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Him and Thomas Munsell Sr. were some of the first settlers of Licking County, Ohio.
1779
Mar 1
| 1779 • The spinning mule is perfected by the Lancashire inventor Samuel Crompton. |
1790
Age: 10y
| 1790 • Louis XVI of France declares to the National Assembly that he will maintain the constitutional laws. |
1800
Age: 20y
| 1800 • Middlebury College is granted its charter by the Vermont General Assembly. |
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Age: 20y
1800
Age: 20y
marriageRachel Holden 2 Sources ⇓ |
1804
Dec 5
Age: 25y
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birth of childMary Eastman Corinth, Orange, Vermont, USA ⇓ 4 Sources ⇓ |
| 1804 • Thomas Jefferson defeats Charles C. Pinckney in the United States presidential election. |
1804
Dec 5
Age: 25y
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birth of childMary Eastman Corinth, Orange, Vermont, USA ⇓ She was born between 1800 and 1810 considering the 1830 & 1840 U.S. censuses, but if Josiah Eastman's 1820 census is taken into account, she would have been 16 or under in 1820. She was likely born around 1804. This matches the Vermont birth record. 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1804 • William Pitt the Younger begins his second term as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. |
1810
Age: 30y
1815
Age: 35y
immigrationLicking, Ohio, USA ⇓ Josiah was one of the first settlers there along with Thomas Munsell Sr. "...In 1815 came Jonathan Atwood, Knowles Linnel, William Hastings, Isaac Longwell, Aaron Park, J Josiah Eastman, David Wright, J: R. Curtis, Stephen Emerson, John McCreary, Thomas Munsell, Daniel Vail, Japhet Sherman, and Abram Mayfield." 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1815 • Wisden Cricketers' Almanack retrospectively recognises statistics for first-class cricket in England from this year. |
1820
Age: 40y
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residenceSt. Albans, Licking, Ohio, USA ⇓ Josiah and Rachel Eastman are living six houses away from Thomas Munsell Sr, father of Mary Eastman's husband Thomas Munsell Jr. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1820 • Construction work is completed on the Citadelle Laferrière in Haiti, the largest fortification in the Americas. |
1824
Jan 21
Age: 44y
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marriageAbigail Smith Licking County, Ohio, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1824 • The Cimetière du Montparnasse is established in Paris, France. |
1840
Age: 60y
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residenceSt. Albans, Licking, Ohio, USA ⇓ He's living on page 338 - on page 343 is living a Mahlon Holden. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1840 • Louis Agassiz publishes his Etudes sur les glaciers ("Study on Glaciers", 2 volumes), the first major scientific work to propose that the Earth has seen an ice age. |
1850
Age: 70y
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residenceSt. Albans, Licking, Ohio, USA ⇓ He is married to Abigail, and is living with his daughter Rosina's family. Rosina married Elisha Belknap, who was later a veteran of the Civil War. 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1850 • First ascent of Piz Bernina, the highest summit of the eastern Alps. |
1860
Age: 80y
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residenceSt. Albans, Licking, Ohio, USA ⇓ He and Abigail are still living with his daughter Rosina's family. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1860 • South Carolina becomes the first state to secede from the United States Union. |
1868
Apr 28
Age: 89y
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deathSt. Albans, Licking, Ohio, USA ⇓ Buried at Alexandria, Licking, Ohio, in Maple Grove Cemetery. 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1868 • The British War Office sanctions the formation of what becomes the Army Post Office Corps. |