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Harriet Jane Carpenter
Generation:8
Born:December 2nd, 1846
Died:August 3rd, 1850, aged about 4 years
Father:Dr. John Fuller Carpenter
Mother:Emily (Blish) Carpenter
Occupation(s): ---
Marriages:None known
Children:None known

Harriet Jane Carpenter
   John Fuller CarpenterEmily (Blish) Carpenter   
 Nathan CarpenterRhoda (?) Carpenter  David BlishMary (Whitney) Blish 
------------David BlishLucy (Wilcox) BlishSamuel WhitneyMary (?) Whitney

Harriet Jane Carpenter

1846 through 1850

1829-1851 2nd Cholera pandemic
1830-1860 Underground railroad leads 100,000+ slaves to freedom in US
1837-1901 Reign of Queen Victoria (Hanover)
1845-1848 James K Polk president of US
1845-1849 Irish Potato Famine
  1846   Iowa enters the union - 29th
1846-1848 The Mexican-US War
  1848   NY allows women to own real estate
  1848   Oregon organized as a territory
  1848   Wisconsin enters the union - 30th
1848-1856 1st gold rush in California -- Sutters Mill
1849-1852 Zachary Taylor president of the US
  1849   Fizeau measures speed of light
  1850   Utah (included Nevada) organized as a territory
  1850   US pop reaches 23 million
  1850   California enters the union - 31st
  1850   New Mexico organized as a territory
  1850   World pop. est. at 1.1 billion
  1850   W. H. F. Talbot develops idea of halftone printing