Columbia Turner Buckey 1861 - 1903 BillionGraves Record

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Columbia Turner Buckey

Born: 25 Dec 1861

Died: 13 Mar 1903

Confederate Cemetery

Washington Ave

Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg, Virginia

United States

Headstone Description

Daughter of Capt. Wm. Taylor Smith, U.S.N. and Columbia Turner Smith, of Canning, King George County, Virginia.
A loyal wife and devoted mother. Erected to her memory by her husband Thomas W. Buckey.

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May 4, 2012

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May 1, 2012

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Washington Ave
Fredericksburg,Fredericksburg,Virginia
United States

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1861

Columbia Turner Buckey was born on 25 Dec 1861

Columbia Turner Buckey was 16 years old when Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record and play sound. Thomas Alva Edison was an American inventor and businessman, who has been described as America's greatest inventor. He developed many devices that greatly influenced life around the world, including the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and the long-lasting, practical electric light bulb. Dubbed "The Wizard of Menlo Park", he was one of the first inventors to apply the principles of mass production and large-scale teamwork to the process of invention, and is often credited with the creation of the first industrial research laboratory.

Columbia Turner Buckey was 24 years old when Louis Pasteur successfully tests his vaccine against rabies on Joseph Meister, a boy who was bitten by a rabid dog. Louis Pasteur was a French biologist, microbiologist and chemist renowned for his discoveries of the principles of vaccination, microbial fermentation and pasteurization. He is remembered for his remarkable breakthroughs in the causes and prevention of diseases, and his discoveries have saved many lives ever since. He reduced mortality from puerperal fever, and created the first vaccines for rabies and anthrax. His medical discoveries provided direct support for the germ theory of disease and its application in clinical medicine. He is best known to the general public for his invention of the technique of treating milk and wine to stop bacterial contamination, a process now called pasteurization. He is regarded as one of the three main founders of bacteriology, together with Ferdinand Cohn and Robert Koch, and is popularly known as the "father of microbiology".

Columbia Turner Buckey was 30 years old when Thomas Edison patents the motion picture camera. Thomas Alva Edison was an American inventor and businessman, who has been described as America's greatest inventor. He developed many devices that greatly influenced life around the world, including the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and the long-lasting, practical electric light bulb. Dubbed "The Wizard of Menlo Park", he was one of the first inventors to apply the principles of mass production and large-scale teamwork to the process of invention, and is often credited with the creation of the first industrial research laboratory.

Columbia Turner Buckey died on 13 Mar 1903 at the age of 41

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Columbia Turner Buckey

25 Dec 1861 - 13 Mar 1903

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