Spouse
1816
Dec 28
| 1816 • The Treaty of St. Louis is signed in St. Louis, Missouri. |
1837
Aug 14
Age: 20y
marriagePaulina C Davidson Franklin County, Missouri, USA ⇓ Married by John H Thompson. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1837 • In Philadelphia, The Institute for Colored Youth (ICY) is founded as the first institution for the higher education of black people in 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 • American Express is founded by Henry Wells & William Fargo. |
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 • The city of Manchester reaches 400,000 inhabitants. |
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 • German chemist Albert Niemann makes a detailed analysis of the coca leaf, isolating and purifying the alkaloid which he calls cocaine.Niemann, Albert (1860). On a New Organic Base in the Coca Leaves ("Über eine neue organische Base in den Cocablättern", published version of Ph.D. dissertation). |
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 first college sorority, Kappa Alpha Theta, is established at DePauw University in the United States. |
1892
Oct 16
Age: 75y
| 1892 • Pennsauken Township, New Jersey is incorporated. |