In the 1850 census Sophiah (age 59) was in Chautauqua, Chautauqua, New York, United States.[1]
Name
Sex
Age
Occupation
Birth Place
Elisha Edes
M
64
New York
Sophiah Edes
F
59
New York
Meril Edes
M
15
New York
In the 1855 census Sophia (age 66) was the wife of Elisha Eades in Chautauqua, New York, United States.[2]
Name
Age
Relation
Birth Date
Sex
Elisha Eades
69
Head
abt 1786
Sophia Eades
66
Wife
abt 1789
Mirreh Eadis
19
Son
abt 1836
Dilila Ann Eadis
17
Daughter-in-law
abt 1838
F
In the 1860 census Sophia (age 68), Housekeeper, was in Chautauqua, Chautauqua, New York.[3]
Name
Sex
Age
Occupation
Birth Place
Elisha A Eads
M
75
Farmer
Massachusetts
Sophia Eads
F
68
Housekeeper
Connecticut
In the 1865 census Sophia was the mother of Merrie Eads in Chautauqua, Chautauqua, New York, United States.[4]
Name
Age
Relation
Sex
Merrie Eads
29
Head
M
Delila H Eads
26
Wife
F
Elisha Eads
79
Father
M
Sophia Eads
74
Mother
F
Julia Squairs
13
Niece
F
George A Hickey
31
Brother-in-law
M
Sophia died on 10 March 1889 and was buried in Sherman Cemetery, Sherman, Chautauqua County, New York, United States.[5]
Sophia passed away in 1869.
Sources
↑1850 Census:
"1850 United States Federal Census"
The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: Chautauqua, Chautauqua, New York; Roll: 485; Page: 281a; Line Number: 37 Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8054 #11444380 (accessed 15 October 2023)
Sophiah Edes (59) in Chautauqua, Chautauqua, New York, USA. Born in New York.
↑1855 Census:
"New York, U.S., State Census, 1855"
New York State Archives; Albany, NY, USA; Census of the state of New York, 1855; Line Number: 45 Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7181 #1655760289 (accessed 15 October 2023)
Sophia Eades (66), wife, in household of Elisha Eades (69) in Chautauqua, New York, USA.
↑1860 Census:
"1860 United States Federal Census"
The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M653; Residence Date: 1860; Home in 1860: Chautauqua, Chautauqua, New York; Roll: M653_732; Page: 61; Family History Library Film: 803732 Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7667 #49128894 (accessed 15 October 2023)
Sophia Eads (68), Housekeeper, in Chautauqua, Chautauqua, New York. Born in Connecticut.
↑1865 Census:
"New York, U.S., State Census, 1865"
New York State Archives; Albany, New York, USA; Census of the State of New York, 1865; Line Number: 5; Page number: 29 Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7218 #732915 (accessed 15 October 2023)
Sophia Eads mother in household of Merrie Eads (29) in Chautauqua, Chautauqua, New York, USA.
↑Burial:
"U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current"
Original data: Find a Grave. Find a Grave®. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi; URL: Find A Grave: Memorial #114658473 Ancestry Record 60525 #75268480 (accessed 15 October 2023)
Sophia Eades burial (died on 10 Mar 1889) in Sherman Cemetery, Sherman, Chautauqua County, New York, United States of America. Born on 21 Aug 1811.
Acknowledgments
First-hand information as remembered by Jean Eades, Thursday, April 2, 2015.
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