Brief Life History of Olive
When Olive Edson was born on 10 April 1802, in Randolph, Orange, Vermont, United States, her father, Abiel Edson, was 33 and her mother, Sarah Kibbe, was 33. She married Titus Washburn on 29 March 1832, in Randolph, Orange, Vermont, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. She died on 28 October 1870, in Randolph, Orange, Vermont, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Randolph, Orange, Vermont, United States.
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- Olive Washburn in household of Titus Washburn, "United States Census, 1870"
- Olive Edson, "Vermont, Births and Christenings, 1765-1908"
- Olive Edson Washburn, "Find A Grave Index"
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1803
France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
1803 · The U.S doubles in size
The United States purchased all the Louisiana territory (828,000 sq. mi) from France, only paying 15 million dollars (A quarter trillion today) for the land. In the purchase, the US obtained the land that makes up 15 US states and 2 Canadian Provinces. The United States originally wanted to purchase of New Orleans and the lands located on the coast around it, but quickly accepted the bargain that Napoleon Bonaparte offered.
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.
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English: variant of Edison .
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