Daniel Waterman Coolidge

Brief Life History of Daniel Waterman

When Daniel Waterman Coolidge was born on 10 October 1814, in Plymouth, Windsor, Vermont, United States, his father, Luther Coolidge, was 32 and his mother, Betsy Emiline Jenne, was 23. He married Lydia Davison on 8 April 1839, in Peru, Bennington, Vermont, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Landgrove, Bennington, Vermont, United States in 1850 and Vermont, United States in 1870. He died on 14 August 1888, in Ludlow, Windsor, Vermont, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Ludlow, Windsor, Vermont, United States.

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Family Time Line

Daniel Waterman Coolidge
1814–1888
Lydia Davison
1818–1897
Marriage: 8 April 1839
Martha L Coolidge
1842–1858
Dr Daniel Franklin Cooledge
1844–1911
Norman Coolidge
1845–1897
Carlos Cooledge
1849–1850
George D Coolidge
1851–1858

Sources (22)

  • Daniel M Cooledge, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Daniel Waterman Coolidge, "Vermont, Births and Christenings, 1765-1908"
  • Daniel W Cooledge, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

1820 · Making States Equal

The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.

1834 · Vermont Anti-Slavery Society is Formed

The Anti-Slavery Society of Vermont was established in 1834. 100 people from different towns were at the first meeting, with the intent to abolish slavery. 

Name Meaning

English (Cambridgeshire):

probably an occupational name for acollege servant or someone with some other association with auniversity college, for example a tenant farmer who farmed one of themany farms in England known as College Farm, most of which are or wereowned by university colleges.

See Colledge .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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