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Joseph Priestley His Life and Times by Howard M. Peters & Sally B. Peters AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY Division of the History of Chemistry Philadelphia Annual Meeting August 25, 2004 Priestley’s Life and Accomplishments PART 1 Period 1: 1733 – 1776 Early marriage to Mary Wilkinson Period 2: 1776 – 1793 The good and bad years Period 3: 1793 – 1804 Exile in America Genealogy Studies PART 2 SAR History and Records DAR History and Records Peters family connection Fictional Accounts From Nicholas Paul’s Journal PART 3 1796 – Paul family / Newberry family / Arner family connections 1799 – Paul family moves to Northumberland County, first contact with Priestley 1800 – 1804: Paul and Priestley connections Priestley LIFE, FAMILY, and RELIGION Priestley: Scientific Contributions DISCOVERY OF 8 GASES Oxygen Nitrogen Carbon Dioxide Carbon Monoxide Sulfur Dioxide Nitrous Oxide Nitric Oxide Hydrogen Chloride Priestley: Additional Scientific Contributions Discovered the interconnection between photosynthesis and respiration Discovered carbonated water Discovered that India rubber removed graphite pencil marks the first rubber eraser Priestley HIS POLITICS (1776 – 1793) Priestley THE FAMILY IN EXILE ESCAPE TO AMERICA (1793 – 1804) Priestley’s US Landmark Priestley’s GB Landmark Priestley House (U.S.) Priestley House (Landmark) Priestley’s Lab (GB Landmark) Nicholas Paul Searching for the Ancestors and Descendants of Nicholas Paul (1748-1820) and Barbara Vass (1757-1823), Northampton County and Northumberland County, PA James Newbury Searching for the Ancestors and Descendants of James Newbury (1750-1830) and Sarah Guest (1764-1850), Northumberland County, PA Nicholas Paul SAR Genealogy Peters SAR Genealogy Available During Presentation Pennsylvania Centre County Blanchard Elmer and Marie Peters Elmer Peters 1875 – 1922 Emma Scantlin Peters 1879 – 1930 Edward and Ellen Scantlin George and Emeline Miller John Bitner 1802 – 1861 Susan Orner Bitner 1801 – 1880 John and Elizabeth Orner John Orner Elizabeth Orner Pennsylvania Northumberland Riverview Cemetery Nicholas and Barbara Paul Nicholas and Barbara Paul Nicholas Paul Barbara Paul Joseph Priestley Part 3: Fictional Accounts From Nicholas Paul’s Journal 1796 Jacob Arner finally got deed from Penn family Problem: 21 year old son John interested in 17 year old Elizabeth Paul Nicholas Paul’s Journal July 30th, 1799 Summer move to Northumberland County Warned James Newberry about Priestley and his inflammatory speech Paul’s first meeting with Priestley April 5th, 1800 Priestley seeking chickens, eggs and firewood Nicholas Paul’s Journal July 18th, 1801 Priestley goes to Philadelphia ill. Was he poisoned? October 13th, 1802 Priestley weak December 1st, 1803 Priestley bedridden Nicholas Paul’s Journal February 6th, 1804 Word from village that Priestley had died February 9th, 1804 Bitter cold day, funeral attendance low Acknowledgements Sons of the American Revolution Daughters of the American Revolution Chemical Heritage Foundation Andrea Bashore: President, Priestley House Museum Northumberland County Historical Society Justin Kirk Houser: Centre County, PA Genealogist Daeron Katz: Silent Planet Productions, Graphics