Buell/Wilcox Bible

 Although I once thought this Bible to have been a Buell Bible because that what was written in the front; I have found out differently.  And just how this came to be in "My Attic" at 46 Graves Avenue has a much closer history to my family.

I will start with Captain Eber Wilcox born Apr. 13, 1783, in Killingworth, CT. Eber was my 4th G Grandfather. He married Rachel Hurd Feb. 7, 1806, in Killingworth, CT. Eber is said to have been a Captain in the War of 1812 and I am still searching through tons of material to verify. Captain is written on Eber's graves registration card and his name has been mentioned in graveside ceremonies by the Daughters of the War of 1812.

Eber and Rachel had 5 daughters that were born in Killingsworth, CT.  now Clinton.

1)  Abigail Wilcox b. Nov. 16, 1806, d. Apr. 3, 1879, Clinton, CT.

     She married Eben Buell Dec. 6, 1826. Abigail and Eben's family are the earliest listed in       the Bible. Both buried in Indian River Cemetery, Clinton, CT.

2) Parmelia Wilcox b. Jan. 1, 1810, d. May 13, 1881, in Summit Co. Ohio

      Married Zina Buell Dec. 23, 1828, Both buried in Stow Cemetery in Stow, Ohio.

3) Elizabeth Wilcox (My 3 G Grandmother) b. Apr. 21, 1816, d. Jan. 12, 1906, Guilford, CT. Married William S. Kelsey (My 3 G Grandfather) Mar. 12, 1837. Both buried in Alderbrooke Cemetery, Guilford, CT.

4) Louise Wilcox b. 1819   d. Dec. 31, 1899, Summit CO. Ohio

     Married Edward S. Cartwright Both buried in Markillie Cemetery, Hudson, Ohio.

5) Cornelia D. Wilcox b. May 5, 1833, d. Apr 1, 1917, Summit Co. Ohio

     Unwed     Her will left all to her nephew Charles W. Cartwright Buried at Markillie Cemetery with Eber and Rachael Wilcox and sister Louise Wilcox Cartwright.

These were the children of my 4 G Grandparents.

Abigail was the big sister to my 3rd G Grandmother by 10 years and they would both continue to live in the Guilford area all their lives.

Abigail was not Eben Buell's first wife. He first married Mehetable Kelsey Nov. 1, 1823

 Eben and Mehetable had one child, Jenette Anna Buell b. Nov. 26, 1825, Mehetable died in childbirth. No mention of this child in their Buell Bible which I find strange. This was strictly the Bible pertaining to the Eben Buell and Abigail Wilcox union. The early Census records do not list names within the household so there is no way to know if Ann Jennette as she was later called was raised by Abigail or was sent to grandparents.

Eben married Abigail Wilcox just one year after his wife Mehetable's death.

The Family Records Page of Eben and Abigail shows their children as being:

1) Eben W. Buell   b. Jun.22, 1828   d. Aug. 11, 1829, Just over a year old.

2) Abigail Frances Buell b. Aug. 30, 1830, d. Oct. 16, 1847

    Married Orson Chaffee Feb. 18, 1846, the license was filed by her father Eben in Summit Co. Ohio. Orson was 18 and Abigail was 16. I assume she was pregnant at the time of marriage and probably died in childbirth, 8 months after their marriage. 

3) Andrew W. Buell, b. Mar. 18, 1833, Clinton, CT. d. Jun. 6, 1914, New Haven, CT.

    Married Marietta Stowell Jun. 16, 1856, One son Eben Henry Buell is listed in the Bible born in Greenville, PA. Mar. 18, 1860.

4) Helen Elizabeth Buell b. Nov. 6, 1839, d.  Jan. 15, 1843, Stow Twp, Summit CO. Ohio

     Age 3 yrs 2+ months buried at Oakwood Cemetery, Cuyahoga, Summit Co. Ohio

It is my belief, that this Bible was the property of my 3G Grandmother's sister Abigail Wilcox Buell and that upon her death it was given to Elizabeth Wilcox Kelsey for safe keeping, as she was the only family in the Guilford area. It was passed down to Elizabeth's son Edwin and then to my G Grandmother, May Kelsey Sperry where she would reside at 46 Graves Ave. for many years. 

As dubbed the Family Historian at an early age, it would move out west with Marilyn Senecal Cavanaugh. It now has been passed to my daughter, Tiffany Cavanaugh Hallisey and resides in Redmond, WA. preserved in a special case along with the history of our 4th G Grandparents, Eber and Rachel Hurd Wilcox and all those listed on its pages.

The Buells, Wilcox and Kelseys lived in the tight area of Killingworth, Clinton and Guilford, CT. and the intermarrying of those families comes up many times in our family's genealogy. All had large families with Buell brothers marrying Wilcox sisters and Kelsey's marrying Wilcox. Many of their graves are either in Indian River Cemetery in Clinton or Alderbrooke Cemetery in Guilford.

Eber Wilcox and wife Rachael Hurd Wilcox are buried in Markillie Cemetery in Hudson, Ohio.

May it continue to be passed on for many more generations.

 

   

  

   

      
 Sarah Hubbard was born June 12, 1792 in Guilford, CT. She was the daughter of Abraham Hubbard and Rachel Scranton.

On July 10, 1814, Sarah married Amos Seward; as recorded in the Barbour Collection of CT. Marriages. Aaron Dutton preformed the Ceremony. Sarah was 3+ months pregnant and had just turned 22 years old. I have been doing genealogy for 50 years and have found that an overwhelming number of our female ancestors were pregnant prior to marriage.

Sarah would bear 10 children with Amos Seward.

1) Sarah Elizabeth was born Jan. 29, 1815, just 6 months into their marriage. She married Hezekiah Hosmer and died 1839 They had 2 children.

2) Ellen Agnes born March 13,1816, just 17 months after her sister Elizabeth. She married John Brooke Pinney, had 9 children and died 1889.

3) Rachel Stone born Dec. 5, 1817-1882. She married Ralph Dunning Smyth(Smith) and had 4 children.

At this point in Sarah Hubbard Seward's life, she had 3 children in her first 3 years of marriage.

4) Mary Hedges born Aug. 6, 1821-1895. Married Frederick Augustine Drake. They had 3 children.

5) Nancy born 1822-1826

6) Anne Maria born 1826-1827

The deaths of these two girls were just one year apart and Sarah Hubbard was pregnant with child #7, when Anne Maria passed.

7) Nancy Maria born Dec. 14, 1827-1912. She was named in memory of her two dead sisters. She married Christian W. Slagle. They had 6 children.

Agnes Lee born Dec. 12, 1829- 1904 She would die a Spinster and would spend her last years boarding with my GG grandparents. Burton Lyman Sperry and Lydia Buell Sperry.

9) William Todd born May 2,1832-1907. Sarah Hubbard was almost 40. He married Sarah Wheadon and had 3 children.

10) Fanny Hubbard born Nov. 25, 1833-1907 Married Ripley Baylies and had 3 children.

Sarah Hubbard Seward was age 41 when her last child was born. She would have 30 grandchildren during her lifetime. Sarah died two months prior to her 82nd birthday.

Her family would become some of the most colorful yet respected in Guilford History.

References for photo and poetry are from,

My Phantom Bible

 

Where, oh where to start? This Bible has been around. It documents Amos and Sarah Hubbard Seward and their family of Guilford, CT. I believe it to have belonged to Ellen Agnes Seward Pinney, as much of her family is contained in the documentation of births of her children: Sarah Agnes b. Oct. 23, 1838; Annie Foster Pinney Bissell b. Apr. 14, 1848 (her data written after her marriage); Ella (Ellen) Reed Pinney b. July 10, 1852.

The Bible was printed in 1875, which was the year after Sarah Hubbard Seward died. Her death is recorded in it as, "Mother died April 12, 1874". Amos was still alive until 1881 when his death is recorded. The entries look to be in a more feminine hand. The other possible owner of the Bible is Agnes Lee (his daughter) and a spinster. Agnes lived at home with her parents Amos and Sarah, all her life until her father's death in 1881. It is just a hunch, but Agnes may have inherited the Bible from her sister Ellen Pinney when she died in 1889. When Ellen's husband John Brooke Pinney died in 1882, Ellen went on to marry Willis Lord in 1884. It was a late in life marriage, at age 68 and she would die 5 years later.

After father Amos died, we lose track of daughter, Agnes from the Guilford home on Harbor St. for 19 years. She turns up again in the 1900 Census with my GG grandparents, Burton Lyman Sperry and Lydia Buell Sperry on State St., as a boarder age 69. With no 1890 Census, it is hard to fill in the 19-year gap. Agnes died in 1904, possibly still a boarder with my GG grandparents. Between 1920-30 Burton and Lydia moved to Whitfield St. They may have stored books in the attic of their son Burton Elwyn on Graves Ave. during the move or possibly the Bible made its way over when Burton Lyman was put in the Guilford Sanitorium around 1940.

From what I can tell, the entries are made by 3 different hands. All lettering appears female. The first page of Marriages has the letter "R" written like a backwards 3 almost. The marriages are all of the children of Amos and Sarah Hubbard Seward.

The first birth page is mostly the children of Ellen Agnes Seward Pinney and are written with the same ornate "R". They are written with a fountain pen and ink well ink and a broad point.

The next births page is written in much finer ink with more open slanting letters done very freely and not with the precision of the first two pages. It contains one entry, Fannie Baylies born Nov. 1833 Died Nov. 1907.

On the last page, the Deaths are written in the same ornate script and ink from a well, as the first pages. This last page is what leads me to believe the Bible might have been Agnes'. The page contains the death dates of Ellen 1889 and other family who died as late as 1897.

Agnes was alive until 1904 and Fannie and William Todd until 1907 Nancy M. died in 1912. Fannie was living in Winsor, CT. in the 1900 Census and her husband Ripley had passed.  Agnes appears to be the only one in the Guilford area and was boarding with my GG grandparents. The last few entries of the deaths of Agnes, Fannie and Nancy are made in light ink possibly ballpoint or fine point pen and totally a different hand, very free flowing. I believe these entries to be made by Lydia Buell Sperry, prior to the Bible ending up at my G grandma May Sperry's attic.

Remember 46 Graves Ave and her first Mistress and Matriarch, Mary Ann Evarts? She married William Beckwith, who built the house at 46 Graves Ave. Purchased by my G grandparents with an assist from my GG grandma Lydia Buell Sperry. That Evarts name is about to come full circle. 

My first ancestor searches were all of my blood relatives and there was no bloodline that I could find back to the Sewards. My ancestors were of Puritan roots and having servants was not the sort of thing that they would have done. Time and time again with all the Seward children and descendants, they had servants, Irish and Polish, in the Census Records. They were Doctors, Lawyers Lumber company owners, University Presidents and Ministers, the upper crust of Society.

I turned my search next to the more prominent spouses of my blood kin and I looked for those that had servants in their history. The Bristols and Dudleys  were my choices. I got lucky with both.

I have found two lines back to the ancestors of, "My Phantom Bible". It has taken over a month of searching, so hold on tight as I take you through this Maze.

My G grandfather, Burton Elwyn Sperry's sister Edith was the key to the first line.

1. Edith Sperry married Robert Deforest Bristol (b. 1879) They had two children. Robert would serve as Postmaster of Guilford from July 1, 1924, to Nov. 23, 1931

2. Robert Deforest Bristol was son of Eugene Bristol and Harriet Perry

3. Eugene Deforest Bristol (b. 1843) was son of Leverett Bristol and Sarah Field.

4. Leverett Bristol (b. 1816) was son of Samuel Bristol V and Sophronia Doude

5. Samuel Bristol V (b. 1788) was son of Samuel Bristol IV and HULDAH EVARTS

6. HULDAH EVARTS (b. 1757) was the sister of ELEAZER EVARTS JR. 

7. ELEAZER EVARTS JR. (b. 1748) married Elizabeth Seward (b. 1745)

8. Elizabeth Seward (b. 1745) was the daughter of Capt. David Seward and Elizabeth Bushnell and sibling of Timothy Seward (b. 1756) 

9. Timothy Seward (b. 1756) married Rebecca Lee their son was Amos Seward (b. 1786)

10, Amos Seward married Sarah Hubbard (THE PHANTOM BIBLE FAMILY)!!!!!

According to my Ancestry site, the connection is from the " Nephew of wife of second G. Grand Uncle of husband of G. Grand Aunt (Edith Sperry Bristol)" This is the most direct link; going from Sperry, Bristol, Evarts to Sewards.

The second route to the family goes up from my Grand Aunt Grace Walker Dudley husband's side Shelton Weld Dudley. The Ancestry site Connection is "Nephew of wife of brother-in-law of 4th great granduncle of wife of 1st cousin 1x removed (Shelton Dudley Jr.) son of my Gr. Grand Aunt (Grace Dudley)" This link is a bit lengthier and goes from Griswold, Dudley, Evarts to Sewards.

My connection to the Sewards goes to the family of Eleazer Evarts Sr. Three of his children, Mary, Huldah and Eleazer Jr married into families that would lead to my link with Amos and Sarah Seward. What are the odds that this Phantom Bible with ties to the EVARTS family would find its way to 46 Graves Ave.: the home of Mary Ann EVARTS Beckwith, the first Mistress? It was, as if, I was supposed to find it and tell the story.

AMOS SEWARD was a rather colorful individual. He was elected Postmaster of Guilford, CT. and served from June 15,1829 to February 26, 1833. He was said to have dealt in the trade of the West Indies. (Alcohol) He was born 13 Nov. 1786 in Guilford, CT and died Oct. 16, 1881, and is buried in Alderbrook Cemetery, Guilford, CT. There is a brief story about him in, "A Yankee Post Office" by Frederick Calvin Norton

He married Sarah Hubbard July 10, 1814, in Guilford. She was born Jun. 12, 1792 and died Apr. 12, 1874.

The children documented in the Bible and elsewhere in Public Records were:

1. Sarah Elizabeth Seward 1815-1839 married Ezekiah L. Hosmer.  She died at age 24 and they had no children.

2. Ellen Agnes Seward 1818-1889 married John Brooke Pinney. Had 7 children He was a Presbyterian Minister and Missionary.

3. Rachel Stone Seward 1817-1882 married Ralph Dunning Smyth (Smith) They had 4 Children. He went to Yale and became a famous Lawyer. Their grandson, Bernard Christian Steiner would become a well-known Historian and write, "The History of the Plantation of Menunkatuck and the Origin of the Town of Guilford, Connecticut." It is written largely from the Manuscripts of the Hon. Ralph Dunning Smyth, (his grandfather).

4. Mary Hedges Seward 1821-1895 married Frederick A Drake They had 2 children one died in first year. Frederick was a Shoe Dealer.

5. Nancy Seward 1822-1826

6. Anna Marie Seward 1826-1827

7. Nancy Maria Seward 1827-1912 married Christian Wolfe Slagle and they had 4 children. Christian was a prominent Iowa lawyer, Regent and eventually President of the University of Iowa.

8. Agnes Lee Seward 1829-1907 unmarried and possible reason the Phantom Bible came to 46 Graves Ave.

9. William Todd Seward 1832-1907 married Sarah Elizabeth Wheaton Had 3 children. Fought in Civil War. Was to be shot in Hawaii as a Revolutionist but got pardoned.

10. Fanny Hubbard Seward 1833-1907 married Ripley Baylies had 3 children. He was a Retail dealer of stoves.

This Bible, The Yankee Post Office Book by Frederick Calvin Norton and the History of Guilford by Bernard Christian Steiner, and information I have gathered on the entire family  will be passed down to my daughter for the enlightenment of our future generations. 

It will be interesting to see where they end up in the next 236 years, that being the length of time it took to come to me! (Marilyn Senecal Cavanaugh) 

Sarah Owens was born to John Owens and Sarah Collins Beard, they were both widowed. They married in the Parish of Holyhead, Wales Jan. 19, 1834.

In the 1841 Census, they are living on Stanley Crescent John age 40, Mother Sarah 35 Richard Beard age 13 and little Sarah age 4. John is listed as a Publican, who manages or works in a Pub.

In the 1851 Census, Sarah age 14 is living with her mother Sarah 49(Head of Household), half-brother Richard Beard 23, John age 5, and Mother's brother John Collin's age 27 (a mariner). The mother Sarah's occupation is Keeping the White Lion Tavern. The family lives on Harp St. in the same neighborhood as James Walker at age 16.

James Walker is already listed as Mason in the 1851 Census

and living on Morton Terrace. He and his dad, James might have been stopping in at the White Lion Tavern.

It was not until Dec. 3, 1858, that they would wed at the Parish Church. One of the witnesses was a Joseph Collins, possibly an Uncle of Sarah's. The couple took up residence on Harp St. near Sarah's Mom. That is where we find them in the 1861 Census, just before the birth of son, John Robert.

The next we see them is in the East Lyme, CT. Census of 1870. The family was brought over by John Beattie to work in the Niantic Quarry. Salina (Celina), James's sister came to help with the children.

The Niantic Quarry closed, and the family was moved to the Leete's Island location. James died June 9, 1871 at age 35, after just 13 years of marriage and a relocation to a foreign land.

Sarah must have been devastated and still nursing 10-month-old David! Six children, a foreign land and no husband to provide for them! John Robert became useful as a water boy, William James age 12 would have had a job to do, as well.

Sarah fixed lunches for the Quarrymen and sold them and took them in for meals. I am guessing she did their laundry, too. Her boys would eventually get employed by Mr. Beattie full time and a new house would be built for her. John Robert would become a Foreman at a young age and have a house next door to his mother's. By age 72, she is living in his home. The children would take good care of a Mom that managed to bring them to a new world and raise them under outrageous odds! Sarah never remarried.

I love the story, my great Aunt Grace told of Sarah quieting the baby by putting molasses on his fingers and giving him a feather.

Quite the inventive woman! She was a strong Matriarch. When asked if I could have a chance to spend time with someone who has passed, Sarah Owens Walker would be my choice.

Sarah died Apr. 7, 1917, after a brief illness. On my side of the family, it was said she had stomach cancer.

It is often that the men's stories are told, in the building of this country. In my family history, the Matriarch is what holds everything together! She was a Guilford citizen for 48 years.

 

 

Love and Laughter of Yore

In this season, where Covid 19 has laid siege to our homes,

I am finding the internet my safest place to roam;

Afraid to visit and so lacking of hugs,

Memory Lane's sure producing the greatest of tugs.

My days spent in Guilford offer the safest of Havens,

Wandering memories of Old, offers the Love I am cravin;

When missing the grandkids and sometimes in tears,

My mind takes me back to those earliest years.

Funny, how we compensate for what we are lacking,

Oh, how I wish this Covid would cease its attacking!

I visit those days of yore, when I felt so much love,

And each night, I send a prayer to "Our God" up above!

Return us to days of memory making with family and friends,

And gatherings, not fearing we cause the life of someone to end;

Send us Your Healing this Christmas, that is all that we ask,

So, we can see the smiles of our loved ones, not hidden by masks.

You have shown us how fragile our existence can be,

Please give us, "Your Miracle" of being Covid Free.

Christmas 2021

                                                  Marguerite Sperry Walker Denner

Marguerite Elizabeth Sperry was born Oct. 6, 1903, in New Haven, CT. She was the second child of Burton E. and May. The name she preferred was "Rite"...pronounced "Reet". Other names attributed to her were: AKA "the Pistol", "Firecracker" and "Leader of the Gang"!

Older sister Pauline was refined and demure like May. Rite was a ball of fire like her Dad! She was moody, quick to act, very social, a flirt and instigator. She also possessed her Dad's ability to manage finances, bookkeeping and stenography. She was quick and eager to learn new things. My motto of, "I'll try anything once, must have come from her genes!

Rite's first job was working for the Department of Motor Vehicles. She had the personality for working with the public and the clerical skills.

Marguerite Elizabeth Sperry, you can see the fire in her eyes! She preferred being called Rite...pronounced "REET". Other names she was called were: "The Pistol", "Little Spitfire". "Leader of the Gang", and "Red".

Her hair was red and curly and downright unruly! It suited her feisty personality perfectly! She grew to be all of 4' 11" with a personality 6 ft tall!

Rite is the little girl giving the scowl to the gal crying. This was a favorite look of disapproval. She used it often as she grew! If you got that look, you knew you were in trouble!

Susie Baldwin Norton and Rite. I believe the Norton house was down the street next to and behind the Blacksmith house on the corner of Graves and Boston Post Rd. In the 1960's, I think Merriam Norton lived there.

Rite's Fourth Grade Class 1911.
I have most of the names of the front row. Lft to rt: Maude Briggs, Robert Landon, Marguerite Sperry, Jane Conway, Alice Hibbard, Ruth Bartlett, ?, Frank Brown, ?, Percy Howarth,, Ernest Howarth, ?, Herbert Dudley.

There are over 40 kids, so I expect two grades were combined.

Rite's Gang, Lft to rt: Edith Ashman +Robert Norton, Charles Ives +Pearl Putney, Ernest Howarth + Rite,, and Merle Jillson +Margaret Rolf another photo from the Mulberry Point Picnic. Photo is not dated. Ray Rolf in previous photo was in Navy hat, which puts it about 1918

Rite only wore cheek rouge, powder and light lipstick. I can remember a mirror that hung in the corner by the sink, On the porcelain drainboard was her hair curling iron. She always used it to tame her hair, most of her life!

Now she is in the 1920's

                          Fannie Ella Augur Sperry Clarke   

                            Caught in the Wheels of Time

Fannie Ella was the daughter of Daniel Philemon Augur and Almira Smith of East Haven, CT. born Aug. 30th 1854. By the time her sister Ida Isadore was born Oct 29th 1857, the family had moved  to the old Stephen Spencer house built 1754, where Stephen was a Blacksmith until around 1850.

Daniel became the Blacksmith and added a south wing to the house around 1870. This is how Edwin R. Sperry would probably meet Fannie. The families were both Congregationalists. 

This is what the house at 43 Park St. looks like today and the addition by the Augurs is now a porch. Taken from the Digital Historic Blgs. of Connecticut site. 

Edwin and Fannie would be married Dec.2, 1874 and reside at 291 Boston St. in Guilford by the 1880 Census. Son Lynde Cartwright would be age 2 and Fannie's age was listed at 25. This is very important because as she aged, she did not tell the truth about her age. It was either that or whoever was giving the info didn't have their facts right. Her younger sister Hettie would die the next year at age 15.

Edwin worked as telegraph operator at the Guilford station and a station agent from Guilford to Fair Haven. He also worked in Pennsylvania for the railroad for 3 years but I don't know the timeframe.

The twins May Elinor and Daisy Elizabeth were born Aug. 14th 1881. As listed in the Town Hall Tomes that you must wear white gloves to handle, May was the first born twin. 

By July 18th of 1884, Fannie would fall in love with another man, Thomas Lloyd Clarke. The date is listed on Edwin's Divorce papers.. If Edwin had been seldom home and working in Pennsylvania at this time, Fannie would have been overwhelmed with Motherhood. But alas, I do not know the timeframe but 3 years from 1881 would make it around July of 1884, when she was said to be unfaithful.

The Divorce Decree cites specific dates which leads me to believe that Fannie told Edwin she was pregnant. Divorces were becoming common in the 1880's but were usually granted for men. Women had little or no means of support other than by a man. Women were stuck in unhappy marriages because they had, no legal rights. It would not be until 1920 that the government would even recognize a Woman's Right to Vote.

I believe, she was lonely and sought companionship that led to a much deeper relationship. She would have to leave Guilford or there would be shame and scandal. I, also believe, Edwin told her to go. The dates he stated in the Divorce papers were an almost 9 month timeframe and he listed adultery which guaranteed him custody. Women had no rights or means of support. Women were another possession and status symbol.

I question the timing of the Divorce filing by Edwin. The papers were not filed until May 7th, 1885, yet Fannie had been pregnant since Oct. of 1884 and had probably left around that time with Thomas. Their daughter Katrina Lucille would be born July 12th, 1885. The divorce from Edwin would not be final until May 6th 1886. It appears to me that it may have been a deliberate act on his part to delay filing so the child would be born out of wedlock. I do not know these things for certain, only dates!

Thomas and Fannie would live in Smyrna, Florida, where he would work as a bookkeeper and then real estate agent until 1915. On July 4th, 1893, their son Lloyd  Joseph Ike would be born. Both children were born in New Smyrna, Florida. Eventually the family would move to Palatka where he is listed as a general farmer.

The couple would be together for 45 years until Fannie's death, Aug. 6th 1929. To my knowledge, Fannie never returned to Connecticut. Her son Lynde would find his half sister Katrina (Kitty) years later and he and May Elinor would visit. 

Edwin was considered a good man but his 3 children would go to separate homes to be raised.. Was he hurting them to hurt her or could he just not handle young children on his own? His mindset was never to remarry.

I have carefully analyzed the facts and dates, something I put off for years, believing Fannie had just abandoned her children in Guilford. I have put the pieces together, as I see them. We can never know, how things happened but this seems a more plausible scenario, then Fannie just up and running away with a man, as family lure came to have it. 

She fell in love, at a vulnerable time and then became caught in the legality and morality of the times. It looks like she gave her love to her new family but there must have been an enormous sense of guilt and sadness for the ones she left behind.

Fannie and Thomas are buried at Oak Hill East Cemetery, Palatka, Florida