MARTHA BIDWELL
UPDATE - Martha Bidwell has been claimed and is going home!
IDENTIFICATION ON PHOTO: "Martha Bidwell, 400 Penn Ave."
PHOTO TAKEN: Tomlinson Studio, Elmira NY, circa 1880
PURCHASED: 2017 Aug Madison-Bouckville (NY) Antiques Week
BIDWELL, Gilbert, 46, Butcher, born in CT
BIDWELL, Cornelia, 46, keeping house, born in CT
BIDWELL, Martha, 20, school teacher, born in CT
BIDWELL, Isabell, 18, attending school, born in NY
BIDWELL, Fannie, 6, attending school, born in NY
1880 Federal Census > NY > Chemung > Elmira > 400 Penn Ave.
BIDWELL, Gilbert, 56, no occupation
BIDWELL, Senith C., wife, 56, keeping house
BIDWELL, Martha L., 30, school teacher
BIDWELL, Fannie L., 17, at school
She was married to Reverend Samuel P. Sanford in 1883.
Samuel Sanford died in 1925. Martha outlived him by five more years. Both are buried at the Woodlawn Cemetery in Elmira NY.
The FindaGrave website has this brief bio on him:
The following article in the Star-Gazette, Elmira NY, 14 Jun 1930, remarks on the disposition of Martha's will and sizable fortune, following her death a week previous. Her address of 400 Pennsylvania Ave in Elmira confirms that she is the same woman as in the photo. (Click any image for larger version)
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