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Michael Plaster's ancestors came from Germany, and he was a farmer and horse breeder. He served under the company of Abraham Lincoln in the Black Hawk War of 1832, when he was eighteen years old. Michael and Ruth Plaster, in 1857, made the 2,000 mile journey over the plains of the Oregon Trail to Brownsville, Linn County, Oregon. This was the full stretch of the trail, where pioneers followed the wide and muddy Missouri River to the Platte River. The following is from an article on the trail: "Those traveling to Oregon had a very tough time ahead of them...Families who were departing along the Oregon Trail gathered at small towns on the Missouri River, called "jumping off points." At this point their wagon trains would have been almost completely outfitted. The wagon, which was made of seasoned wood to withstand extreme temperatures, was hauled by four to six oxen."
1813
Aug 26
| 1813 • Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice is published. |
1820
Age: 6y
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residenceLeesburg, Loudoun, Virginia, USA ⇓ There is a John (Jno) Murphy aged 45+ living on the same page. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1820 • A revolt begins in Santa María Chiquimula, Totonicapán department of Guatemala. |
1832
Apr 21
Age: 18y
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militaryBeardstown, Illinois, USA ⇓ He served in the Black Hawk War, under the company of Abraham Lincoln. Mustered out May 27, 1832. Lincoln rode a horse from New Salem to Richland Creek where neighbors had gathered to form a company of volunteer militia near Beardstown, Illinois. 1 Source ⇓ |
1836
Jun 23
Age: 22y
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marriageRuth Burress Schuyler County, Illinois, USA ⇓ "Schuyler County Illinois I Do hereby Certify that I Did Join to gether in Marriage Michel Plaster & Ruth Burrass on the 23 day of June 1836" signature of the justice of the peace is difficult to make out. 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1836 • Queen Maria II of Portugal marries Prince Ferdinand Augustus Francis Anthony of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. |
1838
Mar 22
Age: 24y
birth of childAnn Marie Plaster Lee County, Iowa, USA ⇓ |
| 1838 • Lord Durham and his entourage arrive in Upper Canada to investigate the cause of the 1837 rebellion in that province. This leads to Durham submitting the Durham Report to Britain. |
1840
Age: 26y
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residenceTownship 66, Lee, Iowa Territory, USA ⇓ Michael and Ruth (Burress) Plaster are living with their oldest daughter Ann Marie Plaster, who is about one or two years old. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1840 • Uniform Penny Post is introduced in the United Kingdom. |
1840
Age: 26y
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residenceTownship 66, Lee, Iowa Territory, USA ⇓ Michael and Ruth (Burress) Plaster are living with their oldest daughter Ann Marie Plaster, who is about one or two years old. On the next page is a 20-30 year old Joseph Burris. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1840 • Gaetano Donizetti's opera La fille du régiment premieres in Paris. |
1843
Jan 10
Age: 29y
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birth of childMargaret J Plaster Gentry County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1843 • Tivoli Gardens, one of the oldest still intact amusement parks in the world, opens in Copenhagen, Denmark. |
1846
May 16
Age: 32y
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birth of childThomas Jefferson Plaster Gentry County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1846 • 29 – Kraków Uprising: Polish nationalists stage an uprising in the Free City of Kraków, suppressed by forces of the Austrian Empire supported by peasants in the Galician slaughter. |
1849
Oct 1
Age: 36y
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birth of childElizabeth Ellen Plaster Athens, Gentry, Missouri, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1849 • French troops occupy Rome; the Roman Republic surrenders. |
1850
Sep 24
Age: 37y
| 1850 • The Catholic hierarchy is re-established in England and Wales by Pope Pius IX and future Pope Pius X . |
1852
Sep 10
Age: 39y
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birth of childEmily L Plaster Gentry County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1852 • Justin Perkins, an American Presbyterian missionary, produced the first translation of the Bible in Assyrian Neo-Aramaic, which was published with the parallel text of the Syriac Peshitta by the American Bible Society. |
1856
Feb 28
Age: 42y
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birth of childLaura Hanna Plaster Gentry County, Missouri, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1856 • American Old West: On the Sonoita River in present-day southern Arizona, the United States Army establishes Fort Buchanan in order to help control new land acquired in the Gadsden Purchase. |
1857
Age: 43y
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movedOregon ⇓ They were pioneers on the Oregon Trail, that connected Missouri to Oregon, and was about 2,000 miles long. In the "Oregon Biographical Index", it mentions that Ruth Burress and her husband Michael Plaster traveled to Oregon in 1857 from Gentry, Missouri over the plains. This photo is not of them, but of some travelers from that time period. See gallery for more info on the Oregon Trail: https://johnsonfamily.talldude.net/ruth-burress-124/gallery/oregon-trail/all 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1857 • The Utah Expedition leaves Fort Leavenworth, effectively beginning the Utah War. |
1857
Age: 43y
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movedOregon ⇓ The Plasters were pioneers on the Oregon Trail from Missouri to Oregon, a journey of 2,000 miles. In the "Oregon Biographical Index", it mentions that Ruth Burress and her husband Michael Plaster traveled to Oregon in 1857 from Gentry, Missouri over the plains. This photo is not of them, but of some travelers from that time period. See gallery for more info on the Oregon Trail: https://johnsonfamily.talldude.net/ruth-burress-124/gallery/oregon-trail/all 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1857 • Elisha Otis' first elevator is installed (at 488 Broadway, New York City). |
1860
Age: 46y
| 1860 • Abraham Lincoln is selected as the U.S. presidential candidate for the Republican Party. |
1860
Mar 22
Age: 46y
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birth of childGeorge Washington Plaster Brownsville, Linn, Oregon, USA ⇓ 5 Sources ⇓ |
| 1860 • The American South has c. 4 million slaves. |
1870
Age: 56y
| 1870 • Syracuse University is established and officially opens. |
1880
Age: 66y
| 1880 • The Transvaal becomes a republic and Paul Kruger becomes its first president. |
1880
Age: 66y
| 1880 • After having her lights installed by Edison's personnel, the SS Columbia is lit up for the first time at the foot of Wall Street in New York City. |
1880
Age: 66y
| 1880 • The Department of Scientific Temperance Instruction of the Women's Christian Temperance Union is established. |
1886
Jul 6
Age: 72y
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marriageEdith Hinkle Washington County, Idaho, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1886 • Heinrich Hertz verifies at the University of Karlsruhe the existence of electromagnetic waves. |
1892
Dec 30
Age: 79y
| 1892 • To mark the 400th anniversary Columbus Day holiday, the "Pledge of Allegiance" is first recited in unison by students in U.S. public schools. |