Spouse
1816
Dec 28
| 1816 • The Second Bank of the United States obtains its charter. |
1837
Aug 14
Age: 20y
marriagePaulina C Davidson Franklin County, Missouri, USA ⇓ Married by John H Thompson. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1837 • Michigan becomes the 26th state admitted to the United States. |
1850
Age: 32y
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residenceMiller, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ Robert is a farmer, and Paulina is a carpenter. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1850 • St. Mary’s Institute (the future University of Dayton) is founded in Dayton, OH. |
1850
Age: 32y
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residenceMiller, Scotland County, Missouri, USA ⇓ Robert is a farmer, and Paulina is a carpenter. Living on the same page are Silas Billups, William Billups, and John Davis Bourne and his family. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1850 • American Express is founded by Henry Wells & William Fargo. |
1860
Age: 42y
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residenceMiller, Scotland, Missouri, USA ⇓ Robert is a farmer, and their two oldest sons are millers. A Jas Parish age 21 is staying with them, possibly a boarder. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1860 • 21 – Beijing's Old Summer Palace is burned to the ground by orders of British general Lord Elgin in retaliation for mistreatment of several prisoners of war during the Second Opium War. |
1870
Age: 52y
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residenceLewis County, Missouri, USA ⇓ Robert H Billups is a farmer, living next door is a James Billups. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1870 • The Chicago Base Ball Club, later to be known as the Chicago White Stockings, and ultimately the Chicago Cubs, play their first game against the St. Louis Unions of the National Association of Base Ball Players, an amateur league. |
1892
Oct 16
Age: 75y
| 1892 • The four-day New Orleans General Strike begins. |