DEFOREST WILLIAM WILBER (71) was the second of five children(Adeline, DeForest, Charlotte "Lottie", Arminda and Celeste) born to William George Wilber (1809-1883)and Ann Maria Collins (1825-1858). His mother was a Quaker by birthright, but was dismissed from the Quaker Society on Dec. 20, 1843 for marrying out of the Society. His father was a farmer, but also was a Quaker.
DeForest William Wilber grew up in Smyrna, Chenango County, New York.
He was married #1st to widower, FRANCES JANE "FANNIE" (DEPUE) BRIGGS daughter of Melville and Lavinia Williams DePue and was living next door to his father in Smyrna, NY.
Frances "Fannie" was first married to Charles Briggs (1840-1862) Her first husband had enlisted in the Civil War as a Private on 8 October 1861 and was accidentally killed Company A, 3rd Cavalry Regiment Wisconsin on 26 Mar 1862.
Frances DePue Briggs Wilber died Dec. 10, 1874 at the young age of 28. Yet they still managed to have two children , Melville and Annie, before her death.
DeForest was the step father to Fannie's dau. Martha Briggs. Martha's biological father was killed in the Civil War 4 months before Martha was born ( July 1862).
Frances "Fannie" Jane (Depue/Depew) Briggsand Charles Briggs child:
1. Martha Briggs Martha b. July 1862 (her father, Charles, died before her birth due to an accident while serving in the Civil War (3rd Wisconsin Regt. Co. A).
DeForest and Fannie's two children:
1. Melville William Wilber b. 1862 d. Aug. 16, 1911 North Brookfield, Madison, NY Buried in North Brookfield Cemetery, North Brookfield, Madison County, New York, USA
2. Annie Lavinia Wilber 1879-1931. Buried in North Brookfield Cemetery, North Brookfield, Madison County, New York, USA
Widower,DeForest Wilber, married #2 widower Fanny A. Reisley b. Aug. 9, 1836 m. Aug. 28, 1878 Deforest Wilber at Otselic, New York
to this marriage Fanny Reisley brought 3 children from her previous marriage to Sullivan Ezra Sabin, who died in 1874 at 43 yrs old in Lebanon, NY :
1. Nellie Sabin Oct. 1858-2862
2. Jennie Adelaid Sabin Tuttle b. 1867-1938
3. Chaucey Reisley Sabin 1865-1916
4. Walter Sullivan Sabin 1871-1943
Sources:
From the James E. Hazard Index to The Records of New York Yearly Meeting
of the Religious Society of Friends, online at
http://www.swarthmore.edu/Library/friends/hazard/fhlresults.php
1850 census Smyrna, Chenango, NY taken 23 July, dw 358, fam 374
1860 Census of Smyrna, roll 733, p. 118
DeForest William Wilber grew up in Smyrna, Chenango County, New York.
He was married #1st to widower, FRANCES JANE "FANNIE" (DEPUE) BRIGGS daughter of Melville and Lavinia Williams DePue and was living next door to his father in Smyrna, NY.
Frances "Fannie" was first married to Charles Briggs (1840-1862) Her first husband had enlisted in the Civil War as a Private on 8 October 1861 and was accidentally killed Company A, 3rd Cavalry Regiment Wisconsin on 26 Mar 1862.
Frances DePue Briggs Wilber died Dec. 10, 1874 at the young age of 28. Yet they still managed to have two children , Melville and Annie, before her death.
DeForest was the step father to Fannie's dau. Martha Briggs. Martha's biological father was killed in the Civil War 4 months before Martha was born ( July 1862).
Frances "Fannie" Jane (Depue/Depew) Briggsand Charles Briggs child:
1. Martha Briggs Martha b. July 1862 (her father, Charles, died before her birth due to an accident while serving in the Civil War (3rd Wisconsin Regt. Co. A).
DeForest and Fannie's two children:
1. Melville William Wilber b. 1862 d. Aug. 16, 1911 North Brookfield, Madison, NY Buried in North Brookfield Cemetery, North Brookfield, Madison County, New York, USA
2. Annie Lavinia Wilber 1879-1931. Buried in North Brookfield Cemetery, North Brookfield, Madison County, New York, USA
Widower,DeForest Wilber, married #2 widower Fanny A. Reisley b. Aug. 9, 1836 m. Aug. 28, 1878 Deforest Wilber at Otselic, New York
to this marriage Fanny Reisley brought 3 children from her previous marriage to Sullivan Ezra Sabin, who died in 1874 at 43 yrs old in Lebanon, NY :
1. Nellie Sabin Oct. 1858-2862
2. Jennie Adelaid Sabin Tuttle b. 1867-1938
3. Chaucey Reisley Sabin 1865-1916
4. Walter Sullivan Sabin 1871-1943
Sources:
From the James E. Hazard Index to The Records of New York Yearly Meeting
of the Religious Society of Friends, online at
http://www.swarthmore.edu/Library/friends/hazard/fhlresults.php
1850 census Smyrna, Chenango, NY taken 23 July, dw 358, fam 374
1860 Census of Smyrna, roll 733, p. 118
DEFOREST WILLIAM WILBER (71) was the second of five children(Adeline, DeForest, Charlotte "Lottie", Arminda and Celeste) born to William George Wilber (1809-1883)and Ann Maria Collins (1825-1858). His mother was a Quaker by birthright, but was dismissed from the Quaker Society on Dec. 20, 1843 for marrying out of the Society. His father was a farmer, but also was a Quaker.
DeForest William Wilber grew up in Smyrna, Chenango County, New York.
He was married #1st to widower, FRANCES JANE "FANNIE" (DEPUE) BRIGGS daughter of Melville and Lavinia Williams DePue and was living next door to his father in Smyrna, NY.
Frances "Fannie" was first married to Charles Briggs (1840-1862) Her first husband had enlisted in the Civil War as a Private on 8 October 1861 and was accidentally killed Company A, 3rd Cavalry Regiment Wisconsin on 26 Mar 1862.
Frances DePue Briggs Wilber died Dec. 10, 1874 at the young age of 28. Yet they still managed to have two children , Melville and Annie, before her death.
DeForest was the step father to Fannie's dau. Martha Briggs. Martha's biological father was killed in the Civil War 4 months before Martha was born ( July 1862).
Frances "Fannie" Jane (Depue/Depew) Briggsand Charles Briggs child:
1. Martha Briggs Martha b. July 1862 (her father, Charles, died before her birth due to an accident while serving in the Civil War (3rd Wisconsin Regt. Co. A).
DeForest and Fannie's two children:
1. Melville William Wilber b. 1862 d. Aug. 16, 1911 North Brookfield, Madison, NY Buried in North Brookfield Cemetery, North Brookfield, Madison County, New York, USA
2. Annie Lavinia Wilber 1879-1931. Buried in North Brookfield Cemetery, North Brookfield, Madison County, New York, USA
Widower,DeForest Wilber, married #2 widower Fanny A. Reisley b. Aug. 9, 1836 m. Aug. 28, 1878 Deforest Wilber at Otselic, New York
to this marriage Fanny Reisley brought 3 children from her previous marriage to Sullivan Ezra Sabin, who died in 1874 at 43 yrs old in Lebanon, NY :
1. Nellie Sabin Oct. 1858-2862
2. Jennie Adelaid Sabin Tuttle b. 1867-1938
3. Chaucey Reisley Sabin 1865-1916
4. Walter Sullivan Sabin 1871-1943
Sources:
From the James E. Hazard Index to The Records of New York Yearly Meeting
of the Religious Society of Friends, online at
http://www.swarthmore.edu/Library/friends/hazard/fhlresults.php
1850 census Smyrna, Chenango, NY taken 23 July, dw 358, fam 374
1860 Census of Smyrna, roll 733, p. 118
DeForest William Wilber grew up in Smyrna, Chenango County, New York.
He was married #1st to widower, FRANCES JANE "FANNIE" (DEPUE) BRIGGS daughter of Melville and Lavinia Williams DePue and was living next door to his father in Smyrna, NY.
Frances "Fannie" was first married to Charles Briggs (1840-1862) Her first husband had enlisted in the Civil War as a Private on 8 October 1861 and was accidentally killed Company A, 3rd Cavalry Regiment Wisconsin on 26 Mar 1862.
Frances DePue Briggs Wilber died Dec. 10, 1874 at the young age of 28. Yet they still managed to have two children , Melville and Annie, before her death.
DeForest was the step father to Fannie's dau. Martha Briggs. Martha's biological father was killed in the Civil War 4 months before Martha was born ( July 1862).
Frances "Fannie" Jane (Depue/Depew) Briggsand Charles Briggs child:
1. Martha Briggs Martha b. July 1862 (her father, Charles, died before her birth due to an accident while serving in the Civil War (3rd Wisconsin Regt. Co. A).
DeForest and Fannie's two children:
1. Melville William Wilber b. 1862 d. Aug. 16, 1911 North Brookfield, Madison, NY Buried in North Brookfield Cemetery, North Brookfield, Madison County, New York, USA
2. Annie Lavinia Wilber 1879-1931. Buried in North Brookfield Cemetery, North Brookfield, Madison County, New York, USA
Widower,DeForest Wilber, married #2 widower Fanny A. Reisley b. Aug. 9, 1836 m. Aug. 28, 1878 Deforest Wilber at Otselic, New York
to this marriage Fanny Reisley brought 3 children from her previous marriage to Sullivan Ezra Sabin, who died in 1874 at 43 yrs old in Lebanon, NY :
1. Nellie Sabin Oct. 1858-2862
2. Jennie Adelaid Sabin Tuttle b. 1867-1938
3. Chaucey Reisley Sabin 1865-1916
4. Walter Sullivan Sabin 1871-1943
Sources:
From the James E. Hazard Index to The Records of New York Yearly Meeting
of the Religious Society of Friends, online at
http://www.swarthmore.edu/Library/friends/hazard/fhlresults.php
1850 census Smyrna, Chenango, NY taken 23 July, dw 358, fam 374
1860 Census of Smyrna, roll 733, p. 118
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