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Mary Shepherd (Swan)

Died: 29 Mar 1885

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Mary Shepherd (Swan)

Died: 29 Mar 1885

Grave site information of Mary Shepherd (Swan) (Died: 29 Mar 1885) at Confederate Cemetery in Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg, Virginia, United States from BillionGraves

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Mary Shepherd (Swan)

Died: 29 Mar 1885

Confederate Cemetery

Washington Ave

Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg, Virginia

United States

Epitaph

Wife of Charles A. Shepherd
Entered into rest March 29 1885
In the 59th year of her age

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September 23, 2020

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Confederate Cemetery

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Washington Ave
Fredericksburg,Fredericksburg,Virginia
United States

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Life timeline of Mary Shepherd (Swan)

1826

Mary Shepherd (Swan) was born in 1826

Mary Shepherd (Swan) was 5 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.

Mary Shepherd (Swan) was 14 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.

Mary Shepherd (Swan) was 33 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.

Mary Shepherd (Swan) was 35 years old when American Civil War: Fort Sumter surrenders to Confederate forces. The American Civil War was a war fought in the United States from 1861 to 1865. As a result of the long-standing controversy over slavery, war broke out in April 1861, when Confederate forces attacked Fort Sumter in South Carolina, shortly after U.S. President Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated. The nationalists of the Union proclaimed loyalty to the U.S. Constitution. They faced secessionists of the Confederate States, who advocated for states' rights to expand slavery.

Mary Shepherd (Swan) was 53 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.

Mary Shepherd (Swan) died on 29 Mar 1885 at the age of 59

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