Daniel m/Electa as w#2 after the death in/about childbirth of w#1, Almira Hinkley. Per Lake Co. Marriages: "DANIEL E. ABELL" m. Electa Patch; March 13, 1849; vol. B-R, page 263. (obtained license on March 7, 1849)
The family sojourned to Michigan from Ohio and then on to Painted Post, NE by "prairie schooner", living in a dugout soddy for some years with their fiver children before building a proper home.
In the end, Electa was deaf and smoked a pipe! Apparently, she wasted no time in returning from Painted Post, NE to civilization, departing NE within the week after Daniel's death.
DEATH NOTICE...
"Abel in Arcadia.
Arcadia Champion
June 5, 1903
page 1, column 2
Mr. Abel (son) departed for his home in Watervliett Michigan, taking Mrs. Abel (mom/Electa) with him. Mrs. Abel expects to live there with her sons for the remainder of her life."
The family sojourned to Michigan from Ohio and then on to Painted Post, NE by "prairie schooner", living in a dugout soddy for some years with their fiver children before building a proper home.
In the end, Electa was deaf and smoked a pipe! Apparently, she wasted no time in returning from Painted Post, NE to civilization, departing NE within the week after Daniel's death.
DEATH NOTICE...
"Abel in Arcadia.
Arcadia Champion
June 5, 1903
page 1, column 2
Mr. Abel (son) departed for his home in Watervliett Michigan, taking Mrs. Abel (mom/Electa) with him. Mrs. Abel expects to live there with her sons for the remainder of her life."
Daniel m/Electa as w#2 after the death in/about childbirth of w#1, Almira Hinkley. Per Lake Co. Marriages: "DANIEL E. ABELL" m. Electa Patch; March 13, 1849; vol. B-R, page 263. (obtained license on March 7, 1849)
The family sojourned to Michigan from Ohio and then on to Painted Post, NE by "prairie schooner", living in a dugout soddy for some years with their fiver children before building a proper home.
In the end, Electa was deaf and smoked a pipe! Apparently, she wasted no time in returning from Painted Post, NE to civilization, departing NE within the week after Daniel's death.
DEATH NOTICE...
"Abel in Arcadia.
Arcadia Champion
June 5, 1903
page 1, column 2
Mr. Abel (son) departed for his home in Watervliett Michigan, taking Mrs. Abel (mom/Electa) with him. Mrs. Abel expects to live there with her sons for the remainder of her life."
The family sojourned to Michigan from Ohio and then on to Painted Post, NE by "prairie schooner", living in a dugout soddy for some years with their fiver children before building a proper home.
In the end, Electa was deaf and smoked a pipe! Apparently, she wasted no time in returning from Painted Post, NE to civilization, departing NE within the week after Daniel's death.
DEATH NOTICE...
"Abel in Arcadia.
Arcadia Champion
June 5, 1903
page 1, column 2
Mr. Abel (son) departed for his home in Watervliett Michigan, taking Mrs. Abel (mom/Electa) with him. Mrs. Abel expects to live there with her sons for the remainder of her life."
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