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| Benjamin Givens
| Nancy Ann Wannamaugher
| Historical Events
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| 1800
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| 1801
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| 1802
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| 1803
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| Louisiana Purchase
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| 1804
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| 1805
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| 1806
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| 1807
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| 1808
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| 1809
| Birth of Benjamin
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| 1810
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| 1811
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| 1812
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| Beginning of War of 1812
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| 1813
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| 1814
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| 1815
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| End of War of 1812
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| 1816
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| 1817
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| 1818
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| 1819
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| 1820
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| 1821
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| 1822
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| 1823
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| 1824
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| 1825
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| 1826
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| 1827
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| 1828
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| 1829
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| 1830
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| 1831
| Marriage of Benjamin and Nancy Ann
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| 1832
| Birth of first child, Margaret Jane in April of 1832
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| 1833
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| 1834
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| 1835
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| 1836
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| 1837
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| 1838
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| 1839
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| 1840
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| 1842
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| 1843
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| 1844
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| 1845
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| Beginning of Irish Potatoe Famine
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| 1846
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| Start of Mexican American War
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| 1847
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| 1848
| Death of Nancy Ann in January; Benjamin remarries in July to Amanda Fryatt
| End of Mexican American War; Beginning of California Gold Rush
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| 1849
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| End of Irish Potatoe Famine
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| 1850
| Benjamin and Amanda appear in Marengo, Iowa Co, IA Federal Census
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| 1851
| Benjamin and Amanda appear in Iowa Co, IA State Census
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| 1852
| Benjamin is listed in Iowa Co IA State census for 1752; Death of Benjamin
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| 1853
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| 1854
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| 1855
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| 1856
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| 1857
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| 1858
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| 1859
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| 1860
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| 1861
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| Start of US Civil War
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| 1862
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| Homestead Act of 1862
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| 1863
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| 1864
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| 1865
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| End of US Civil War
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| 1866
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| 1867
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| 1868
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| 1869
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| Last spike driven in the Transcontinental Railroad, Promontory, Utah, May 10, 1869, as the Union Pacific tracks joined those of the Central Pacific Railroad
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| 1870
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| 1871
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| 1872
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| 1873
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| Panic of 1873
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| 1874
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| 1875
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| 1876
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| March 10, 1876 birth of the telephone
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| 1877
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| 1878
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| 1879
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| 1880
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