I have a short list of people who become important to vol 3 at least in a minor way. I know almost nothing about them. Can you help?
First on my list is Edwin T. Butman of Lynn, Massachusetts. He was born in 1829 in Maine and died November 11, 1892, at Lynn of "accidental suffocation." His wife was Mary A. maiden name unknown. The 1880 census says he worked in a shoe store. I suspect he owned it since they were keeping a servant named Frances.
Next is Elizabeth M. Richardson of Lynn, Massachusetts. There are several women of that name in the census records, but the Elizabeth M. resident in Lynn was born in 1813 and died December 29, 1898, in Lynn of an ovarian tumor. Her death record and 1870 census names her husband as Stephen A. Richardson, a wealthy shoe manufacturer. The 1870 census says that at some point she ran a "dry goods" store from which she had retired by that year.
Francis A. Spinney of Lynn, Massachusetts, was born October 15, 1829, to Irish immigrant parents. Her father was a shoe maker. According to the 1850 census all her brothers were engaged in the same trade, probably working for their father. She died March 6, 1913, never having married. Her death record says she died of acute nephritis complicated by bronchial pneumonia.
S. C. Jackson of Beverley, Massachusetts. No information at this time.
E. S. Jackson of Beverley, Massachusetts. No information at this time.
James H. Morse of Beverley, Massachusetts, born about 1845 in Massachusetts. The 1910 census lists his occupation as 'real estate'. The 1880 census says he worked in a 'shoe shop,' which may mean a shoe manufactory. He was married to Lizzie R. [Elizabeth R.] last name unknown. They had two children according to the 1880 census. His wife probably did not share his faith.
There are more on this list, but I'll be happy with any information on these individuals. This is a frustrating but important bit of research. Post what you find to the comments section, please.
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Edwin Butman married Mary Ann Kendall on November 3, 1850. He gave his age as 21 and was a cordwainer (worker in leather). In the 1863 draft register he is a shoe maker, in the 1865 census he is a shoe maker with wife and mother-in-law (Betsey Kendall) but no children. (One child Sewell is in the 1860 census but died aged 6 years in 1864). He died when a drainage ditch he was digging collapsed on him. I have sent you the clipping and other documentation including his will and that of his wife. One query - the story of his death now called him a medical electrician and said he had several adult children. Suspect some of that is wrong.
Elizabeth Mansfield Newhall (born: 20 February 1813) married Stephen N Richardson on 29 November 1834. He, as a shoe manufacturer, died of “disease of the brain” in June 1874. His Find a Grave entry is here:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28103480/stephen-n.-richardson
She lived on until December 1898, and her Find a Grave entry is here:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28103517/elizabeth-m.-richardson
I couldn’t find any obituary.
Frances Augusta Spinney is buried in the same cemetery as the Richardsons. She was living at the same address as them in the 1870 census. In the 1886 Lynn, Mass. Directory, her occupation is “circulating library” and also “Spinney and Richardson, dry goods.” Her Find a Grave entry gives details of parents and siblings:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/43104831/frances-augusta-spinney
Cannot find anything that links up S C and E S Jackson - did they work in the shoe business like all the others?
James Henry Morse (1844-1922) married Elizabeth R Edwards (1842-1908) in 1866. In the 1900 census he is a house builder.
Their Find a Grave entries with details of their son are found here:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/128567767/james-henry-morse
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/105234585/elizabeth-r.-morse
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