Abraham was the youngest of 8 children. He was educated in the public schools, and was all his life a farmer, owning a large estate just outside the present city limits of Cohoes. By his marriage to Jane Fonda, the sole heir of Douw A. Fonda, two large estates were united. The Lansings and Fondas of the Albany area had long been closely allied. This branch of the Lansing family had settled in or near Cohoes about 1760. They descend from Gerrit Lansing, the founder, and date in the Mohawk Valley since about 1650.
Obiturary - An Old Man Dies Where He Was Born - From the Daily Times, June 7 - Our Cohoes correspondent writes: Abram Lansing, who was more than eighty years old, died suddenly at 7 o'clock last night. Mr. Lansing was born in the house in which he died. The building is an antiquated structure, and has sheltered that branch of the Lansing family for many generations. Once a country farm house, the encroachments of the corporation have divided the acres into city lots, and the mansion is now hemmed in by Simmons avenue on the east and Columbia street on the south. Years ago Mr. Lansing sold milk in the then village, and was known to every inhabitant. Gradually his daily routes grew shorter, until finally he disposed of his dairy and became a recluse. A shrewd financier, Mr. Lansing accumulated a competency. One daughter has been an invalid for fifteen years. There are three surviving heirs, and no division of the property is probable.
Obiturary - An Old Man Dies Where He Was Born - From the Daily Times, June 7 - Our Cohoes correspondent writes: Abram Lansing, who was more than eighty years old, died suddenly at 7 o'clock last night. Mr. Lansing was born in the house in which he died. The building is an antiquated structure, and has sheltered that branch of the Lansing family for many generations. Once a country farm house, the encroachments of the corporation have divided the acres into city lots, and the mansion is now hemmed in by Simmons avenue on the east and Columbia street on the south. Years ago Mr. Lansing sold milk in the then village, and was known to every inhabitant. Gradually his daily routes grew shorter, until finally he disposed of his dairy and became a recluse. A shrewd financier, Mr. Lansing accumulated a competency. One daughter has been an invalid for fifteen years. There are three surviving heirs, and no division of the property is probable.
Abraham was the youngest of 8 children. He was educated in the public schools, and was all his life a farmer, owning a large estate just outside the present city limits of Cohoes. By his marriage to Jane Fonda, the sole heir of Douw A. Fonda, two large estates were united. The Lansings and Fondas of the Albany area had long been closely allied. This branch of the Lansing family had settled in or near Cohoes about 1760. They descend from Gerrit Lansing, the founder, and date in the Mohawk Valley since about 1650.
Obiturary - An Old Man Dies Where He Was Born - From the Daily Times, June 7 - Our Cohoes correspondent writes: Abram Lansing, who was more than eighty years old, died suddenly at 7 o'clock last night. Mr. Lansing was born in the house in which he died. The building is an antiquated structure, and has sheltered that branch of the Lansing family for many generations. Once a country farm house, the encroachments of the corporation have divided the acres into city lots, and the mansion is now hemmed in by Simmons avenue on the east and Columbia street on the south. Years ago Mr. Lansing sold milk in the then village, and was known to every inhabitant. Gradually his daily routes grew shorter, until finally he disposed of his dairy and became a recluse. A shrewd financier, Mr. Lansing accumulated a competency. One daughter has been an invalid for fifteen years. There are three surviving heirs, and no division of the property is probable.
Obiturary - An Old Man Dies Where He Was Born - From the Daily Times, June 7 - Our Cohoes correspondent writes: Abram Lansing, who was more than eighty years old, died suddenly at 7 o'clock last night. Mr. Lansing was born in the house in which he died. The building is an antiquated structure, and has sheltered that branch of the Lansing family for many generations. Once a country farm house, the encroachments of the corporation have divided the acres into city lots, and the mansion is now hemmed in by Simmons avenue on the east and Columbia street on the south. Years ago Mr. Lansing sold milk in the then village, and was known to every inhabitant. Gradually his daily routes grew shorter, until finally he disposed of his dairy and became a recluse. A shrewd financier, Mr. Lansing accumulated a competency. One daughter has been an invalid for fifteen years. There are three surviving heirs, and no division of the property is probable.
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