1865 census places Abileney in Martinsburg with her first husband Benjamin James Hughes, who was then aged 37, and their children William and Mary. She and her two children were still resident here for the 1870 census along with a hired-hand Philo Radley who she subsequently married. No source record can be found to confirm whether her first husband, Benjamin James Hughes died in the intervening five years.
1870 census also confirms Abileney and eldest child William were both born in Canada, and that daughter Mary was born after the family migration to New York.
1865 census places Abileney in Martinsburg with her first husband Benjamin James Hughes, who was then aged 37, and their children William and Mary. She and her two children were still resident here for the 1870 census along with a hired-hand Philo Radley who she subsequently married. No source record can be found to confirm whether her first husband, Benjamin James Hughes died in the intervening five years.
1870 census also confirms Abileney and eldest child William were both born in Canada, and that daughter Mary was born after the family migration to New York.
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