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Margaret and Jeremiah were married for 60 years, and had five sons and four daughters. She was married previously to a Michael Conley. Her sister Martha married Jeremiah's brother, George Washington Jenkins.
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1814
Jun 24
| December 24, 1814 • War of 1812: The Treaty of Ghent is signed, officially ending the war. |
1836
May 25
Age: 21y
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marriageJeremiah Franklin Jenkins Kentucky, USA ⇓ A David Cravens signed their marriage contract. 1 Source ⇓ |
| September 5, 1836 • Sam Houston is elected as the first president of the Republic of Texas. |
1838
Aug 1
Age: 24y
| September 7, 1838 • Grace Darling and her father rescue thirteen survivors from the SS Forfarshire off the Farne Islands. |
1840
Age: 25y
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residenceWest Divison, Nelson, Kentucky, USA ⇓ There is a David Cravens living right next door. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1840 • The first English translation of Goethe's Theory of Colours by Charles Eastlake is published. |
1840
Feb 5
Age: 25y
| 1840 • Adolphe Thiers becomes prime minister of France. |
1841
Nov 28
Age: 27y
| 1841 • August 11 (Wednesday) Frederick Douglass spoke in front of the Anti-Slavery Convention in Nantucket, Massachusetts. |
1843
Sep 10
Age: 29y
| December 21, 1843 • The first total solar eclipse of saros 139 occurs over southern Asia. |
1845
Nov 26
Age: 31y
| March 1, 1845 • President John Tyler signs a bill authorizing the United States to annex the Republic of Texas. |
1848
Feb 20
Age: 33y
| January 24, 1848 • California Gold Rush: James W. Marshall finds gold at Sutter's Mill, in Coloma, California. |
1850
Age: 35y
| May 25, 1850 • The hippopotamus Obaysch arrives at London Zoo from Egypt, the first seen in Europe since Roman times. |
1852
Jan 1
Age: 37y
| May 19, 1852 • Taiping Rebellion: The siege of Guilin was lifted. |
1854
Apr 10
Age: 39y
| October 25, 1854 • Crimean War – Battle of Balaclava: The allies gain an overall victory, except for the disastrous cavalry Charge of the Light Brigade, from which only 200 of 700 men survive. |
1856
Mar 24
Age: 41y
| August 30, 1856 • Battle of Osawatomie: Proslavery forces defeat antislavery forces in Bleeding Kansas. |
1860
Aug 9
Age: 46y
| 1860 • Christians and Druzes clash in Damascus, Syria. |
1861
Age: 46y
| June 15, 1861 • Benito Juárez is formally elected President of Mexico; he temporarily stops the payments of foreign debt. |
1870
Age: 55y
| October 27, 1870 • Franco-Prussian War: Marshal François Achille Bazaine, commanding the French left wing, is forced by starvation to surrender the fortifications of Metz, ending the Siege of Metz. |
1871
Sep 2
Age: 57y
1891
Dec 1
Age: 77y
| November 15, 1891 • The Brazilian Old Republic Constitution was promulgated. |
1900
Age: 85y
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residenceMarshall, Saline, Missouri, USA ⇓ She was living with her son, John Seldon. 1 Source ⇓ |
| May 29, 1900 • N'Djamena, the capital city of Chad, is founded as Fort-Lamy by French commander Émile Gentil. |
1900
Age: 85y
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residenceMarshall, Saline, Missouri, USA ⇓ Living with her son John, who was a gardener. Both her parents are listed as being born in Virginia. 1 Source ⇓ |
| January 24, 1900 • The Second Boer War: At the Battle of Spion Kop, Boer troops defeat the British Army. |
1906
Oct 16
Age: 92y
| October 1, 1906 • The Grand Duchy of Finland becomes the first nation to include the right of women to stand as candidates when it adopts universal suffrage. |
1906
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burialMarshall, Missouri, USA ⇓ Buried at Ridgepark Cemetery 2 Sources ⇓ |
| January 12, 1906 • Persian Constitutional Revolution: a nationalistic coalition of merchants, religious leaders and intellectuals in Persia forces the shah to grant a constitution and establish a national assembly, the Majlis. |