Abigail Annette (Merritt) Swarthout (1848 - 1917)

Born Mar 1848 in New York, United States

Ancestors

Wife of James Aaron Swarthout — married 7 Apr 1862 in Belmont, Allegany, New York, USA

Descendants

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Biography

Abigail Annette was born in 1848. She passed away in 1917.

Sources

Birth and death: Listed in Maple Lawn Cemetery, Bolivar, New York, as Abby A. Swarthout (https://www.paintedhills.org/ALLEGANY/MapleLawnCem/maplelawnN-S.html)

Death: >New York, U.S., Death Index, 1852-1956. Certificate Number 64358 >Article in Andover News, Andover, NY. "Mrs. James Swarthout died at her home in Bolivar, Oet. 5th, aged 67 years, ‘ following three week’s illness with pneumonia." Website: https://fultonhistory.com/Fulton.html Article: Andover NY News 1917 8702.pdf

Marriage: Ancestry.com but no document. 1865 NYS Census shows she is married. Belmont was/is the county seat of Allegany County. 1900 United States Federal Census notes they had been married for 38 years, verifying the 1862 date.

Nickname: A few references in the Bolivar Breeze newspaper found at https://fultonhistory.com/Fulton.html

New York State Census: >1855 Genesee, Allegany, New York >1865 Genesee, Allegany, New York >1875 Genesee, Allegany, New York >1905 Bolivar, Allegany, New York >1915 Bolivar, Allegany, New York

Federal Census: >1860 Genesse, Allegany, New York >1870 Genesse, Allegany, New York >1880 Genesse, Allegany, New York >1910 Bolivar, Allegany, New York (South St.)