Lucy Ann (Twitchell) Folsom (1840 - 1928)

Born 18 May 1840 in Milan, Coos, New Hampshire, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Stephen P. Folsom — married 20 Nov 1856 in Dummer, Coos, New Hampshire, United States

Died 19 Apr 1928 at age 87 in Gorham, Coos, New Hampshire, United States

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Biography

Lucy Ann Twitchell was born on May 18, 1840, in Milan, New Hampshire, the daughter of Gilman Twitchell and Lucy Harris.^[1][2]

She married, in Dummer, New Hampshire, November 20 or 27, 1856, Stephen P. Folsom.^[2] They lived in Milan, and had four children:^[3]

1. Alma E., born September 2, 1857; married George O. Bean
2. Althea Cross, born January 2, 1868; married E. Channing Frost
3. Nora Bell, born December 18, 1870; married Charles T. Hamlin
4. Guy Prescott, born March 25, 1876;^[4] married Minnie Flagg^[5]

Lucy died on April 19, 1928, in Gorham, New Hampshire.^[6] She is buried in Hillcrest Cemetery, in Milan, New Hampshire.^[7]

Her obituary was published in the Lewiston Daily Sun, published in Lewiston, Maine:^[8]

Berlin, N. H., April 23.—Funeral services for Mrs. Lucy Ann Folsom were held at the home of Nelson Twitchell at Gorham, Saturday afternoon, Rev. A. H. Graham of the Gorham Methodist Episcopal church officiating.

Lucy Folsom was born in Milan, May 18, 1840, was educated in the Milan schools and in 1856 was united in marriage to Stephen P. Folsom. Her entire life was spent in devotion to her family and friends. She was a lady of rare character, ever administering to the needs of others. A splendid type of mother and her four surviving children will sadly miss her loving council.

Mrs. Folsom was a charter member of Emily Flint lodge of Rebekahs of Milan and for a number of years was a faithful worker in the lodge. The brother with whom she lived, Nelson Twitchell, is 91 years old and they were most devoted to each other, to him and the other surviving relatives the sympathy of the community is extended.

Mrs. Folsom is survived by two daughters: Mrs. Alma Mitchell and Mrs. Althea B. Frost and one son, Guy P. Folsom; two sisters Romona [sic] A. Twitchell and Mrs. Viola J. Roberts and two brothers, A. N. Twitchell and Gilman Twitchell.

The many floral offerings bore mute testimony to the esteem felt for the departed one. The burial was in the family lot in Hillcrest cemetery at Milan.

Sources

1. ↑ "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FL5N-H57 : 23 February 2021), Lucy Ann Twitchell, ; citing Milan, Coos, New Hampshire, United States, Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 1,001,047.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Morse, Abner. A genealogical register of the inhabitants and history of the towns of Sherborn and Holliston. Boston, Press of Damrell & Moore, 1856. p. 353
3. ↑ Twitchell, Ralph Emerson. Genealogy of the Twitchell family: Record of the descendants of the Puritan - Benjamin Twitchell, Dorchester, Lancaster, Medfield and Sherborn, Massachusetts, 1632-1927. New York, N.Y.: Priv. print. for H.K. Twitchell, 1929. p. 366
4. ↑ "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZNJ-8TD : 1 January 2022), Guy Prescott Folsom, 1917-1918.
5. ↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N4Z9-NDR : 10 March 2021), Lucy Twichell in entry for Guy P. Folsom and Minnie F. F. Flagg, 23 May 1900; citing Hopkinton, Hopkinton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 1,843,723.
6. ↑ "New Hampshire Death Records, 1654-1947," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FSJ3-NVV : 22 February 2021), Lucy A. Twitchell Folsom, 19 Apr 1928; citing Gorham, Coos, New Hampshire, Bureau Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 2,079,401.
7. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/154356723/lucy-ann-folsom : accessed 9 February 2022), memorial page for Lucy Ann Twitchell Folsom (18 May 1840–19 Apr 1928), Find a Grave Memorial ID 154356723, citing Hillcrest Cemetery, Milan, Coos County, New Hampshire, USA ; Maintained by FrankA. (contributor 47057719) .
8. ↑ Lewiston Daily Sun (Lewiston, Me.), 24 Apr 1928

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWZD-KQB : 22 December 2020), Lucy A Twitchel in household of Gilman Twitchel, Milan, Coos, New Hampshire, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M7WL-RRH : 18 February 2021), Lucy A Twitchell in entry for Gillman Twitchell, 1860.
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHRX-GJY : 19 February 2021), Lucy A Folsom in household of Stephen P Folsom, Milan, Coos, New Hampshire, United States; citing enumeration district ED 35, sheet 80A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,762.
• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3YQ-9NR : accessed 20 March 2021), Lucy A Folsom in household of Charles T Hamlin, Milan Town, Success Town, Coos, New Hampshire, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 268, sheet 2A, family 29, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,945.