Harriet (DeGraff) Sarson (abt. 1854)

Born about 1854 in Steuben, New York, United States

Ancestors

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Biography

Hattie was the daughter of Andrew F. DeGraff and Mary J Hollis

The family was found in the 1865 US Federal Census in Howard, Steuben, New York.^[1]The household was enumerated as follows:

• Andrew Degraph Head Male 52
• Mary I Degraph Wife Female 40
• Haret Degraph Daughter Female 10
• Marthy Degraph Daughter Female 8
• Eddie Degraph Son Male 5

The family was found in the 1870 US Federal Census in Howard Steuben, New York.^[2]The household was enumerated as follows:

• Andrew Degroff Male 59 New York
• Mary Degroff Female 45 New York
• Harriett Degroff Female 16 New York
• Martha Degroff Female 12 New York
• Eddy Degroff Male 10 New York

The family was found in the 1880 US Federal Census in Howard, Steuben, New York.^[3]The household was enumerated as follows:

• Andrew De Graff Self Male 69 New York, United States
• Mary De Graff Wife Female 54 New York, United States
• Harriet Snell Daughter Female 26 New York, United States
• Eddie E De Graff Son Male 20 New York, United States
• Maggie Snell Granddaughter Female 5 New York, United States

Transcribed from FaceBook Messenger: Feb 21, 2019 from the Steuben County Historical Society. The County Historian has come up with an obituary for Andrew DeGraff who died August 28,1894.

The Historian has also given the probate contract which identifies Mary J as the wife of Andrew who died in August of 1894. It further identifies sons;

1. Edward
2. Isaac,
3. Andrew,
4. John and
5. Hiram

Along with daughter

1. Harriet Sarson (b. 1854) (Was a Snell)

Also mentioned was granddaughter May (or Maggie) Snell. (b. 1875) .

His old stone in Old Towlesville Cemetery states that he was born in 1810. Does any of this help , or does it only confuse things more? Please let us know. For extended exchanges you might e-mail us Steuben349@yahoo dot com

Kirk.

Other Plots are:

Andrew 1807

Mary F. DeGraff; Daughter of Andrew & Mary J. DeGraff; d.11 Dec 1852 Age 2y

Mattie M. DeGraff; Daughter of Andrew & Mary J. DeGraff; d.11 Nov 1873 Age 15y11m4d;

Sources

1. ↑ "New York State Census, 1865," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVNF-PRLN : 8 March 2021), Andrew Degraph, , Howard, Steuben, New York, United States; citing Census, p. 33, citing multiple county Clerks; Warren and Lewis County Board of Supervisors; multiple counties in New York; Utica and East Hampton Public Libraries, New York.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8KF-NFS : 29 May 2021), Eddy Degroff in entry for Andrew Degroff, 1870.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZFY-1VW : 19 February 2021), Mary De Graff in household of Andrew De Graff, Howard, Steuben, New York, United States; citing enumeration district ED 182, sheet 378A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,933.