) Hersey 7 Married by: No Entry Married at: Beloit, Wisconsin, USA Children by this spouse: I [666sac3] Unnamed Hersey 8 b. No Entry c. ? II [666sac1] Horatio B. Hersey 8 b. December 14th, 1843 c. March III [666sac2]+ Henry Osgood Hersey 8 b. October 25th, 1847 c. January
Wife #2 [666] - Prudence Hubbard (Talcott) Hersey 7 Married by: No Entry Married at: No Entry Children by this spouse: I [1011]+ Thomas Arthur Hersey 8 b. April 17th, 1855 c. July II [1012] Ida Maria Hersey 8 b. July 7th, 1857 c. October III [1013] Mary Emma Hersey 8 b. August 22nd, 1860 c. November IV [1014] Harriet Adaline (Hersey), Van Tassel 8 b. June 20th, 1864 c. September

Immediate Family Tree

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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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