Frances Wass (Tibbetts) Sturgis (1823 - 1904)

Born 6 Jun 1823 in Columbia Falls, Washington County, Maine, USA

Ancestors

Wife of Ambrose Howard Sturgis — married 16 Sep 1847 in Columbia, Washington County, Maine, USA

Died 8 Jul 1904 at age 81 in Cherryfield, Washington, Maine, United States

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Biography

Frances Wass was born in Columbia Falls, Maine, on June 6, 1823, the daughter of Moses Tabbut and Mary Crowley.

She married in 1847 to Ambrose Howard Sturgis. They settled in Cherryfield, Maine, where Ambrose worked at the livery stable.

Ambrose died in 1879, and Fanny moved in with her son Charles and his family.

She died on July 8, 1904 in Cherryfield, Maine and is buried at the Pine Grove Cemetery in Cherryfield, Maine.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Burial: Find a Grave (has image)
   Find A Grave: Memorial #240887568 (accessed 4 January 2024)
   Memorial page for Frances Wass “Fanny” Tibbetts Sturgis (8 Jun 1823-8 Jul 1904), citing Pine Grove Cemetery, Cherryfield, Washington County, Maine, USA; Maintained by NCDave (contributor 47401038).

• Tibbetts, Leonard & Lamson, Darryl. Early Pleasant River Families of Washington County, Maine. Camden, ME, Picton Press, p. 535 [1]
• "Maine Marriages, 1771-1907," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F4DH-CPB : 4 December 2014), Ambrose H. Sturges and Fanny W. Tibbets, 16 Sep 1847
• "Maine Marriages, 1771-1907," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4NH-6ZN : 4 December 2014), Ambrose H. Sturges and Fanny W. Tibbets, 21 Aug 1847
• "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KCDR-D7C : 27 December 2014), Fannie Wass Sturgis, 1904.
• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M6VH-KXV : 9 November 2014), Fanny Sturgis in household of Ambrose Sturgis, Cherryfield, Washington, Maine, United States
• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MDHK-HQ4 : 30 December 2015), Fanny Stergis in entry for Ambrose Stergis, 1860.

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Steven Tibbetts for creating WikiTree profile Tibbetts-313 through the import of tibbetts_2013-05-04.ged on May 4, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Steven and others.