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Harriet Amelia <I>Holcomb</I> DeMars

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Harriet Amelia Holcomb DeMars

Birth
New Hartford, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
Death
3 Sep 1906 (aged 68)
Winsted, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
Burial
Winsted, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA Add to Map
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First husband - Andrew J. Cook of Hartford, CT - Civil War soldier. Andrew disappeared, and Harriet had him declared legally dead. Andrew was not dead and became aware that his wife had remarried, and that he had been declared a deserter. He sought relief from the charges, and after there was a divorce, he married again, having a family in Canada and New York State. Andrew died in Camillus, NY, in 1908. As a resolution to the marital question, Peter DeMars and Harriet were again married in Millerton, NY. Harriet's children by Andrew were Hattie Amelia Cook, Charles Friend Cook, and William Cook. Her children by Peter DeMars were Edmund Holcomb DeMars, Frank Henry DeMars and an infant, Henry who was born and died in 1875 in New Hartford, CT.
First husband - Andrew J. Cook of Hartford, CT - Civil War soldier. Andrew disappeared, and Harriet had him declared legally dead. Andrew was not dead and became aware that his wife had remarried, and that he had been declared a deserter. He sought relief from the charges, and after there was a divorce, he married again, having a family in Canada and New York State. Andrew died in Camillus, NY, in 1908. As a resolution to the marital question, Peter DeMars and Harriet were again married in Millerton, NY. Harriet's children by Andrew were Hattie Amelia Cook, Charles Friend Cook, and William Cook. Her children by Peter DeMars were Edmund Holcomb DeMars, Frank Henry DeMars and an infant, Henry who was born and died in 1875 in New Hartford, CT.


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  • Created by: tinlizzie Relative Grandchild
  • Added: Oct 26, 2010
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/60658518/harriet_amelia-demars: accessed ), memorial page for Harriet Amelia Holcomb DeMars (16 Jun 1838–3 Sep 1906), Find a Grave Memorial ID 60658518, citing Forest View Cemetery, Winsted, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA; Maintained by tinlizzie (contributor 47122209).