Abbie was the third child of Stephen Rackley Deane and Elvira Pratt. Her brother Homer died when he was a baby. Abbie's early years were spent in Massachusetts where her father had employment. Abbie's mother Elvira died of tuberculosis when Abbie was less than three years old. Her grandmother, Abbie Pratt, had come to live with them, and filled the role of mother.
The family returned to Maine not long afterwards. Abbie's father bought a farm on River Road, but mostly lived elsewhere, employed at North Turner and West Leeds as a storekeeper, postmaster, and for time paymaster of a Lewiston Mill. The family eventually permanently settled on the Deane farm.
In 1859 Abbie's father remarried, and she had four half brothers, the youngest of whom died at age seven.
Abbie's older sister Rosa married and moved to Cedar Rapids. On a return visit in 1876 Rosa died of tuberculosis.
Abbie lived the remainder of her life at the Deane farm; the large tan farmhouse about a mile south of this cemetery. Her brothers Homer and Bert took over the running of the farm. After the deaths of her parents, the household included Bert who was unmarried, Homer and his wife Alice, and her nephew Stephen Russell Deane.
The family returned to Maine not long afterwards. Abbie's father bought a farm on River Road, but mostly lived elsewhere, employed at North Turner and West Leeds as a storekeeper, postmaster, and for time paymaster of a Lewiston Mill. The family eventually permanently settled on the Deane farm.
In 1859 Abbie's father remarried, and she had four half brothers, the youngest of whom died at age seven.
Abbie's older sister Rosa married and moved to Cedar Rapids. On a return visit in 1876 Rosa died of tuberculosis.
Abbie lived the remainder of her life at the Deane farm; the large tan farmhouse about a mile south of this cemetery. Her brothers Homer and Bert took over the running of the farm. After the deaths of her parents, the household included Bert who was unmarried, Homer and his wife Alice, and her nephew Stephen Russell Deane.
Abbie was the third child of Stephen Rackley Deane and Elvira Pratt. Her brother Homer died when he was a baby. Abbie's early years were spent in Massachusetts where her father had employment. Abbie's mother Elvira died of tuberculosis when Abbie was less than three years old. Her grandmother, Abbie Pratt, had come to live with them, and filled the role of mother.
The family returned to Maine not long afterwards. Abbie's father bought a farm on River Road, but mostly lived elsewhere, employed at North Turner and West Leeds as a storekeeper, postmaster, and for time paymaster of a Lewiston Mill. The family eventually permanently settled on the Deane farm.
In 1859 Abbie's father remarried, and she had four half brothers, the youngest of whom died at age seven.
Abbie's older sister Rosa married and moved to Cedar Rapids. On a return visit in 1876 Rosa died of tuberculosis.
Abbie lived the remainder of her life at the Deane farm; the large tan farmhouse about a mile south of this cemetery. Her brothers Homer and Bert took over the running of the farm. After the deaths of her parents, the household included Bert who was unmarried, Homer and his wife Alice, and her nephew Stephen Russell Deane.
The family returned to Maine not long afterwards. Abbie's father bought a farm on River Road, but mostly lived elsewhere, employed at North Turner and West Leeds as a storekeeper, postmaster, and for time paymaster of a Lewiston Mill. The family eventually permanently settled on the Deane farm.
In 1859 Abbie's father remarried, and she had four half brothers, the youngest of whom died at age seven.
Abbie's older sister Rosa married and moved to Cedar Rapids. On a return visit in 1876 Rosa died of tuberculosis.
Abbie lived the remainder of her life at the Deane farm; the large tan farmhouse about a mile south of this cemetery. Her brothers Homer and Bert took over the running of the farm. After the deaths of her parents, the household included Bert who was unmarried, Homer and his wife Alice, and her nephew Stephen Russell Deane.
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