A teacher, never married. Her father, Hezekiah Davis Jr. of Montepelier, VT, married Susan A. Ripley in Barre, VT in the 1830s, where Susan's parents had moved before the birth of Susan's youngest brother (Abbie's uncle). Many of Susan's siblings followed the moving frontier to Michigan, instead of going to Ohio, as she and Hezekiah had done, which had developed earlier.
In the 1870 Census, Abbie was one of four adult children still living in Springfield with their parents, father aged 65, mother 60:
SOURCE: FamilySearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DH5W-Y3G
There being no such thing as retirement for the non-wealthy, her father at 65 was still working as a "painter" (probably a house painter, not the kind who painted billboards on the sides of barns and stores for travelers to see). Perhaps he had a veteran's pension he could draw when seriously old?
Her brother Thomas, 30, was listed as a laborer. She, at 25, was the only female working outside the home, as a teacher. Her sisters, 29 and 22, Mary and Amelia, were listed with no occupation, possibly the censustaker's description of what they did. If they instead helped their aging father with his painting jobs, that might be viewed as not women's work, so not acknowledged.
Their parents were both listed as born Vermont, the children, as born Ohio. Abbie Louise Davis was quite elderly, 83, when she died. Her survivor may have been a niece or nephew knowing her birthday. Did the survivor take a guess as to her birthplace? Or know it exactly?. It was given as Newton in Miami County, Ohio, which would have been Newton Township. The family did move around earlier, was in Logan County for the 1850 Census, but once in Springfield, stayed there. It's not if her eldest brother was Thomas, who had gone by or been mis-written as James earlier, or if the family instead had two boys, a few years apart, and one was at a friend's or visiting family for summer vacation, for the 1850 Census. The spelling in the 1850 was not as clear as in the 1870. A transcriber thought that Abbie looked like Abba, for example
In the 1870 Census, Abbie was one of four adult children still living in Springfield with their parents, father aged 65, mother 60:
SOURCE: FamilySearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DH5W-Y3G
There being no such thing as retirement for the non-wealthy, her father at 65 was still working as a "painter" (probably a house painter, not the kind who painted billboards on the sides of barns and stores for travelers to see). Perhaps he had a veteran's pension he could draw when seriously old?
Her brother Thomas, 30, was listed as a laborer. She, at 25, was the only female working outside the home, as a teacher. Her sisters, 29 and 22, Mary and Amelia, were listed with no occupation, possibly the censustaker's description of what they did. If they instead helped their aging father with his painting jobs, that might be viewed as not women's work, so not acknowledged.
Their parents were both listed as born Vermont, the children, as born Ohio. Abbie Louise Davis was quite elderly, 83, when she died. Her survivor may have been a niece or nephew knowing her birthday. Did the survivor take a guess as to her birthplace? Or know it exactly?. It was given as Newton in Miami County, Ohio, which would have been Newton Township. The family did move around earlier, was in Logan County for the 1850 Census, but once in Springfield, stayed there. It's not if her eldest brother was Thomas, who had gone by or been mis-written as James earlier, or if the family instead had two boys, a few years apart, and one was at a friend's or visiting family for summer vacation, for the 1850 Census. The spelling in the 1850 was not as clear as in the 1870. A transcriber thought that Abbie looked like Abba, for example
A teacher, never married. Her father, Hezekiah Davis Jr. of Montepelier, VT, married Susan A. Ripley in Barre, VT in the 1830s, where Susan's parents had moved before the birth of Susan's youngest brother (Abbie's uncle). Many of Susan's siblings followed the moving frontier to Michigan, instead of going to Ohio, as she and Hezekiah had done, which had developed earlier.
In the 1870 Census, Abbie was one of four adult children still living in Springfield with their parents, father aged 65, mother 60:
SOURCE: FamilySearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DH5W-Y3G
There being no such thing as retirement for the non-wealthy, her father at 65 was still working as a "painter" (probably a house painter, not the kind who painted billboards on the sides of barns and stores for travelers to see). Perhaps he had a veteran's pension he could draw when seriously old?
Her brother Thomas, 30, was listed as a laborer. She, at 25, was the only female working outside the home, as a teacher. Her sisters, 29 and 22, Mary and Amelia, were listed with no occupation, possibly the censustaker's description of what they did. If they instead helped their aging father with his painting jobs, that might be viewed as not women's work, so not acknowledged.
Their parents were both listed as born Vermont, the children, as born Ohio. Abbie Louise Davis was quite elderly, 83, when she died. Her survivor may have been a niece or nephew knowing her birthday. Did the survivor take a guess as to her birthplace? Or know it exactly?. It was given as Newton in Miami County, Ohio, which would have been Newton Township. The family did move around earlier, was in Logan County for the 1850 Census, but once in Springfield, stayed there. It's not if her eldest brother was Thomas, who had gone by or been mis-written as James earlier, or if the family instead had two boys, a few years apart, and one was at a friend's or visiting family for summer vacation, for the 1850 Census. The spelling in the 1850 was not as clear as in the 1870. A transcriber thought that Abbie looked like Abba, for example
In the 1870 Census, Abbie was one of four adult children still living in Springfield with their parents, father aged 65, mother 60:
SOURCE: FamilySearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DH5W-Y3G
There being no such thing as retirement for the non-wealthy, her father at 65 was still working as a "painter" (probably a house painter, not the kind who painted billboards on the sides of barns and stores for travelers to see). Perhaps he had a veteran's pension he could draw when seriously old?
Her brother Thomas, 30, was listed as a laborer. She, at 25, was the only female working outside the home, as a teacher. Her sisters, 29 and 22, Mary and Amelia, were listed with no occupation, possibly the censustaker's description of what they did. If they instead helped their aging father with his painting jobs, that might be viewed as not women's work, so not acknowledged.
Their parents were both listed as born Vermont, the children, as born Ohio. Abbie Louise Davis was quite elderly, 83, when she died. Her survivor may have been a niece or nephew knowing her birthday. Did the survivor take a guess as to her birthplace? Or know it exactly?. It was given as Newton in Miami County, Ohio, which would have been Newton Township. The family did move around earlier, was in Logan County for the 1850 Census, but once in Springfield, stayed there. It's not if her eldest brother was Thomas, who had gone by or been mis-written as James earlier, or if the family instead had two boys, a few years apart, and one was at a friend's or visiting family for summer vacation, for the 1850 Census. The spelling in the 1850 was not as clear as in the 1870. A transcriber thought that Abbie looked like Abba, for example
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