"...He [Samuel Edson] married, 2nd, Sept. 20, 1842, Miranda Reed, born in New York, Feb. 15, 1822, daughter of Elijah and Sally Reed. He lived in Pembroke, Genesee Co., N.Y. in 1830, and in Darien, Genesee Co., N.Y., in 1850, and later in Vineland, Cumberland Co., N.J. She died Mar. 11, 1880, and he July 4, 1882."
Edson book says she died March 11, 1880 but she is in the 1880 census which was taken on June 1, 1880.
United States Census,1850
Name: Miranda Edson
Event Place: Darien, Genesee, New York, US
Gender: Female
Age: 28
Race: White
Birth Year (Estimated): 1822
Birthplace: New York
House Number: 373
Household:
Samuel Edson M 50 Vermont Value of Real Estate: $2000
Mirium Edson F 20 New York
Polly Edson F 16 New York Attended school within the year
Huldah Edson F 12 New York Attended school within the year
Sarah Edson F 6 New York Attended school within the year
Lydia Edson F 3 New York
Medora Edson F 0 New York
John Boswell M 12 New York
Lewis Cook M 26 France Laborer Farmer
United States Census, 1860
Name: Maranda Edson
Event Place: Darien, Genesee, New York, US
Gender: Female
Age: 38Race: White
Birth Year (Estimated): 1822
Birthplace: New York
Household:
Samuel Edson M 60 Vermont Farmer Value of Real Estate: $4000 Value of Personal Estate: $1100
Sarah Edson F 17 New York Attended school within the year
Lydia Edson F 14 New York
Madora Edson F 11 New York
Daniel Edson M 8 New York
Hannah Edson F 5 New York
Luzoran Edson M 2 New York
Ira Newton M 18 New York
Sarah Downss F 68 Massachusetts
United States Census, 1870
Name: Miranda Edson
Event Place: New Jersey, US
Gender: Female
Age: 48
Race: White
Birth Year (Estimated): 1821-1822
Birthplace: New York
Household:
Samuel Edson M 70 Vermont
Sylvanus M 43 New York
Miral Edson F 41 New York
Polly Edson F 38 New YorkHulda Edson F 35 New York
Sarah Edson F 33 New York
Lydia Edson F 22 New York
Daniel Edson M 18 New York
Hannah Edson F 16 New York
Luzerne Edson F 13 New York
United States Census, 1880
Name: Miranda Edson
Event Place: Landis, Cumberland, New Jersey, US
Gender: Female
Age: 58
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Occupation: Keeping House
Relationship to Head of Household: Wife
Birth Year (Estimated): 1822
Birthplace: New York
Father's Birthplace: New York
Mother's Birthplace: New York
Household:
Samuel Edson Self M 80 Vermont
William L Edson Son M 22 New York
Laura Raymond Other F 30 New York
Sarah Edson Daughter F 30 New York
Hannah Harper Daughter F 24 New York
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Ancestry.com. Edson family history and genealogy : descendants of Samuel Edson of Salem and Bridgewater, Mass. [database on-line]. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. Original data: Edson, Carroll Andrew,. Edson family history and genealogy : descendants of Samuel Edson of Salem and Bridgewater, Mass.. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Lithographed by Edwards Bros., 1969?.
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCYX-3YH : accessed 14 October 2015), Miranda Edson in household of Samuel Edson, Darien, Genesee, New York, United States; citing family 387, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
"United States Census, 1860," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCWF-XNZ : accessed 14 October 2015), Maranda Edson in household of Samuel Edson, Darien, Genesee, New York, United States; from "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing p. 46, household ID 370, NARA microfilm publication M653 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 803,757.
"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MND8-539 : accessed 14 October 2015), Miranda Edson in household of Samuel Edson, New Jersey, United States; citing p. 99, family 883, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,358.
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNZT-V3M : accessed 14 October 2015), Miranda Edson in household of Samuel Edson, Landis, Cumberland, New Jersey, United States; citing enumeration district 83, sheet 340A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0776; FHL microfilm 1,254,776.
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