Abigail (Coon) Tryon (1828 - 1924)

Born 24 Apr 1828 in Georgia, United States

Wife of Horatio Tryon — married 27 Apr 1847 in Allen, Indiana, USA

Descendants

Died 3 Jan 1924 at age 95 in Sonoma County, California, United States

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Biography

Daughter of: Gardner Cone or Coon^[1]

She appears in a register of voters in Sonoma County, California that covers the years 1900 – 1912. As women in California were enfranchised from 1911, it is possible that she was an early voter there, before women's sufferage was granted throughout the United States.^[2]

Historical Note

In 1896 women in California had lost their first contest for the right to vote. In 1910 a progressive Republican administration was swept into power in California, and woman suffragists seized the opportunity and successfully lobbied the state legislature to put the question before the voters. On Election Day, October 10, 1911, the cause appeared to be lost based on early counts, but when the long count was finally completed several days later, Equal Suffrage had passed by only 3,587 votes – an average majority of one vote in each precinct in the state! The final tally was 125,037 to 121,450. In this case, the work of the suffragists in rural areas outweighed the more organized opposition of the larger towns and cities. With the passage of votes for women in California, the number of women with full suffrage in the U.S. doubled.^[3]

Abigail died in 1924 at the age of 95 in Sonoma County, California.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4FZ-3D9 : 30 December 2015), Gardner Cone, 1860.
2. ↑ California, Voter Registrations, 1900-1968; 1900-1912; Roll 001 (Ancestry.com)
3. ↑ From Women's Suffrage in California
4. ↑ California, Death Index, 1905-1939 (Ancestry.com)

• 1860 US Federal Census; Census Place: Perry, Allen, Indiana; Roll: M653_243; Page: 347; Family History Library Film: 803243 (Ancestry.com) NOTE: living in household of father

• "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN6L-ZNR : 17 October 2014), Abigail Tryon in household of Horatio Tryon, California, United States; citing p. 13, family 89, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,576.

• 1880 US Federal Census; Census Place: Middletown, Lake, California; Roll: 66; Page: 29C; Enumeration District: 050 (Ancestry.com)

• 1910 US Federal Census; Census Place: Santa Rosa Ward 2, Sonoma, California; Roll: T624_109; Page: 15B; Enumeration District: 0158; FHL microfilm: 1374122 (Ancestry.com)

• 1920 US Federal Census; Census Place: Santa Rosa Ward 4, Sonoma, California; Roll: T625_151; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 159 (Ancestry.com)

• Abigail Coon Tryon's Find a Grave Memorial 71809888 NOTE: has death place as Nevada