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Madge Herndon Taylor (Chew)

18 Apr 1845 - 11 Aug 1911

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Madge Herndon Taylor (Chew)

18 Apr 1845 - 11 Aug 1911

Grave site information of Madge Herndon Taylor (Chew) (18 Apr 1845 - 11 Aug 1911) at Confederate Cemetery in Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg, Virginia, United States from BillionGraves

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Madge Herndon Taylor (Chew)

Born: 18 Apr 1845

Died: 11 Aug 1911

Confederate Cemetery

Washington Ave

Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg, Virginia

United States

Headstone Description

wife of John Arthur Taylor / daughter of Eleanor A. Patton & J. J. Chew

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July 27, 2018

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Washington Ave
Fredericksburg,Fredericksburg,Virginia
United States

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Life timeline of Madge Herndon Taylor (Chew)

1845

Madge Herndon Taylor (Chew) was born on 18 Apr 1845

Madge Herndon Taylor (Chew) was 15 years old when Charles Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species. 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.

Madge Herndon Taylor (Chew) was 24 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.

Madge Herndon Taylor (Chew) was 33 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.

Madge Herndon Taylor (Chew) was 40 years old when Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain is published in the United States. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a novel by Mark Twain, first published in the United Kingdom in December 1884 and in the United States in February 1885. Commonly named among the Great American Novels, the work is among the first in major American literature to be written throughout in vernacular English, characterized by local color regionalism. It is told in the first person by Huckleberry "Huck" Finn, the narrator of two other Twain novels and a friend of Tom Sawyer. It is a direct sequel to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.

Madge Herndon Taylor (Chew) was 54 years old when Spanish–American War: The Treaty of Paris is signed, officially ending the conflict. The Spanish–American War was fought between the United States and Spain in 1898. Hostilities began in the aftermath of the internal explosion of the USS Maine in Havana Harbor in Cuba, leading to US intervention in the Cuban War of Independence. American acquisition of Spain's Pacific possessions led to its involvement in the Philippine Revolution and ultimately in the Philippine–American War.

Madge Herndon Taylor (Chew) was 60 years old when Albert Einstein publishes his first paper on the special theory of relativity. Albert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist who developed the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics. His work is also known for its influence on the philosophy of science. He is best known to the general public for his mass–energy equivalence formula E = mc2, which has been dubbed "the world's most famous equation". He received the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics "for his services to theoretical physics, and especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect", a pivotal step in the development of quantum theory.

Madge Herndon Taylor (Chew) died on 11 Aug 1911 at the age of 66

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