When Elizabeth Slocum was born on 18 July 1788, in Bennington, Bennington, Vermont, United States, her father, Samuel Slocum, was 31 and her mother, Margaret Spike, was 33. She married Job Waite on 15 February 1814, in Shaftsbury, Bennington, Vermont, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 7 September 1872, in Shaftsbury, Bennington, Vermont, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Shaftsbury Center, Shaftsbury, Bennington, Vermont, United States.
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George Washington elected first president of United States.
On March 4, 1791, Vermont became the 14th state.
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
English: habitational name from Slocum in Shorwell (Isle of Wight) or Slocombeslade in Brendon (Devon). Both placenames derive from Old English slāh ‘sloe, blackthorn’ + cumb ‘valley’.
History: Anthony Slocombe or Slocum (1590–1674/75) came from Taunton, Somerset, England, to Taunton, MA, in 1637.
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