Abram SCIDMORE

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1860, Living in Waterloo, Jackson Co., Michigan

Family/Spouse: Caroline WILLIAMS. Caroline was born in 1820 in Allegany Co., New York; died in 1867; was buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Waterloo, Jackson Co., Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Abram married Hannah SWARTZ on 11 Oct 1865 in Battle Creek, Calhoun Co., Michigan. Hannah was born in 1841 in Gorham, Ontario Co., New York; died on 17 Feb 1911 in Three Rivers, St. Joseph Co., Michigan; was buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Waterloo, Jackson Co., Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: Son of Abram Scidmore and Caroline Williams
• Census: 1860, Living with father in Waterloo, Jackson Co., Michigan

Notes:

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The arduous labors of the farm occupied the greater part of the years of the boyhood and early manhood of Zopher Scidmore. He was the oldest child of a family of ten and hence had little chance of shirking his duty toward the other members of the family, even if he was disposed. he had few opportunities of acquiring an education, but availed himself of those in a manner that proved him a through student, bright in intellect and wise even beyond his years. When he attained the age of twenty-five, he started out into the world on his own behalf, devoting himself most of the time to the cultivation of the soil, and steadily accumulating property. Later he purchased part of the old homestead and as his means permitted kept adding to it until at the present his farm comprises two hundred and twenty-five acres, well improved, fenced and splendidly cultivated. He lived continuously for thirty-three years upon this farm until, in 1701, he sold and moved to Grass lake, where he has since lived retired from the cares and activity of business life.

In 1869 Zopher Scidmore was united in marriage to Miss Hannah Baldwin, whose father was James Baldwin, an old and highly respected citizen of Jackson county. The union proved a most congenial one. They lived happily together for a period of twenty-one years and until the death of the true and faithful wife, which occurred in September, 1890. October 4, 1893 at Chicago, he again approached the matrimonial alter, this time accompanied by Mrs. Hattie Thurton, a native of Monroe County, New York, and widow of Voltaire Thurston, of Grass Lake. Mrs. Scidmore is a daughter of Thomas Royston, a native of England. She was married young in Monroe county, to George Peckham and soon after came to Hanover, Jackson county, where he was a farmer. He died t Michigan Center after twelve years of wedded life. She then married Mr. Thurston and resided with him on a farm six miles from Grass Lake. He died of consumption on the farm. Mrs. Scidmore has one daughter, Anna, the wife of Frank Scidmore, younger brother of Zopher, and they resided in Ottawa county, Kansas....

Zopher married Hannah BALDWIN in 1869. Hannah died in Sep 1890. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Zopher married Harriet ROYSTON on 4 Oct 1893 in Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois. Harriet was born in 1838 in Renfield, New York; died on 3 Jun 1905 in Grass Lake, Jackson Co., Michigan; was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Woodsboro, Frederick Co., Maryland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1860, Living with father in Waterloo, Jackson Co., Michigan
• Census: 1920, Living in San Diego, San Diego Co., California

Frank married Anna May PECKHAM on 18 Oct 1876 in Leoni, Jackson Co., Michigan. Anna (daughter of George W. PECKHAM and Harriet ROYSTON) was born in 1858 in Michigan; died in 1922; was buried in Greenwood Memorial Park, San Diego, San Diego Co., California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]