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====== 1856 ======
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===== Events =====
==== Boone County ====
  * On the point of recapture, freedom seeker [[Margaret Garner]] kills her one of her children in Cincinnati.

==== Kentucky ====
  * African American [[http://www.blackpast.org/aah/lewis-oliver-1856-1924|Oliver Lewis]], first Kentucky Derby winning jockey, was born in Fayette County, Kentucky 

==== U.S. & World ==== 
  * Dr John A Veatch discovers borax, Tuscan Springs, California [[https://www.onthisday.com/events/date/1856|OnThisDay.com]]
  * James Buchanan was elected President of the United States

===== More Information =====
  * Boone County [[https://bcp.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/search/asset/35630/0|Tax Lists]], 1856.