Clarinda (Leavitt) Dillingham (1829 - 1910)

Born 21 Dec 1829 in Turner, Oxford, Maine, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Roscoe Green Dillingham — married 26 Oct 1852 in Turner, Oxford, Maine, United States

Descendants

Died 1 Sep 1910 at age 80 in Auburn, Androscoggin, Maine, United States

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Biography

Clarinda was born at Turner, Maine in 1829, the daughter and first-born child of Arch Leavitt and Polly Deane.

The 1850 US census for Turner, Maine lists residents Arch Leavitt (49), a farmer, Polly Leavitt (48), Clarinda Leavitt (20), Julia A Leavitt (17), Lorette Leavitt (16) Auberry [sic] Leavitt (11), Dorillus Leavitt (9), Rackly [sic] D Leavitt (7), Lydia Leavitt (70) and Lindley Dean (male) (18), a farmer. All were born in Maine. Julia, Lorette, Aubrey, Dorillus and Rackley all attended school within the past year. Arch owns real estate valued at $2350.

She married Roscoe Green Dillingham at Turner on 26 Oct 1852. They were the parents of two known children:

1. Fannie Maria Dillingham b. 30 Dec 1853 at Turner, d. 5 Apr 1919 at Auburn, Maine
2. James Monroe Dillingham b. 18 Jul 1858 at Turner, d. 27 Jun 1900 at Turner

The 1860 US census for Turner, Maine lists the residents of a home located in Turner, in an area serviced by the North Turner Post Office as head of household Wallace B Dillingham (35), a farmer, Julia A Dillingham (27), Roscoe G Dillingham (27), a farmer, Clarinda Dillingham (30), Fanny M Dillingham (6), attends school, and James M Dillingham (2). Wallace and Roscoe are brothers, and Julia and Clarinda are sisters. They all live next-door to the Dillingham's parents, Ajalon Dillingham (70), a farmer and Betsey Dillingham (68).

The 1870 US census for Turner, Maine lists residents Ajalon Dillingham (80), retired farmer, Betsey Dillingham (78), retired, Roscoe G Dillingham (37), farming, Clarinda Dillingham (40), keeping house, Fannie M Dillingham (16), attends school, James M Dillingham (11), attends school and Dexter Merrill (19), who cannot read or write and is identified as "idiotic" on this report. Roscoe owns real estate valued at $2000 and has a personal estate valued at $900.

The 1880 US census for Turner, Maine lists residents Roscoe Dillingham (47), a farmer, his wife Clarinda (51), keeping house, daughter Fannie M (26), housekeeping, son James M (21), works on farm and servant Frank Hussey (30), widowed, works on farm.

The 1900 US census for Turner, Maine lists the residents of a farm owned by head of household James M Dillingham (42), a farmer, his wife Carrie N (38), daughter Jessie M (19) and mother, widow Clarinda Dillingham (71). All except for Carrie were born in Maine; Carrie was born in Ohio. James and Carrie have been married for nineteen years and Carrie has given birth to one child. Clarinda is the mother of two, one living at the time of this census.

The 1910 US census for Auburn, Maine conducted 16 Apr 1910 lists the residents of a home located at 24 Highland Avenue as head of household W. B. Dillingham (85), his wife of fifty-seven years, Julia A Dillingham (77), and his widowed sister-in-law (Julia's sister), Clarinda (80). Julia has not given birth to any children and Clarinda is the mother of two, one living at the time of the census.

Clarinda passed away at her brother-in-law and sister's home at 24 Highland Avenue, Auburn, Maine in 1910 and is buried at the Maple Grove Cemetery, Turner, Maine.

Sources

• "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2HVN-72W : 2 March 2021), Clarinda Leavitt, 21 Dec 1829; citing Turner, , Maine, United States, multiple sources, Maine; FHL microfilm.

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6V9-QK7 : 29 December 2022), Clarinda Leavitt in household of Arch Leavitt, Turner, Oxford, Maine, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "Maine Marriages, 1771-1907", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4DB-7M8 : 22 July 2021), Clarinda Leavitt in entry for Roscoe G. Dillingham, 1852.
• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDC7-MY1 : 18 February 2021), Clarinda Dillingham in entry for Wallace B Dillingham, 1860.

• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6DZ-X7V : 29 May 2021), Clarinda Dillingham in entry for Ajalon Dillingham, 1870.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF3F-43W : 14 January 2022), Clarinda Dillingham in household of Roscoe Dillingham, Turner, Androscoggin, Maine, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .

• "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMLC-SV2 : 9 March 2022), Clarinda Dillingham in entry for James M Dillingham, 1900.

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MRSP-VZD : accessed 30 December 2022), Clarinda Dillingham in household of W B Dillingham, Auburn Ward 3, Androscoggin, Maine, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 6, sheet 3A, family 59, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 536; FHL microfilm 1,374,549.

• "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24F-KHYW : 2 March 2021), Clarinda Dillingham, 01 Sep 1910; citing Auburn, Androscoggin, Maine, United States, multiple sources, Maine; FHL microfilm.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/121585405/clarinda-dillingham), memorial page for Clarinda Leavitt Dillingham (1829–1 Sep 1910), Find a Grave Memorial ID 121585405, citing Maple Grove Cemetery, Turner, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA.