Elizabeth Ellen Plaster
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Parents
Michael Plaster
Michael Plaster
1813 - 1892
Ruth Burress
Ruth Burress
1819 - 1878
Spouse
George W Farlow
George W Farlow
1849 - 1929
Children
Siblings

1850


Sep 24
Age: 11m

1860


Age: 10y
1860 • German chemist Albert Niemann makes a detailed analysis of the coca leaf, isolating and purifying the alkaloid which he calls cocaine.Niemann, Albert (1860). On a New Organic Base in the Coca Leaves ("Über eine neue organische Base in den Cocablättern", published version of Ph.D. dissertation).

1870


Age: 20y

1874


Age: 24y

marriage


George W Farlow
1874 Universal Postal Union is established.

1875


Age: 25y
1875 • Widespread nationalist rebellion in the Ottoman Empire has resulted in Turkish repression, Russian intervention and Great Power tensions.

1878


May
Age: 28y
1878 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) opens as Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College in the United States.

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