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Sanborn, Abner

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Last Name Sanborn
First Name Abner
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Death Date 1/7/1873
Birth Date
Obituary Source Morgan Co. Republican, May 8, 1873
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Cemetery West Union
Family Information
Spouse 1) Mary Scribner; 2) Mary Lindley
Survived By Widow, Mary.
Other Age 86 years, 6 months, and 17 days. Born in Gilmanton, New Hampshire, June 26, 1786; son of Levi and Ann Kimballl Sanborn. Went to sea at age 18. Married first wife when he was 21; they had a daughter, Mary Jane. Wife died in 1810. Moved to North Carolina in 1823; married Mary Lindley in 1824. Moved to Ohio in 1831. Moved to Boone Co., Ind. in 1832, and to Monrovia 13 years later. Father of 9 children from his second marriage: Elizabeth Caroline, Phoebe Ann, Cynthia Persia, Daniel Webster, Ruth Temperance, Aaron Levi, Lucretia Josephine, Henry Clay, and Mary Harrison. Abner was a singing school master, a school teacher, and a medicine peddler.
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