George Thomas Medley
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Ella Lilla Medley
Ella Lilla Medley
1868 - 1966
Sadie Carrie Medley
Sadie Carrie Medley
1870 - 1957
Mary Frances Medley
Mary Frances Medley
1878 - 1967
Francis A Medley
Francis A Medley
1882 - 1950

1837


Sep 7
1837 Samuel Morse files a caveat for a patent for the telegraph.[http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/sfbmhtml/timeline01.html Morse Timeline] on memory.loc.gov (accessed on 27 May 2014)

1869


Age: 31y

1870


Age: 32y
1870 Thomas Mundy Peterson is the first African-American to vote in an election.

1878


Sep
Age: 40y
1878 • The Stawell Gift is run for the first time.

1880


Age: 42y

1882


Aug
Age: 44y
1882 Great Comet of 1882: Her Majesty's Astronomer at the Cape, David Gill, reported watching the comet rise a few minutes before the Sun and described it as "The nucleus was then undoubtedly single, and certainly rather under than over 4″ in diameter; in fact, as I have described it, it resembled very much a star of the 1st magnitude seen by daylight."

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