Josiah Weston Hanscom (1822 - 1899)

Born 3 May 1822 in Machias, Washington, Maine, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Amanda (Tyler) Hanscom — married about Nov 1853 in Maine, United States [uncertain]

Died 22 Aug 1899 at age 77 in Modesto, Stanislaus, California, United States

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Biography

Josiah Weston Hanscom was born at Machias, Maine, 30 May 1822, the son of Nathan Hanscom and Susan (Weston) Hanscom; ^[1] died at Mosdesto, California, 22 Aug 1899; ^[2] married, c1853, Mary Amanda Tyler, born at Alexander, Maine, 31 Oct 1828, the daughter of George Tyler and Amelia Cummins Caldwell. ^{[3] [4]}

Teacher at Crawford, Maine, ^[5] and farmer at Castoria Township, ^[6] and Turlock, California. ^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWB1-7CM : 14 January 2020), Josiah Westen Hanscom, 1822.
2. ↑ "California, San Joaquin, County Public Library Obituary Index, 1850-1991," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VR82-D37 : 30 July 2017), Josiah W Hanscom, 1899; County Public Library, Stockton; FHL microfilm 1,786,990.
3. ↑ Sharon L. Howland, Vital Records of Alexander, Washington County, Maine (Picton Press, Rockport, Maine, Second Printing, February 2003, 395 pages), pp. 25, 108
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6VC-CGF : 20 September 2020), Mary A Tyler in household of George Tyler, Alexander, Washington, Maine, United States; citing family 15, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6VC-P7K : 4 April 2020), Josiah W Hanscom in household of Nathan Hanscom, Crawford, Washington, Maine, United States; citing family 17, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6VC-P7K : 4 April 2020), Josiah W Hanscom in household of Nathan Hanscom, Crawford, Washington, Maine, United States; citing family 17, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6PG-D5T : 22 August 2017), Josiah W Honscom, Turlock, Stanislaus, California, United States; citing enumeration district ED 93, sheet 309A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,084.