Nancy (Thompson) Webster (1824 - 1919)

Born 12 May 1824 in Jacksonville, Tompkins, New York, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Aaron Webster — married 3 Oct 1841 in Mills, Potter, Pennsylvania, United States

Descendants

Died 17 Feb 1919 at age 94 in Harrison, Potter, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

Nancy Thompson, the daughter of Isaac Thompson and Keziah Wicks, was born 12 May 1824 and died 17 February 1919.^[1] She married Aaron Webster in 1841 in Mills, Potter, Pennsylvania.^[2]

Research Notes

The Potter Enterprise, Couldersport, PA, Thursday Feb 27, 1919. Headline: AGED WOMAN DIES. Mrs. Nancy Webster of Mills Would Have Attained Her 95th Year Had She Lived Until May 12th. >> Mrs. Nancy Webster, probably the oldest woman in Potter county died Monday morning at the home of her son Almon Webster in Mills. She was the widow of the late Aaron Webster who died about seven years ago and before her marriage was Miss Nancy Thompson. Some time ago Mrs. Webster fell, dislocating her hip and she never fully recovered from the accident. She is survived by three sons, Isaac of Ripley NY, Chauncey of Harrison Valley, Almon, at whose home she died and by one daughter Kaziah, wife of Roland Day of Rexville. Funeral services were held at the home and was attended by a large concourse of friends who had long known and loved this aged woman who had spent most of her life in their midst. Her children were all present. Mrs. Almon Webster is a sister of Mrs. H.S. Bartoo and the latter was present at the funeral services. Burial was made in Mills cemetery.

Sources

1. ↑ Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission; Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates, 1906–1967; Certificate Number 22575
2. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #84160330

• Year: 1850; Census Place: Harrison, Potter, Pennsylvania; Roll: 825; Page: 147A
• Year: 1860; Census Place: Ulysses, Potter, Pennsylvania; Page: 263; Family History Library Film: 805177
• Year: 1870; Census Place: Harrison, Potter, Pennsylvania; Roll: M593_1446; Page: 512A; Family History Library Film: 552945
• Year: 1880; Census Place: Harrison, Potter, Pennsylvania; Roll: 1165; Page: 454B; Enumeration District: 103
• Year: 1900; Census Place: Harrison, Potter, Pennsylvania; Page: 1; Enumeration District: 0110; FHL microfilm: 1241482
• Year: 1910; Census Place: Harrison, Potter, Pennsylvania; Roll: T624_1415; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 0117; FHL microfilm: 1375428
• Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission; Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates, 1906–1967; Certificate Number 22575
• History and genealogy of the Gov. John Webster family of Connecticut by William Holcomb Webster and Reuben Melville Webster, Published 1915; page 1209 AARON WEBSTER. (https://archive.org/details/historygenealogyo00webs/page/1208/mode/2up?q=%22Aaron+Webster%22)