William Folsom was born on November 4, 1819, in Thorndike, Waldo County, Maine, to Samuel Folsom and Eunice Coffin.
William married Anne Sanborn on Dec 18, 1844 in Bangor, Maine.[1]
William Folsom (age 78 years and 4 months old and worked as a laborer), passed away, of cancer, on April 19, 1898[2] in Burlington, Penobscot County, Maine and was buried at Mount Repose Cemetery Burlington, Maine.[3][4].
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↑ "Maine Marriages, 1771-1907," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4XW-Y3N : 4 December 2014), William Folsom and Ann Sanborn, 18 Dec 1844; citing Civil, Bangor, Penobscot, Maine, reference ; FHL microfilm 10,584.
"Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F43R-HBD : 4 December 2014), William Folsom, 04 Nov 1819; citing CIVIL, BURLINGTON, PENOBSCOT, MAINE; FHL microfilm 10,577.
"Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F471-59R : 4 December 2014), William Folsom, 04 Nov 1819; citing CIVIL, BURLINGTON, PENOBSCOT, MAINE; FHL microfilm 10,577.
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6V3-81P : 9 November 2014), William Folsom, Stetson, Penobscot, Maine, United States; citing family 418, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6DR-BLK : 17 October 2014), William Folsom, Maine, United States; citing p. 10, family 71, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,052.
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFQ9-4X6 : 14 July 2016), William Folsom, Burlington, Penobscot, Maine, United States; citing enumeration district ED 44, sheet 426C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0486; FHL microfilm 1,254,486.
"Maine, Nathan Hale Cemetery Collection, ca. 1780-1980," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVJ5-7RZM : 30 October 2014), William Folsom, 1889; citing Burlington, Penobscot, Maine, United States, Mount Repose Cemetery, Maine State Library, Augusta; FHL microfilm 1,315,204.
"Maine Marriages, 1771-1907," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4XT-T4M : 4 December 2014), William Folsom and Ann Sanborn, 18 Dec 1844; citing Bangor, Penobscot, Maine, reference ; FHL microfilm 10,584.
"Maine Marriages, 1771-1907," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4XY-MNB : 4 December 2014), William Folsom and Ann Sanborn, 18 Dec 1844; citing Bangor, Penobscot, Maine, reference ; FHL microfilm 10,584.
"Maine Marriages, 1771-1907," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4XK-TMQ : 4 December 2014), William Folsom and Ann Sanborn, 19 Dec 1844; citing ,Penobscot,Maine, reference ; FHL microfilm 11,948.
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