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Susan Matilda “Tillie” Dare

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Susan Matilda “Tillie” Dare

Birth
Jefferson, Frederick County, Maryland, USA
Death
14 Sep 1912 (aged 76)
Frederick County, Maryland, USA
Burial
Jefferson, Frederick County, Maryland, USA Add to Map
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Susan Matilda "Tillie" Dare, daughter of Susan R. (née Hersperger) and John Dare, was born in 1836 in Jefferson, Frederick County, Maryland. Susan Dare and her sister Elizabeth Mary "Lizzie" Dare owned and operated a general merchandise or "dry goods" store in Jefferson.

Notes

"For more than thirty years, Miss Elizabeth and Miss Susan Dare have been doing a successful business as general merchants in Jefferson, Md. They own their store building as well as the home estate. These ladies are active workers in the Reformed Church. They are well known and universally esteemed in the community." (Bio. of John Dare in: Thomas J. C. Williams and Folger McKenzie, History of Frederick County, Maryland, vol. 2 ([Frederick, Maryland]: L. R. Titsworth, 1910), p. 1595.)

1850 U.S. Census, Jefferson, Frederick Co., Maryland; dwelling 35, family 37, lines 5-9, p. 400 (printed), 18 Jul 1850.
5. John Dare, 53, farmer ($7,200), New Jersey.
6. Susan -----, 43, Md.
7. Elizabeth -----, 14, Md.
8. Susan M. -----, 13, Md.
9. Jesse T. Boyer, 28, Md.

1880 U.S. Census, E.D. 87, Jefferson, Frederick Co., Maryland; dwelling 13, family 14, lines 20-25, p. 4 (written), -- Jun 1880.
20. Dare, Susan, white, 73, [head], widowed, keeping house; born in Maryland, parents in Md.
21. ----- Elizabeth, white, 40, daughter, single, milliner; born in Maryland, parents in Md.
22. ----- Susan M., white, 38, daughter, single, milliner; born in Maryland, parents in Md.
23. Spriggs, Isaiah, black, 35, domestic, married, works on farm; born in Maryland, parents in Md.
24. ----- Theresa, black, 27, domestic, married, house keeper; born in Maryland, parents in Md.
25. ----- Lulela, black, 7, domestic; born in Maryland, parents in Md.
Isaiah Spriggs was a veteran of the famed 54th Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, the first regiment in the United States comprised entirely of African-American enlisted men.

1900 U.S. Census, E.D. 26, Jefferson District 14, , Frederick Co., Maryland; dwelling 16, family 17, lines 73-74, p. 118B (printed), p. 1B (written), 1 Jun 1900.
73. Dare, Elizabeth M., head, May 1834, 64, single, Maryland, merchant dry goods.
74. ----- Susan M., sister, Mar 1836, 62, single, Maryland.

Reviewed 9 August 2023.
Susan Matilda "Tillie" Dare, daughter of Susan R. (née Hersperger) and John Dare, was born in 1836 in Jefferson, Frederick County, Maryland. Susan Dare and her sister Elizabeth Mary "Lizzie" Dare owned and operated a general merchandise or "dry goods" store in Jefferson.

Notes

"For more than thirty years, Miss Elizabeth and Miss Susan Dare have been doing a successful business as general merchants in Jefferson, Md. They own their store building as well as the home estate. These ladies are active workers in the Reformed Church. They are well known and universally esteemed in the community." (Bio. of John Dare in: Thomas J. C. Williams and Folger McKenzie, History of Frederick County, Maryland, vol. 2 ([Frederick, Maryland]: L. R. Titsworth, 1910), p. 1595.)

1850 U.S. Census, Jefferson, Frederick Co., Maryland; dwelling 35, family 37, lines 5-9, p. 400 (printed), 18 Jul 1850.
5. John Dare, 53, farmer ($7,200), New Jersey.
6. Susan -----, 43, Md.
7. Elizabeth -----, 14, Md.
8. Susan M. -----, 13, Md.
9. Jesse T. Boyer, 28, Md.

1880 U.S. Census, E.D. 87, Jefferson, Frederick Co., Maryland; dwelling 13, family 14, lines 20-25, p. 4 (written), -- Jun 1880.
20. Dare, Susan, white, 73, [head], widowed, keeping house; born in Maryland, parents in Md.
21. ----- Elizabeth, white, 40, daughter, single, milliner; born in Maryland, parents in Md.
22. ----- Susan M., white, 38, daughter, single, milliner; born in Maryland, parents in Md.
23. Spriggs, Isaiah, black, 35, domestic, married, works on farm; born in Maryland, parents in Md.
24. ----- Theresa, black, 27, domestic, married, house keeper; born in Maryland, parents in Md.
25. ----- Lulela, black, 7, domestic; born in Maryland, parents in Md.
Isaiah Spriggs was a veteran of the famed 54th Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, the first regiment in the United States comprised entirely of African-American enlisted men.

1900 U.S. Census, E.D. 26, Jefferson District 14, , Frederick Co., Maryland; dwelling 16, family 17, lines 73-74, p. 118B (printed), p. 1B (written), 1 Jun 1900.
73. Dare, Elizabeth M., head, May 1834, 64, single, Maryland, merchant dry goods.
74. ----- Susan M., sister, Mar 1836, 62, single, Maryland.

Reviewed 9 August 2023.

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S. M. DARE
1836 – 1912



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