Savannah M. Brown (abt. 1874 - 1954)

Born about Mar 1874 in Milroy, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Ancestors

Wife of George Morgan Graft — married 22 Oct 1891 in Phoenixville, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA

Descendants

Died 13 Oct 1954 at about age 80 in Kilbuck Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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Biography

Research Notes

After the death of her mother, Vannie temporarily resided with a childless couple, Joseph H. Morrison and his wife, Ella (Utts) Morrison. She was enumerated as an adopted daughter in their household in 1880, but was likely residing with her paternal grandparents by 1890. Vannie's daughter, Mable, listed her mother's name as "Vannie M. Morrison" on her marriage license.

Why she was placed with the Morrison/Utt family is not yet known.

Vannie appears to have been separated from her husband by the time of his death in LaGrange, Indiana on 17 February 1910. His obituary makes no mention of his wife or children. It did note that he had lost an arm in a railroad accident some years earlier.

Sometime before 1920, Vannie was committed to the Dixmont Hospital for the Insane in Kilbuck Township, Allegheny County, PA. She remained there until her death.

Sources

• "Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1944", digital image, Ancestry.com (Online: Ancestry.com, Inc. 2009), [Original source: Pennsylvania Department of Health, "Death certificates, 1906–1963", (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg), Series 11.90 (1,905 cartons). Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11]

• "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950," digital image, FamilySearch (Online: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., 2010 ), [Original source: Chester County Orphans' Court, "Marriage records, 1885-1967", DGS 4838665, (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1968), p. 35 ]