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Elizabeth Melinda Waters Barnes Riley (Benson)

8 Apr 1829 - 20 Oct 1906

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Elizabeth Melinda Waters Barnes Riley (Benson)

8 Apr 1829 - 20 Oct 1906

Grave site information of Elizabeth Melinda Waters Barnes Riley (Benson) (8 Apr 1829 - 20 Oct 1906) at Joseph Cemetery in Joseph, Sevier, Utah, United States from BillionGraves

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Elizabeth Melinda Waters Barnes Riley (Benson)

Born: 8 Apr 1829

Died: 20 Oct 1906

Joseph Cemetery

332 W 100 S

Joseph, Sevier, Utah

United States

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Born GA, Died UT

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Elizabeth Melinda Waters Barnes Riley (Benson) was born on 8 Apr 1829

Elizabeth Melinda Waters Barnes Riley (Benson) was 3 years old when Charles Darwin embarks on his journey aboard HMS Beagle, during which he will begin to formulate his theory of evolution. Charles Robert Darwin, was an English naturalist, geologist and biologist, best known for his contributions to the science of evolution. He established that all species of life have descended over time from common ancestors and, in a joint publication with Alfred Russel Wallace, introduced his scientific theory that this branching pattern of evolution resulted from a process that he called natural selection, in which the struggle for existence has a similar effect to the artificial selection involved in selective breeding.

Elizabeth Melinda Waters Barnes Riley (Benson) was 11 years old when Samuel Morse receives the patent for the telegraph. Samuel Finley Breese Morse was an American painter and inventor. After having established his reputation as a portrait painter, in his middle age Morse contributed to the invention of a single-wire telegraph system based on European telegraphs. He was a co-developer of the Morse code and helped to develop the commercial use of telegraphy.

Elizabeth Melinda Waters Barnes Riley (Benson) was 30 years old when Petroleum is discovered in Titusville, Pennsylvania leading to the world's first commercially successful oil well. Petroleum is a naturally occurring, yellow-to-black liquid found in geological formations beneath the Earth's surface. It is commonly refined into various types of fuels. Components of petroleum are separated using a technique called fractional distillation, i.e. separation of a liquid mixture into fractions differing in boiling point by means of distillation, typically using a fractionating column.

Elizabeth Melinda Waters Barnes Riley (Benson) was 40 years old when Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton founded the National Woman Suffrage Association, breaking away from the American Equal Rights Association which they had also previously founded. Susan B. Anthony was an American social reformer and women's rights activist who played a pivotal role in the women's suffrage movement. Born into a Quaker family committed to social equality, she collected anti-slavery petitions at the age of 17. In 1856, she became the New York state agent for the American Anti-Slavery Society.

Elizabeth Melinda Waters Barnes Riley (Benson) was 51 years old when Thomas Edison demonstrates incandescent lighting to the public for the first time, in Menlo Park, New Jersey. 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.

Elizabeth Melinda Waters Barnes Riley (Benson) was 60 years old when The Eiffel Tower is officially opened. The Eiffel Tower is a wrought iron lattice tower on the Champ de Mars in Paris, France. It is named after the engineer Gustave Eiffel, whose company designed and built the tower.

Elizabeth Melinda Waters Barnes Riley (Benson) was 67 years old when George VI of the United Kingdom (d. 1952) George VI was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death in 1952. He was the last Emperor of India and the first Head of the Commonwealth.

Elizabeth Melinda Waters Barnes Riley (Benson) died on 20 Oct 1906 at the age of 77

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