Alta Chapin, born March 12, 1781 in Huntindon Twp, Luzerne, PA, the daughter of John Chapin and Hannah Gibben, wife of Thomas Dodson and mother of Amasa, Abigail, Elizabeth, John Chapin, Lydia, Abel, Ammi and Miner Dodson. She died on July 13, 1876 in the same town
the gravestone is unreadable but in the Michael Shoemaker Book (Schumacher), William T. Blair, International Textbook Press, Scranton, PA, 1924 pages 667-669 among children of John Chapin -- Alta born march 1781, died 13 july 1846, wed Thomas Dodson
also on the 1850 census digital image the word widower is written after Thomas Dodson's name
1850 census Huntington twp, Luzerne county, PA :
Thomas Dodson widower 74,
Esther Dodson 36,
Sarah A Dodson widow 29, [Sarah Ann Trescott widow of son Ammi Dodson]
Esther Dodson 4,
Margaret Dodson 2 months
the gravestone is unreadable but in the Michael Shoemaker Book (Schumacher), William T. Blair, International Textbook Press, Scranton, PA, 1924 pages 667-669 among children of John Chapin -- Alta born march 1781, died 13 july 1846, wed Thomas Dodson
also on the 1850 census digital image the word widower is written after Thomas Dodson's name
1850 census Huntington twp, Luzerne county, PA :
Thomas Dodson widower 74,
Esther Dodson 36,
Sarah A Dodson widow 29, [Sarah Ann Trescott widow of son Ammi Dodson]
Esther Dodson 4,
Margaret Dodson 2 months
Alta Chapin, born March 12, 1781 in Huntindon Twp, Luzerne, PA, the daughter of John Chapin and Hannah Gibben, wife of Thomas Dodson and mother of Amasa, Abigail, Elizabeth, John Chapin, Lydia, Abel, Ammi and Miner Dodson. She died on July 13, 1876 in the same town
the gravestone is unreadable but in the Michael Shoemaker Book (Schumacher), William T. Blair, International Textbook Press, Scranton, PA, 1924 pages 667-669 among children of John Chapin -- Alta born march 1781, died 13 july 1846, wed Thomas Dodson
also on the 1850 census digital image the word widower is written after Thomas Dodson's name
1850 census Huntington twp, Luzerne county, PA :
Thomas Dodson widower 74,
Esther Dodson 36,
Sarah A Dodson widow 29, [Sarah Ann Trescott widow of son Ammi Dodson]
Esther Dodson 4,
Margaret Dodson 2 months
the gravestone is unreadable but in the Michael Shoemaker Book (Schumacher), William T. Blair, International Textbook Press, Scranton, PA, 1924 pages 667-669 among children of John Chapin -- Alta born march 1781, died 13 july 1846, wed Thomas Dodson
also on the 1850 census digital image the word widower is written after Thomas Dodson's name
1850 census Huntington twp, Luzerne county, PA :
Thomas Dodson widower 74,
Esther Dodson 36,
Sarah A Dodson widow 29, [Sarah Ann Trescott widow of son Ammi Dodson]
Esther Dodson 4,
Margaret Dodson 2 months
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