Name Info
THOMAS K. MELVIN 1822-1890
His middle initial definitely was a 'K'. One website says that his middle name was 'Keese'.
THOMAS K. MELVIN 1822-1890
His middle initial definitely was a 'K'. One website says that his middle name was 'Keese'.
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Search.........Person PAF-ID.........09000018 Gender.........male Age............67y 3m 24d Fam-Group......WILSON Fam-ID.........MELVIN Citizenship....US born Status.........deceased Last-Marital...married |
#Marriages.....1 #Divorces......0 #Sources.......4 #Events........1 #Images:.......44 #Comments......3 #Siblings......0 #Children......2 |
Person-Type....A Immigrant?.....no Immig-Known?...no Parent?........father Spouse?........husband Sibling?.......brother Child?......... Twin...........no Adopted?....... |
Title(s)....... Ancestor.......ancestor RelatedToMe....2XGreat Gen-#..........05 Ahn-#..........00000000018 Religion....... PoliticParty... Ht/Wt/Eye/Hair. Burial.........Woodland Cemetery section C lot 90 grave 12 |
Spouse(s) and Children
- Marriage: 1853-10-09 Pike county Missouri
- Spouse: ELIZABETH JANE RIGGS, female, born:1825-02-16 ?Troy (Lincoln) Missouri, died:1915-02-04 (89y 11m 19d) ?Ontario county Canada, Anc:1, #Cmnts:1, #SrcDocs:3
- ..Child: Alice Kate MELVIN, female, born:1856-08-21 ?Cedarville (Greene) Ohio, died:1916-12-19 (60y 3m 28d) Ontario county Canada, Dad:THOMAS K. MELVIN, Mom:ELIZABETH JANE RIGGS, #Cmnts:1, #SrcDocs:3
- ..Child: IDA MELVIN, female, born:1862-01-12 Cedarville (Greene) Ohio, died:1922-07-17 (60y 6m 5d) Kansas City (Jackson) Missouri, Anc:1, Dad:THOMAS K. MELVIN, Mom:ELIZABETH JANE RIGGS, #Cmnts:2, #SrcDocs:4
Events
Birth: 1822-10-14, Virginia, [birth state gotten from the census records 1860 thru 1880]
Census: 1850 , Age:27y 2m 18d, ?Missouri, Role:census federal, --- unable to find ancestor Thomas Melvin on 1850 census living anywhere in the U.S. At age 31 in 1853 he married Elizabeth. Unknown where he had been since he left his birth state of (West) Virginia. The most likely states he would have lived in at that time would likely be one of Virginia, Pike county Missouri (although a search of the Pike county Grantor and Grantee index books 1847-1855 did not list him at all), Indiana or Ohio. Per the censuses for 1860 through 1880, plus his death place, he lived in Indiana and Ohio much of his adult life. The 1850 census search in familysearch.org returns a Tom Melvin age 25 living in Accomack county Virginia. That Tom was a sailor/fisherman living with a Lydia age 21. The familysearch.org profile for this Tom says he is Tom Jr. and his father Tom Sr. was also born in Accomack. In Clark county Ohio are two Melvin families as next door neighbors: Silas (age 69 b.VA wife Sarah age 50) and John (age 35 b.VA wife Caroline age 30). And in the Pleasant Township of Clark county Ohio is the Silas Melvin family with Silas age 69 farmer born in West] Virginia, Sarah 09000018U34 age 50 born in Virginia, daughter A.C. age 23 born in Virginia, son Samuel age 18 farmer born in Ohio, Susan age 15 born in Ohio, and, son F.H. [??] age 13 born in Ohio. Since a "Tom Melvin" is already in Accomack county Virginia on the 1850 ceneus, that likely means that the Melvins on the 1830 and 1840 censuses there are not the father of ancestor Thomas Melvin.
Married: 1853-10-09, Age:30y 11m 25d, Pike county Missouri, Official:James M. Green, Pastor, Role:groom, Entry for the marriage of Robert S. Wilson and Ida Melvin on Oct.22, 1884 in Vigo county Indiana. Listed are the names of both sets of parents: Mathew Wilson, Miss Hildebrand, Thos K Melvin and Eliza Riggs. Ceremony performed by Samuel Beck. In the handwritten record, this marriage was last on its page., ImageID: W__0586
Census: 1860 , Age:37y 2m 18d, Cedarville, Greene county, Ohio, Role:census federal, Thomas Melvin age 35 b.VA peddler Two daughters listed on the census: Jeannie (aka. Jennis) M. age 11 born Missouri, Alice (Allica) age 4 born Ohio, ImageID: W__0342
Military: 1863-06, Age:40y 7m 18d, Greene county Ohio, Role:soldier, A record from the National Archives indicating that a private Thomas K. [or H.] Melvin served in the Ohio 118th Infantry in the Civil War.
In the Civil War Draft Registration Records 1863-1865 for Greene county Ohio for the month of Jun.1863 is Thomas K. Melvin a resident of Cedarville, Greene county, Ohio. He is listed as age 40 born in Virginia and is a laborer. All of the men on this page are ages 35 to 42., ImageID: W__0520,W__0507
Census: 1870 , Age:47y 2m 18d, Attica, Fountain county, Indiana, Role:census federal, Thomas age 46 born Virginia, Eliza age 44 born Missouri, three daughters on the census: Jeannie age 20 born Missouri, Alice age 14 born Ohio, Ida age 8 born Ohio, ImageID: W__0343
Census: 1880 , Age:57y 2m 18d, Terre Haute, Vigo county, Indiana, Role:census federal, Thomas age 57 born in Virginia a merchant, parents both born in North Carolina, wife Eliza age 55 born in Missouri, her parents born in Kentucky. Their two daughters listed are Alice age 23 and Ida age 17, both born in Ohio. Oldest daughter Jeannie maybe married., ImageID: W__0344
Physical: c1885-1890, Age:62y 2m 18d, Xenia, Greene county, Ohio, Role:physical, paralyzed for his last few years
Death: 1890-02-07, Age:67y 3m 24d, Xenia, Greene county, Ohio, paralysis had for some years, The Greene county death book entry says that Thomas, at death, was age 68 years, 3 months and 21 days. That would calculated a birth date of October 17, 1821., ImageID: W__0365,W__0372
Burial: 1890-02-10, Age:67y 3m 27d, Xenia, Greene county, Ohio, Woodland Cemetery, section C lot 90 grave 12, The Woodland Cemetery reports that Thomas K. Melvin is buried there. Their records show that he is buried in section X lot 90 grave 12 and died February 7, 1890 at age 68. Earlier research by this author had that Thomas is buried in an unmarked grave in section C. The Woodland Cemetery reports (March 2023) that a female (i.e. a wife) is not buried next to Thomas.
Obit: 1890-02-11, Age:67y 3m 28d, Xenia, Greene county, Ohio, Thomas' obituary from the Tuesday February 11, 1890 issue of the Xenia [Ohio] Republican newspaper says: Mr. Thomas K. Melvin, father of Mrs. Robert Wilson [Ida] and step-father of the former Mrs. A. S. Frazer [who? maybe she was a daughter of Elizabeth Riggs], died at his residence corner of Collier and Third Streets, Friday morning, after suffering for years from paralysis. The deceased was 68 years of age [born 1822], was a native of Clarke county [either in northwest Virginia or is a misspelling of the near-to-Greene-county Clark county Ohio], and during most of his life was a commercial traveler. Besides the daughter, Mrs. Robert Wilson, who lived with him, he leaves a widow [Elizabeth Riggs, she being the mother of the deceased Mrs. A.S. Frazer, aka. Jennie Mitchell, mentioned in this obituary] and one other daughter, Mrs. Kate Burns, of Niagara, Canada [whom Elizabeth Riggs Melvin lived with 1890 to 1911 per 1901 Canadian census]. The funeral took place yesterday morning, interment in Woodland cemetery. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. Dr. Marlay [a Methodist minister] and Rev. [Albert N.] Spahr.
Job: ?, commercial traveler, for most of his career [per obituary]
Birth: 1822-10-14, Virginia, [birth state gotten from the census records 1860 thru 1880]
Census: 1850 , Age:27y 2m 18d, ?Missouri, Role:census federal, --- unable to find ancestor Thomas Melvin on 1850 census living anywhere in the U.S. At age 31 in 1853 he married Elizabeth. Unknown where he had been since he left his birth state of (West) Virginia. The most likely states he would have lived in at that time would likely be one of Virginia, Pike county Missouri (although a search of the Pike county Grantor and Grantee index books 1847-1855 did not list him at all), Indiana or Ohio. Per the censuses for 1860 through 1880, plus his death place, he lived in Indiana and Ohio much of his adult life. The 1850 census search in familysearch.org returns a Tom Melvin age 25 living in Accomack county Virginia. That Tom was a sailor/fisherman living with a Lydia age 21. The familysearch.org profile for this Tom says he is Tom Jr. and his father Tom Sr. was also born in Accomack. In Clark county Ohio are two Melvin families as next door neighbors: Silas (age 69 b.VA wife Sarah age 50) and John (age 35 b.VA wife Caroline age 30). And in the Pleasant Township of Clark county Ohio is the Silas Melvin family with Silas age 69 farmer born in West] Virginia, Sarah 09000018U34 age 50 born in Virginia, daughter A.C. age 23 born in Virginia, son Samuel age 18 farmer born in Ohio, Susan age 15 born in Ohio, and, son F.H. [??] age 13 born in Ohio. Since a "Tom Melvin" is already in Accomack county Virginia on the 1850 ceneus, that likely means that the Melvins on the 1830 and 1840 censuses there are not the father of ancestor Thomas Melvin.
Married: 1853-10-09, Age:30y 11m 25d, Pike county Missouri, Official:James M. Green, Pastor, Role:groom, Entry for the marriage of Robert S. Wilson and Ida Melvin on Oct.22, 1884 in Vigo county Indiana. Listed are the names of both sets of parents: Mathew Wilson, Miss Hildebrand, Thos K Melvin and Eliza Riggs. Ceremony performed by Samuel Beck. In the handwritten record, this marriage was last on its page., ImageID: W__0586
Census: 1860 , Age:37y 2m 18d, Cedarville, Greene county, Ohio, Role:census federal, Thomas Melvin age 35 b.VA peddler Two daughters listed on the census: Jeannie (aka. Jennis) M. age 11 born Missouri, Alice (Allica) age 4 born Ohio, ImageID: W__0342
Military: 1863-06, Age:40y 7m 18d, Greene county Ohio, Role:soldier, A record from the National Archives indicating that a private Thomas K. [or H.] Melvin served in the Ohio 118th Infantry in the Civil War.
In the Civil War Draft Registration Records 1863-1865 for Greene county Ohio for the month of Jun.1863 is Thomas K. Melvin a resident of Cedarville, Greene county, Ohio. He is listed as age 40 born in Virginia and is a laborer. All of the men on this page are ages 35 to 42., ImageID: W__0520,W__0507
Census: 1870 , Age:47y 2m 18d, Attica, Fountain county, Indiana, Role:census federal, Thomas age 46 born Virginia, Eliza age 44 born Missouri, three daughters on the census: Jeannie age 20 born Missouri, Alice age 14 born Ohio, Ida age 8 born Ohio, ImageID: W__0343
Census: 1880 , Age:57y 2m 18d, Terre Haute, Vigo county, Indiana, Role:census federal, Thomas age 57 born in Virginia a merchant, parents both born in North Carolina, wife Eliza age 55 born in Missouri, her parents born in Kentucky. Their two daughters listed are Alice age 23 and Ida age 17, both born in Ohio. Oldest daughter Jeannie maybe married., ImageID: W__0344
Physical: c1885-1890, Age:62y 2m 18d, Xenia, Greene county, Ohio, Role:physical, paralyzed for his last few years
Death: 1890-02-07, Age:67y 3m 24d, Xenia, Greene county, Ohio, paralysis had for some years, The Greene county death book entry says that Thomas, at death, was age 68 years, 3 months and 21 days. That would calculated a birth date of October 17, 1821., ImageID: W__0365,W__0372
Burial: 1890-02-10, Age:67y 3m 27d, Xenia, Greene county, Ohio, Woodland Cemetery, section C lot 90 grave 12, The Woodland Cemetery reports that Thomas K. Melvin is buried there. Their records show that he is buried in section X lot 90 grave 12 and died February 7, 1890 at age 68. Earlier research by this author had that Thomas is buried in an unmarked grave in section C. The Woodland Cemetery reports (March 2023) that a female (i.e. a wife) is not buried next to Thomas.
Obit: 1890-02-11, Age:67y 3m 28d, Xenia, Greene county, Ohio, Thomas' obituary from the Tuesday February 11, 1890 issue of the Xenia [Ohio] Republican newspaper says: Mr. Thomas K. Melvin, father of Mrs. Robert Wilson [Ida] and step-father of the former Mrs. A. S. Frazer [who? maybe she was a daughter of Elizabeth Riggs], died at his residence corner of Collier and Third Streets, Friday morning, after suffering for years from paralysis. The deceased was 68 years of age [born 1822], was a native of Clarke county [either in northwest Virginia or is a misspelling of the near-to-Greene-county Clark county Ohio], and during most of his life was a commercial traveler. Besides the daughter, Mrs. Robert Wilson, who lived with him, he leaves a widow [Elizabeth Riggs, she being the mother of the deceased Mrs. A.S. Frazer, aka. Jennie Mitchell, mentioned in this obituary] and one other daughter, Mrs. Kate Burns, of Niagara, Canada [whom Elizabeth Riggs Melvin lived with 1890 to 1911 per 1901 Canadian census]. The funeral took place yesterday morning, interment in Woodland cemetery. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. Dr. Marlay [a Methodist minister] and Rev. [Albert N.] Spahr.
Job: ?, commercial traveler, for most of his career [per obituary]
Places In
Attica (Fountain) Indiana
Terre Haute (Vigo) Indiana
Pike county Missouri
Cedarville (Greene) Ohio
Xenia (Greene) Ohio
Virginia
Jefferson county West Virginia
Attica (Fountain) Indiana
Terre Haute (Vigo) Indiana
Pike county Missouri
Cedarville (Greene) Ohio
Xenia (Greene) Ohio
Virginia
Jefferson county West Virginia
General
· Ancestry.com family of Ida Melvin born Jan.12, 1862 in Cedarville, Greene county, Ohio. Her parents are Thomas K. Melvin and Elizabeth Jane Riggs. It also lists her husband Robert S. Wilson and their six children along with the three children of their son Albert and the maker of the family list has confused them as children of Ida and Robert. · · Ancestry.com family of Jennie Melvin born about 1848 in Missouri. Her parents are Thomas K. Melvin and Elizabeth Jane Riggs. Jennie appears on the 1860 census for Cedarville, Greene county, Ohio at age 11 with her parents. Beyond that, nothing is known about Jennie. · · Ancestry.com family of Jennie Melvin. It lists her as born in Missouri in 1850 [but no other documentation to date [end of 2023] ever has Thomas K. Melvin, her father, living in Missouri although he has yet to be found in the 1850 census]. It has her parents as Thomas K. Melvin and Elizabeth 'Eliza' Jane (Riggs) [which matches the 1860 census and 1870 for this family]. Unknown what ever became of Jennie including if she married and when/where she died. · · Ancestry.com family of Kate Alice Melvin born Aug.21, 1855 in Ohio. Her parents are Thomas K. Melvin and Elizabeth Jane Riggs. · · Ancestry.com family of Kate Alice Melvin. It lists her as born Aug.21, 1855. It has her parents as Thomas K. Melvin and Elizabeth 'Eliza' Jane (Riggs) [which matches the 1860 census and 1870 for this family]. Unknown what ever became of Jennie including if she married and when/where she died. · · Family Group Sheet for Thomas K. Melvin and Eliza Jane Riggs lists two children [Jennie is missing] and her parents as Jonathan Riggs and Jane Shaw.
A Xenia Daily Gazette article dated Jan.14, 1890 tells of Ida (Melvin) Wilson visiting her parents on Third Street in Xenia.
Research
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TO FIND: Parents (born in North Carolina per 1880 ceneus for Thomas, lived in Virginia or West Virginia where Thomas born), 1850 Census and Immigrant Ancestors
Timeline for Thomas (his first 30 years are a mystery):
- 1822 - born in Virginia, possibly in Clarke county (per the mention of Clarke county in his obituary) to parents who were born in North Carolina (per 1880 census entry for Thomas). Unknown if Thomas had any siblings.
- 1822-1853 - as a young adult, he likely lived in any of Virginia, West Virginia, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and/or Missouri and eventually somewhere met and married widow Elizabeth (Riggs) Mitchell who had a young daughter Jennie, both having been born in Missouri
.........Based on all Melvins in Virginia (including the future West Virginia counties) found in the 1830 and 1840 census (when Thomas would have been, respectively, around age 8 and 18), just two possible fathers appear:
.........- Samuel Melvin of Jefferson county West Virginia (it is the most northeastern county of WV) 1830: 1 male age 5-9, 2 males in their 20's, 1 male in his 60's, and, 1840: 1 male under age 5, 1 male age 5-9, 1 male age 15-19, 1 male in his 40's
.........- John Melvin Sr. of Jefferson county West Virginia (it is the most northeastern county of WV) 1830: 1 male age 5-9, 2 males in his 30's, and, 1840: 1 male age 15-19, 1 male in his 30's, 1 in his 70's
.........There are three adult male Melvins in the 1840 census who have a male child around age 18 that Thomas would have been but they appear in only on the 1840 census:
.........- Thomas Melvin of Accomack county Virginia (on the Delaware peninsula) 1 male age 10-14, 1 male age 15-19, 1 male in his 40's. He might be the father of the married Tom Melvin, age 25, sailor, on the 1850 census in Accomack county.
.........- James Melvin of Brooke county West Virginia (northernmost county of WV) 2 males under age 5, 1 male age 5-10, 1 male age 15-19, 1 male in his 30's
.........- William Melvin of Brooke county West Virginia (northernmost county of WV) 1 male age 10-14, 1 male age 15-19, 1 male in his 50's
.........The obituary of Thomas Melvin said he was from 'Clarke county' [no state name given]. A manual search through all Tax Lists of Clarke county Virginia from 1842 to 1850 found ZERO families named Melvin.
- 1850 - unable to find Thomas on the 1850 census. There is a Tom Melvin age 25, married and living in Accomack county Virginia. The father of this Tom likely is the above-mentioned Thomas Melvin of Accomack county.
- 1853 - marries, at age 31, the widow Mrs. Eliza (Riggs) Mitchell in PIke county Missouri (per marriage certificate that spelled his last name 'Melvil'). Eliza has a five year old daughter from her previous marriage to the late Robert Mitchell.
- 1855 - birth of daughter Alice Kate, the first child of Thomas and Elizabeth, in Cedarville, Greene county, Ohio (per 1901 Canadian census and estimated from U.S. censuses 1860, 1870, 1880)
- 1860 - living in Cedarville, Greene county, Ohio (per census)
- 1862 - birth of daughter Ida in Cedarville, Greene county, Ohio (per Wilson family bible)
- 1870 - living in Attica, Fountain county, Indiana (per 1870 census), at some point in the 1870's he moved a bit south to Terre Haute (see below)
- 1880 - living in Terre Haute, Vigo county, Indiana (per 1880 census)
- 1884 - living in Terre Haute, Vigo county, Indiana when his daughter Ida comes to town to be married to Robert Wilson in the home of Thomas and Elizabeth (per three newspaper articles). At some point in the next few years Thomas moves his family back to Greene county, Ohio and lives in Xenia
- 1885 - Elizabeth's daughter, and Thomas' step-daughter, Jennie Mitchell, dies in Xenia, Greene county, Ohio (per FindAGrave). Thomas and Elizabeth might have moved back to Xenia by this time.
- 1890 - In January Ida (Melvin) Wilson and two of her children come from Kansas City to visit her parents in Xenia, Greene county, Ohio (per newspaper article)
- 1890 - In February, Thomas, age 68, died at his home in Xenia, Greene county, Ohio and is buried in Greenwood Cemetery (per obituary)
- 1890 - In May, Ida (Melvin) Wilson and her two children return home to Kansas City (per newspaper article) and sometime in 1890 Elizabeth (Riggs) Melvin moves to Ontario to live with the family of her other daughter, Alice Kate (Melvin) Burns (per Canadian 1891 census)
Some questions about Thomas:
1. Widow Elizabeth (Riggs) Mitchell was a widow in 1850 in Lincoln county Missouri (per the census) at some point between 1850 and 1853 met and married Thomas K. Melvin in Pike county Missouri. How Thomas came to Pike county is undetermined since nothing is known of his life before his marriage to Eliza except that he was born in Virginia to parents who were born in North Carolina (per censuses 1860-1880). Thomas appeared nomadic since he was never in the same place two consecutive census years. At search in the Pike county courthouse in Bowling Green for the years 1847 through 1853 showed that Thomas Melvin neither bought nor sold any land in Pike county.
2. Based on his obituary, Thomas likely married only once, and that was after age 30. No records (i.e. tax, land transactions) have been found with him as a young man in his 20's in northern Virginia or what later became eastern West Virginia)
3. Why did Thomas and Elizabeth and their daughter Ida and her husband Robert Wilson move back to Greene county Ohio by 1890 where Thomas died in 1890? May because Elizabeth's daughter Jennie was ill (and died in 1885). Sometime around the death of Thomas, Ida and Robert moved to Kansas City. After Thomas died, Elizabeth moved to Ontario to live with her daughter Alice Kate Burns since Elizabeth was otherwise had no family in Greene county Ohio.
4. Thomas was possibly born in, or later lived to, the part of Virginia that became the state of West Virginia in 1863. That maybe could explain why Thomas fought in the Civil War on the side of the Union.
5. Melvin brothers John (1795-1833) and Thomas (1797-1874) were both married in Jefferson county Virginia. John married Nancy Snyder (1804-1834) in 1827 Oct.25 and Thomas married Mary Engle (1806-1864) in 1828 Sep.11. Both marriages occurred after ancestor Thomas K. Melvin was born in Virginia. The parents of John and Thomas were Thomas Melvin (1768-1831) of Virginia and Mary Sly (1769-1841) of Pennsylvania.
One possible couple sometimes given in some sources as the parents of Thomas is Silas Melvin and his second wife Mary L. Martin. Silas and Mary, according to the entry for Thomas on the 1880 census, were born in North Carolina. However, their son Thomas appears in FamilySearch.org with a very different family from ancestor Thomas.
A search in FamilySearch.org for someone with the last name of Melvin born 1785-1805 in North Carolina and lived in Virginia in 1822 and had a son Thomas got ZERO hits!
In book "Marriages and Death Notices from Torchlight - 1844 to 1870" it mentions a Reverend James W Melvin who died Jun.16, 1862 in Cedarville, Ohio at the home of Robert Murdock. Is he any relation to Thomas?
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W__0335 - Map of the Counties in Virginia and West Virginia where Melvins Lived 1830-1840
W__0342 - 1860 Census for Cedarville, Greene county, Ohio with Thomas Melvin Family
W__0343 - 1870 Census for Attica, Fountain county, Indiana with Thomas Melvin Family
W__0344 - 1880 Census for Terre Haute, Vigo county, Indiana with Thomas Melvin Family
W__0365 - Death Record of Thomas Melvin
W__0396 - Possible Father and Sister of Thomas Melvin
W__0397 - Possible Sister and Brother-in-Law of Thomas Melvin
W__0476 - Obituary of Thomas Melvin in Xenia, Ohio
W__0477 - Silas and Mary (Martin) Melvin maybe the Parents of Thomas Melvin
W__0491 - Headstone of Silas Melvin in Clark county Ohio
W__0492 - Family of Silas Melvin and His three Marriages
W__0493 - Family of Silas Melvin including His Parents and His three Wives
W__0494 - Family of Silas Melvin, His Parents, His three Marriages
W__0495 - Marriage of Silas Melvin and Elizabeth Osbourne - His first Wife
W__0496 - Family of Silas Melvin from FamilySearch.org
W__0497 - Family of Thomas K. Melvin with Parents of Silas and Mary Melvin
W__0498 - 1850 Census for Clark county Ohio neighbors Silas Melvin and John Melvin
W__0507 - Military Civil War Draft Registration Records 1863-1865 for Greene county Ohio
W__0508 - Family of Thomas K. Melvin
W__0509 - Family of Elizabeth J. (Riggs) Melvin
W__0510 - Family of Jennie Melvin
W__0511 - Family of Kate Alice Melvin
W__0514 - Family of Silas Melvin
W__0515 - 1850 Census for Pleasant Township, Clark county, Ohio with Silas Melvin Family
W__0516 - Family of Eliza (Osbourne), first of three Wives of Silas Melvin
W__0517 - Family of Mary L. (______) Melvin, second of three wives of Silas Melvin
W__0518 - Marriage of Silas Melvin and Sarah Weaver
W__0519 - FindAGrave.com Memorial of Silas Melvin
W__0520 - Military Civil War Record of Thomas K. Melvin, Private
W__0521 - Register of 1871 Births for Accomack county Virginia, Includes a Thomas Melvin
W__0522 - Family of Thomas K. Melvin and Eliza Jane Riggs - Family Group Sheet
W__0523 - Family of Jennie Melvin
W__0524 - Family of Kate Alice Melvin
W__0525 - Family of Ida Melvin
W__0526 - Family of Elizabeth J. Riggs
W__0539 - 1850 Census Listing of all Melvins in the U.S. (per FamilySearch.org)
W__0576 - 1830 Census for Jefferson County West Virginia [then in Virginia] with Melvins
W__0577 - 1840 Census for Jefferson County West Virginia [then in Virginia] with Melvins
W__0586 - Marriage Notation for Thomas Melvin and Mrs. Eliza Jane Mitchell
Z__0022 - Map of Counties of Virginia
Z__0023 - Map of Counties of North Carolina
Z__0025 - Map of Counties of Ohio
Z__0034 - Map of Counties of Indiana
W__0335 - Map of the Counties in Virginia and West Virginia where Melvins Lived 1830-1840
W__0342 - 1860 Census for Cedarville, Greene county, Ohio with Thomas Melvin Family
W__0343 - 1870 Census for Attica, Fountain county, Indiana with Thomas Melvin Family
W__0344 - 1880 Census for Terre Haute, Vigo county, Indiana with Thomas Melvin Family
W__0365 - Death Record of Thomas Melvin
W__0396 - Possible Father and Sister of Thomas Melvin
W__0397 - Possible Sister and Brother-in-Law of Thomas Melvin
W__0476 - Obituary of Thomas Melvin in Xenia, Ohio
W__0477 - Silas and Mary (Martin) Melvin maybe the Parents of Thomas Melvin
W__0491 - Headstone of Silas Melvin in Clark county Ohio
W__0492 - Family of Silas Melvin and His three Marriages
W__0493 - Family of Silas Melvin including His Parents and His three Wives
W__0494 - Family of Silas Melvin, His Parents, His three Marriages
W__0495 - Marriage of Silas Melvin and Elizabeth Osbourne - His first Wife
W__0496 - Family of Silas Melvin from FamilySearch.org
W__0497 - Family of Thomas K. Melvin with Parents of Silas and Mary Melvin
W__0498 - 1850 Census for Clark county Ohio neighbors Silas Melvin and John Melvin
W__0507 - Military Civil War Draft Registration Records 1863-1865 for Greene county Ohio
W__0508 - Family of Thomas K. Melvin
W__0509 - Family of Elizabeth J. (Riggs) Melvin
W__0510 - Family of Jennie Melvin
W__0511 - Family of Kate Alice Melvin
W__0514 - Family of Silas Melvin
W__0515 - 1850 Census for Pleasant Township, Clark county, Ohio with Silas Melvin Family
W__0516 - Family of Eliza (Osbourne), first of three Wives of Silas Melvin
W__0517 - Family of Mary L. (______) Melvin, second of three wives of Silas Melvin
W__0518 - Marriage of Silas Melvin and Sarah Weaver
W__0519 - FindAGrave.com Memorial of Silas Melvin
W__0520 - Military Civil War Record of Thomas K. Melvin, Private
W__0521 - Register of 1871 Births for Accomack county Virginia, Includes a Thomas Melvin
W__0522 - Family of Thomas K. Melvin and Eliza Jane Riggs - Family Group Sheet
W__0523 - Family of Jennie Melvin
W__0524 - Family of Kate Alice Melvin
W__0525 - Family of Ida Melvin
W__0526 - Family of Elizabeth J. Riggs
W__0539 - 1850 Census Listing of all Melvins in the U.S. (per FamilySearch.org)
W__0576 - 1830 Census for Jefferson County West Virginia [then in Virginia] with Melvins
W__0577 - 1840 Census for Jefferson County West Virginia [then in Virginia] with Melvins
W__0586 - Marriage Notation for Thomas Melvin and Mrs. Eliza Jane Mitchell
Z__0022 - Map of Counties of Virginia
Z__0023 - Map of Counties of North Carolina
Z__0025 - Map of Counties of Ohio
Z__0034 - Map of Counties of Indiana
Sources
Woodland Cemetery, Xenia (Greene) Ohio
maybe related Silas Melvin marriage
Silas Melvin family, three marriages, son Thomas J. b.1824 Ohio
Mary L. (Martin) Melvin family, son Thomas J. b.1824 Ohio
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maybe related Silas Melvin but son Thomas not listed
Silas Melvin family, no son Thomas
Mary L. (Martin) Melvin family, no son Thomas
only him, no other family members nearby
maybe related Silas Melvin no son Thomas, brother Thomas m.Maria Anna Schleich
Silas Melvin, no kids listed, son of John, brother of Thomas b.1768
Woodland Cemetery, Xenia (Greene) Ohio
maybe related Silas Melvin marriage
Silas Melvin family, three marriages, son Thomas J. b.1824 Ohio
Mary L. (Martin) Melvin family, son Thomas J. b.1824 Ohio
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maybe related Silas Melvin but son Thomas not listed
Silas Melvin family, no son Thomas
Mary L. (Martin) Melvin family, no son Thomas
only him, no other family members nearby
maybe related Silas Melvin no son Thomas, brother Thomas m.Maria Anna Schleich
Silas Melvin, no kids listed, son of John, brother of Thomas b.1768
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Historical
1822-1823: Mexico - First Mexican Empire, as the first post-independent Mexican government, ruled by Emperor Agustin I of Mexico
1822: Brazil, Portugal - Prince Pedro of Portugal proclaimed the Brazilian Independence on September 7, on December 1, he was crowned as Emperor Dom Pedro I of Brazil
1823-1887: England, Burma - The British Empire annexed Burma (now also called Myanmar) after three Anglo-Burmese Wars
1825-1828: Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay - The Argentina-Brazil War results in the Independence of Uruguay
1825: United States - Erie Canal opened connecting the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean
1826-1828: Russia, Iran - After the final Russo-Persian War, the Persian Empire took back territory lost to Russia from the previous war
1827: England - Death of William Blake, an English poet, painter, and printmaker who Influenced literature
1828-1829: Russia, Turkey - Russo-Turkish War (ninth of ten), Russian victory
1830: Belgium, Netherlands - The Belgian Revolution in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands led to the creation of Belgium
1830: Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador - Greater Colombia dissolved and the nations of Colombia (including modern-day Panama), Ecuador, and Venezuela took Its place
1830: France - July Revolution in France
1830: Poland, Russia - November Uprising in Poland against Russia
1830: United States - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is established on April 6, 1830
1831-33: Egypt - Egyptian-Ottoman War
1831: France, Algeria - France Invades and occupies Algeria
1833-1876: Spain - Carlist Wars in Spain
1833: England - Slavery Abolition Act bans slavery throughout the British Empire
1834-1859: Russia - Rebellion led by Imam Shamil in Russian-occupied Caucasus
1834: Germany - The German Customs Union is formed
1834: Spain - Spanish Inquisition officially ends
1835-1836: United States, Mexico - The Texas Revolution in Mexico resulted in the short-lived Republic of Texas
1836: United States, Mexico - The Battle of the Alamo
1837-1838: Canada - Rebellions of 1837 in Canada
1837-1901: England - Reign of Queen Victoria is considered the apex of the British Empire and is referred to as the Victorian era
1838-1840: Central America - Civil war in the Federal Republic of Central America led to the foundings of Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica
1839-1851: Uruguay - Uruguayan Civil War
1839-1860: France, England, United States, Russia, China - After two Opium Wars, France, the United Kingdom, the United States and Russia gained many concessions from China resulting in the decline of the Qing Dynasty
1840: New Zealand, England - New Zealand is founded, as the Treaty of Waitangi is signed by the Ma-ori and British
1844: Haiti - Dominican War of Independence from Haiti
1844: Iran - Persian Prophet the Bab announces his revelation on May 23, founding Babism, he announced to the world of the coming of "He whom God shall make manifest", he is considered the forerunner of Baha u llah, the founder of the Baha I Faith
1844: United States - First publicly funded telegraph line in the world, It is between Baltimore and Washington and sends demonstration message on May 24, ushering in the age of the telegraph, this message read "What hath God wrought?" (Bible, Numbers 23:23)
1844: United States - Millerite (followers of the teachings of William Miller) movement awaits the Second Advent of Jesus Christ on October 22, the non-appearance of Christ becomes known as the Great Disappointment
1845-1846: Pakistan - First Anglo-Sikh War in Punjab (Pakistan) between the Sikh Empire and the British East India Company
1845-1849: Ireland - The Irish Potato Famine led to the Irish diaspora
1845-1872: New Zealand - The New Zealand Land Wars
1845: Tonga - Unification of the Kingdom of Tonga under Ta-ufa?a-hau (King George Tupou I)
1846-1847: United States - Mormon migration to Utah
1846-1848: United States, Mexico - The Mexican-American War leads to cession by Mexico of much of the modern-day Southwestern United States
1847-1901: Mexico - The Caste War of Yucatan
1848-1849: Pakistan - Second Anglo-Sikh War in Punjab (Pakistan) between the Sikh Empire and the British East India Company, this war basically ends the Sikh Empire
1848-1858: United States - California Gold Rush
1848: Europe - Revolutions of 1848 in Europe as some type of revolution occurred in most all European countries (except England and the Netherlands), the revolutions were quickly put down as they were mostly unorganized peasants
1848: Russia - The Communist Manifesto published
1848: United States - Seneca Falls Convention is the first rights for women convention in the United States and leads to the battle for suffrage and legal rights for women
1850: Europe - The Little Ice Age ends around this time
1851-1852: South America - The Platine War (also known as the War against Oribe and Rosas) fought between the Argentine Confederation and an alliance consisting of the Empire of Brazil, Uruguay and the Argentine provinces of Entre Rios and Corrientes, the war was part of a long-running contest between Argentina and Brazil for Influence over Uruguay and Paraguay, and hegemony over the regions bordering the Rio de la Plata (River Plate), the conflict took place in Uruguay, on the Rio de la Plata and in the northeast of Argen
1851-1864: China - The Taiping Rebellion in China is the bloodiest conflict of the century
1851-60s: Australia - Victorian gold rush in Australia
1851: England - The Great Exhibition in London was the first International Expo or Worlds Fair
1853-1856: Ukraine, France, England, Turkey, Russia - Crimean War between France, the United Kingdom, the Ottoman Empire and Russia
1854: Japan - The Convention of Kanagawa formally ends policy of Isolation by Japan
1855: England - Henry Bessemer Invents a process that enables steel to be mass produced from molten pig Iron
1856: Romania - First oil refinery in Romania
1857-1858: India - Indian Rebellion of 1857 (also known as First War of Independence for India, the Great Rebellion, the Indian Mutiny, the Revolt of 1857, the Uprising of 1857, the Sepoy Rebellion and the Sepoy Mutiny), It began as a mutiny of native soldiers (sepoys) employed by the British East India Company's army
1859: England - Charles Darwin publishes "The Origin of Species", It is a work of scientific literature considered to be the foundation of evolutionary biology, Its full title is "On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life", It presents a body of evidence that the diversity of life arose by common descent through a branching pattern of evolution and Includes evidence Darwin gathered on the Beagle expedition in the 1830s and his subsequent findings
1861-1865: United States - American Civil War between the Union and seceding Confederacy
1861-1867: France, Mexico - French Intervention in Mexico and the creation of the Second Mexican Empire, ruled by Maximilian I of Mexico and his consort Carlota of Mexico
1861: Russia - Russia abolishes serfdom
1862-1877: China - Muslim Rebellion in northwest China
1863-1865: Poland, Russia - Polish uprising against the Russian Empire
1863: Iraq - Baha u llah declares His station as "He whom God shall make manifest", this date is celebrated in the Baha I Faith as The Festival of Ridvan
1863: Switzerland - Formation of the International Red Cross is followed by the adoption of the First Geneva Convention in 1864
1864-1866: Peru, Chile, Spain - The Chincha Islands War was an attempt by Spain to regain Its South American colonies in Peru and Cile
1864-1870: Paraguay - The War of the Triple Alliance ends Paraguayan ambitions for expansion and destroys much of the Paraguayan population
1865-1877: United States - Reconstruction in the United States, slavery is banned in the United States by the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
1865: United States - April 14, 1865, United States President Abraham Lincoln is assassinated while attending a performance at Fords Theater, Washington, D.C., he dies approximately nine hours after being shot on April 15, 1865
1865: United States - April 9, 1865 Robert E. Lee surrenders the Army of Northern Virginia (26,765 troops) to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia, effectively ending the American Civil War
1866-1868: Finland - Famine in Finland
1866-1869: Japan - After the Meiji Restoration, Japan embarks on a program of rapid modernization
1866: England, United States - Successful transatlantic telegraph cable follows an earlier attempt in 1858 by Cyrus West Field, the first cable used for telegraph communications laid across the floor of the Atlantic Ocean crosees from the Telegraph Field, Foilhommerum Bay, Valentia Island, in western Ireland to Hearts Content in eastern Newfoundland, messages that took at least ten days to deliver by ship now took only minutes
1866: Germany, Austria - Austro-Prussian War results in the dissolution of the German Confederation and the creation of the North German Confederation and the Austrian-Hungarian Dual Monarchy
1867: Canada - Canadian Confederation formed
1867: Serbia, Turkey - The Principality of Serbia passes a Constitution which defines Its Independence from the Ottoman Empire, International recognition followed in 1878
1867: United States, Russia - The United States purchased Alaska from Russia
1868: United States - The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was approved
1868: United States - The Expatriation Act is approved by Congress, guaranteeing U.S. citizens the right to expatriate, coupled with the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution approved only one day later, the Expatriation Act allows U.S. citizens to renounce federal citizenship in order to regain Constitutional rights ceded by U.S. citizens as defined by the 14th Amendment
1869: Egypt - The Suez Canal opens linking the Mediterranean to the Red Sea
1869: United States - First Transcontinental Railroad completed in United States on May 10
1870-1871: France, Germany, Italy - The Franco-Prussian War results in the unifications of Germany and Italy, the collapse of the Second French Empire, the breakdown of Pax Britannica, and the emergence of a New Imperialism
1870s-1890s: Europe, United States - Long Depression in Western Europe and North America
1871-1872: Iran - Famine in Persia is believed to have caused the death of two million
1871-1914: Europe, United States - Second Industrial Revolution, also known as the Technological Revolution, a phase of the larger Industrial Revolution in the period from the last half of the 19th century until about the time of World War I
1872: United States - Yellowstone National Park is created
1873: England - James Clerk Maxwell publishes "A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism", a set of four partial differential equations describing how the electric and magnetic fields relate to their sources, charge density and current density, and how they develop with time
1874-1875: Spain - First Republic in Spain
1874: France - The Societe Anonyme Cooperative des Artistes Peintres, Sculpteurs, and Graveurs, better known today as the Impressionists organize and present their first public group exhibition at the Paris studio of the photographer Nadar
1874: India, England - The British East India Company is dissolved
1875-1900: India - 26 million in India perish due to famine
1876-1879: China - 13 million die of famine in northern China
1876-1914: United States - The massive expansion in population, territory, Industry and wealth in the United States is referred to as the Gilded Age
1876: Bulgaria - The Bulgarian revolt against Ottoman rule
1877-1878: Europe - Following the tenth Russo-Turkish War, the Treaty of Berlin recognizes formal Independence of the Principality of Serbia, Montenegro and Romania, Bulgaria becomes autonomous
1877: United States - Great Railroad Strike in the United States may have been the first nationwide labor strike
1878: United States - First commercial telephone exchange in New Haven, Connecticut
1879-1883: Chile, Peru, Bolivia - Chile battles with Peru and Bolivia over Andean territory in the War of the Pacific
1879: South Africa - Anglo-Zulu War in South Africa
1880-1881: England, South Africa - the First Boer War between England and the Dutch-speaking Inhabitants of South Africa
1881-1899: Sudan - The Mahdist War in Sudan
1881: England - First electrical power plant and grid in Godalming, Britain
1882: England, Egypt - The British Invasion and the subsequent occupation of Egypt
1883: Indonesia - Krakatau (often mispelled Krakatoa) volcano explosion in Indonesia (Java and Sumatra)
1884-1885: Africa - The Berlin Conference signals the start of the European "scramble for Africa", attending nations also agree to ban trade in slaves
1884-1885: Japan, Korea - The Sino-French War led to the formation of French Indochina
1885: United States - Singer begins production of the "Vibrating Shuttle" which would become the Model T of sewing machines
1886: Russia - Russian-Circassian War ended with the defeat and the exile of many Circassians, Imam Shamil defeated
1888: Brazil - Slavery banned in Brazil
1888: England - Jack the Ripper is believed to have begun murdering in August and murdered his last victim in November
1889: Brazil - End of the Brazilian Empire and the beginning of the Brazilian Republic
1889: France - Eiffel tower was Inaugurated in Paris
1889: India - Mirza Ghulam Ahmad establishes the Ahmadi Muslim Community
1890: United States - The Wounded Knee Massacre was the last battle in the American Indian Wars, this event represents the end of the American Old West
1822-1823: Mexico - First Mexican Empire, as the first post-independent Mexican government, ruled by Emperor Agustin I of Mexico
1822: Brazil, Portugal - Prince Pedro of Portugal proclaimed the Brazilian Independence on September 7, on December 1, he was crowned as Emperor Dom Pedro I of Brazil
1823-1887: England, Burma - The British Empire annexed Burma (now also called Myanmar) after three Anglo-Burmese Wars
1825-1828: Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay - The Argentina-Brazil War results in the Independence of Uruguay
1825: United States - Erie Canal opened connecting the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean
1826-1828: Russia, Iran - After the final Russo-Persian War, the Persian Empire took back territory lost to Russia from the previous war
1827: England - Death of William Blake, an English poet, painter, and printmaker who Influenced literature
1828-1829: Russia, Turkey - Russo-Turkish War (ninth of ten), Russian victory
1830: Belgium, Netherlands - The Belgian Revolution in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands led to the creation of Belgium
1830: Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador - Greater Colombia dissolved and the nations of Colombia (including modern-day Panama), Ecuador, and Venezuela took Its place
1830: France - July Revolution in France
1830: Poland, Russia - November Uprising in Poland against Russia
1830: United States - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is established on April 6, 1830
1831-33: Egypt - Egyptian-Ottoman War
1831: France, Algeria - France Invades and occupies Algeria
1833-1876: Spain - Carlist Wars in Spain
1833: England - Slavery Abolition Act bans slavery throughout the British Empire
1834-1859: Russia - Rebellion led by Imam Shamil in Russian-occupied Caucasus
1834: Germany - The German Customs Union is formed
1834: Spain - Spanish Inquisition officially ends
1835-1836: United States, Mexico - The Texas Revolution in Mexico resulted in the short-lived Republic of Texas
1836: United States, Mexico - The Battle of the Alamo
1837-1838: Canada - Rebellions of 1837 in Canada
1837-1901: England - Reign of Queen Victoria is considered the apex of the British Empire and is referred to as the Victorian era
1838-1840: Central America - Civil war in the Federal Republic of Central America led to the foundings of Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica
1839-1851: Uruguay - Uruguayan Civil War
1839-1860: France, England, United States, Russia, China - After two Opium Wars, France, the United Kingdom, the United States and Russia gained many concessions from China resulting in the decline of the Qing Dynasty
1840: New Zealand, England - New Zealand is founded, as the Treaty of Waitangi is signed by the Ma-ori and British
1844: Haiti - Dominican War of Independence from Haiti
1844: Iran - Persian Prophet the Bab announces his revelation on May 23, founding Babism, he announced to the world of the coming of "He whom God shall make manifest", he is considered the forerunner of Baha u llah, the founder of the Baha I Faith
1844: United States - First publicly funded telegraph line in the world, It is between Baltimore and Washington and sends demonstration message on May 24, ushering in the age of the telegraph, this message read "What hath God wrought?" (Bible, Numbers 23:23)
1844: United States - Millerite (followers of the teachings of William Miller) movement awaits the Second Advent of Jesus Christ on October 22, the non-appearance of Christ becomes known as the Great Disappointment
1845-1846: Pakistan - First Anglo-Sikh War in Punjab (Pakistan) between the Sikh Empire and the British East India Company
1845-1849: Ireland - The Irish Potato Famine led to the Irish diaspora
1845-1872: New Zealand - The New Zealand Land Wars
1845: Tonga - Unification of the Kingdom of Tonga under Ta-ufa?a-hau (King George Tupou I)
1846-1847: United States - Mormon migration to Utah
1846-1848: United States, Mexico - The Mexican-American War leads to cession by Mexico of much of the modern-day Southwestern United States
1847-1901: Mexico - The Caste War of Yucatan
1848-1849: Pakistan - Second Anglo-Sikh War in Punjab (Pakistan) between the Sikh Empire and the British East India Company, this war basically ends the Sikh Empire
1848-1858: United States - California Gold Rush
1848: Europe - Revolutions of 1848 in Europe as some type of revolution occurred in most all European countries (except England and the Netherlands), the revolutions were quickly put down as they were mostly unorganized peasants
1848: Russia - The Communist Manifesto published
1848: United States - Seneca Falls Convention is the first rights for women convention in the United States and leads to the battle for suffrage and legal rights for women
1850: Europe - The Little Ice Age ends around this time
1851-1852: South America - The Platine War (also known as the War against Oribe and Rosas) fought between the Argentine Confederation and an alliance consisting of the Empire of Brazil, Uruguay and the Argentine provinces of Entre Rios and Corrientes, the war was part of a long-running contest between Argentina and Brazil for Influence over Uruguay and Paraguay, and hegemony over the regions bordering the Rio de la Plata (River Plate), the conflict took place in Uruguay, on the Rio de la Plata and in the northeast of Argen
1851-1864: China - The Taiping Rebellion in China is the bloodiest conflict of the century
1851-60s: Australia - Victorian gold rush in Australia
1851: England - The Great Exhibition in London was the first International Expo or Worlds Fair
1853-1856: Ukraine, France, England, Turkey, Russia - Crimean War between France, the United Kingdom, the Ottoman Empire and Russia
1854: Japan - The Convention of Kanagawa formally ends policy of Isolation by Japan
1855: England - Henry Bessemer Invents a process that enables steel to be mass produced from molten pig Iron
1856: Romania - First oil refinery in Romania
1857-1858: India - Indian Rebellion of 1857 (also known as First War of Independence for India, the Great Rebellion, the Indian Mutiny, the Revolt of 1857, the Uprising of 1857, the Sepoy Rebellion and the Sepoy Mutiny), It began as a mutiny of native soldiers (sepoys) employed by the British East India Company's army
1859: England - Charles Darwin publishes "The Origin of Species", It is a work of scientific literature considered to be the foundation of evolutionary biology, Its full title is "On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life", It presents a body of evidence that the diversity of life arose by common descent through a branching pattern of evolution and Includes evidence Darwin gathered on the Beagle expedition in the 1830s and his subsequent findings
1861-1865: United States - American Civil War between the Union and seceding Confederacy
1861-1867: France, Mexico - French Intervention in Mexico and the creation of the Second Mexican Empire, ruled by Maximilian I of Mexico and his consort Carlota of Mexico
1861: Russia - Russia abolishes serfdom
1862-1877: China - Muslim Rebellion in northwest China
1863-1865: Poland, Russia - Polish uprising against the Russian Empire
1863: Iraq - Baha u llah declares His station as "He whom God shall make manifest", this date is celebrated in the Baha I Faith as The Festival of Ridvan
1863: Switzerland - Formation of the International Red Cross is followed by the adoption of the First Geneva Convention in 1864
1864-1866: Peru, Chile, Spain - The Chincha Islands War was an attempt by Spain to regain Its South American colonies in Peru and Cile
1864-1870: Paraguay - The War of the Triple Alliance ends Paraguayan ambitions for expansion and destroys much of the Paraguayan population
1865-1877: United States - Reconstruction in the United States, slavery is banned in the United States by the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
1865: United States - April 14, 1865, United States President Abraham Lincoln is assassinated while attending a performance at Fords Theater, Washington, D.C., he dies approximately nine hours after being shot on April 15, 1865
1865: United States - April 9, 1865 Robert E. Lee surrenders the Army of Northern Virginia (26,765 troops) to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia, effectively ending the American Civil War
1866-1868: Finland - Famine in Finland
1866-1869: Japan - After the Meiji Restoration, Japan embarks on a program of rapid modernization
1866: England, United States - Successful transatlantic telegraph cable follows an earlier attempt in 1858 by Cyrus West Field, the first cable used for telegraph communications laid across the floor of the Atlantic Ocean crosees from the Telegraph Field, Foilhommerum Bay, Valentia Island, in western Ireland to Hearts Content in eastern Newfoundland, messages that took at least ten days to deliver by ship now took only minutes
1866: Germany, Austria - Austro-Prussian War results in the dissolution of the German Confederation and the creation of the North German Confederation and the Austrian-Hungarian Dual Monarchy
1867: Canada - Canadian Confederation formed
1867: Serbia, Turkey - The Principality of Serbia passes a Constitution which defines Its Independence from the Ottoman Empire, International recognition followed in 1878
1867: United States, Russia - The United States purchased Alaska from Russia
1868: United States - The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was approved
1868: United States - The Expatriation Act is approved by Congress, guaranteeing U.S. citizens the right to expatriate, coupled with the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution approved only one day later, the Expatriation Act allows U.S. citizens to renounce federal citizenship in order to regain Constitutional rights ceded by U.S. citizens as defined by the 14th Amendment
1869: Egypt - The Suez Canal opens linking the Mediterranean to the Red Sea
1869: United States - First Transcontinental Railroad completed in United States on May 10
1870-1871: France, Germany, Italy - The Franco-Prussian War results in the unifications of Germany and Italy, the collapse of the Second French Empire, the breakdown of Pax Britannica, and the emergence of a New Imperialism
1870s-1890s: Europe, United States - Long Depression in Western Europe and North America
1871-1872: Iran - Famine in Persia is believed to have caused the death of two million
1871-1914: Europe, United States - Second Industrial Revolution, also known as the Technological Revolution, a phase of the larger Industrial Revolution in the period from the last half of the 19th century until about the time of World War I
1872: United States - Yellowstone National Park is created
1873: England - James Clerk Maxwell publishes "A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism", a set of four partial differential equations describing how the electric and magnetic fields relate to their sources, charge density and current density, and how they develop with time
1874-1875: Spain - First Republic in Spain
1874: France - The Societe Anonyme Cooperative des Artistes Peintres, Sculpteurs, and Graveurs, better known today as the Impressionists organize and present their first public group exhibition at the Paris studio of the photographer Nadar
1874: India, England - The British East India Company is dissolved
1875-1900: India - 26 million in India perish due to famine
1876-1879: China - 13 million die of famine in northern China
1876-1914: United States - The massive expansion in population, territory, Industry and wealth in the United States is referred to as the Gilded Age
1876: Bulgaria - The Bulgarian revolt against Ottoman rule
1877-1878: Europe - Following the tenth Russo-Turkish War, the Treaty of Berlin recognizes formal Independence of the Principality of Serbia, Montenegro and Romania, Bulgaria becomes autonomous
1877: United States - Great Railroad Strike in the United States may have been the first nationwide labor strike
1878: United States - First commercial telephone exchange in New Haven, Connecticut
1879-1883: Chile, Peru, Bolivia - Chile battles with Peru and Bolivia over Andean territory in the War of the Pacific
1879: South Africa - Anglo-Zulu War in South Africa
1880-1881: England, South Africa - the First Boer War between England and the Dutch-speaking Inhabitants of South Africa
1881-1899: Sudan - The Mahdist War in Sudan
1881: England - First electrical power plant and grid in Godalming, Britain
1882: England, Egypt - The British Invasion and the subsequent occupation of Egypt
1883: Indonesia - Krakatau (often mispelled Krakatoa) volcano explosion in Indonesia (Java and Sumatra)
1884-1885: Africa - The Berlin Conference signals the start of the European "scramble for Africa", attending nations also agree to ban trade in slaves
1884-1885: Japan, Korea - The Sino-French War led to the formation of French Indochina
1885: United States - Singer begins production of the "Vibrating Shuttle" which would become the Model T of sewing machines
1886: Russia - Russian-Circassian War ended with the defeat and the exile of many Circassians, Imam Shamil defeated
1888: Brazil - Slavery banned in Brazil
1888: England - Jack the Ripper is believed to have begun murdering in August and murdered his last victim in November
1889: Brazil - End of the Brazilian Empire and the beginning of the Brazilian Republic
1889: France - Eiffel tower was Inaugurated in Paris
1889: India - Mirza Ghulam Ahmad establishes the Ahmadi Muslim Community
1890: United States - The Wounded Knee Massacre was the last battle in the American Indian Wars, this event represents the end of the American Old West