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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
| January 14, 1814 • Denmark cedes Norway to Sweden in exchange for west Pomerania, as part of the Treaty of Kiel. |
1836
May 25
Age: 21y
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marriageJeremiah Franklin Jenkins Kentucky, USA ⇓ A David Cravens signed their marriage contract. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1836 • Antonio García Gutiérrez's play El Trovador is performed for the first time in Madrid, Spain. |
1838
Aug 1
Age: 24y
| January 21, 1838 • The first known report about the lowest temperature on Earth was made, indicating −60 °C (−76 °F) in Yakutsk. |
1840
Age: 25y
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residenceWest Divison, Nelson, Kentucky, USA ⇓ There is a David Cravens living right next door. 1 Source ⇓ |
| December 7, 1840 • David Livingstone leaves Britain for Africa. |
1840
Feb 5
Age: 25y
| January 22, 1840 • British colonists reach New Zealand, officially founding Wellington. |
1841
Nov 28
Age: 27y
| October 16, 1841 • Queen's University is founded in Kingston, Ontario, by Rev. Thomas Liddell, who carries a Royal Charter from Queen Victoria and becomes the school's first principal. |
1843
Sep 10
Age: 29y
| May 18, 1843 • The Disruption in Edinburgh of the Free Church of Scotland from the Church of Scotland. |
1845
Nov 26
Age: 31y
1848
Feb 20
Age: 33y
| March 15, 1848 • Start of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848. |
1850
Age: 35y
| 1850 • Europeans make up 22% of the world population. |
1852
Jan 1
Age: 37y
| 1852 • Loyola College was chartered in Baltimore, Maryland. |
1854
Apr 10
Age: 39y
| 1854 • In Jackson, Michigan, the first convention of the U.S. Republican Party is held. |
1856
Mar 24
Age: 41y
| April 21, 1856 • Building workers agitate for the eight-hour day in Melbourne, Australia. |
1860
Aug 9
Age: 46y
| 1860 • The American South has c. 4 million slaves. |
1861
Age: 46y
| February 8, 1861 • American Civil War: The Confederate States of America are formed, comprising the first six break-away States. |
1870
Age: 55y
| February 25, 1870 • Hiram Rhodes Revels, a Republican from Mississippi, is sworn into the United States Senate, becoming the first African American ever to sit in the U.S. Congress. |
1871
Sep 2
Age: 57y
| 1871 • George Biddell Airy discovers that astronomical aberration is independent of the local medium. |
1891
Dec 1
Age: 77y
| June 16, 1891 • John Abbott becomes Canada's third prime minister. |
1900
Age: 85y
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residenceMarshall, Saline, Missouri, USA ⇓ She was living with her son, John Seldon. 1 Source ⇓ |
| July 23, 1900 • The First Pan-African Conference is held in London. |
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 ⇓ |
| 1900 • L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is published in Chicago, the first of Baum's Oz books chronicling the fictional Land of Oz for children. |
1906
Oct 16
Age: 92y
| March 18, 1906 • Traian Vuia makes a short flight in a self-propelled, heavier-than-air aircraft. |
1906
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burialMarshall, Missouri, USA ⇓ Buried at Ridgepark Cemetery 2 Sources ⇓ |
| September 30, 1906 • The first Gordon Bennett Cup in ballooning is held, starting in Paris. The winning team, piloting the balloon United States, lands in Fylingdales, Yorkshire, England. |