Her burial information has the name Addis. When her daughter Dassa was buried the entry was Adis. Other records have Addison.
She was enumerated in the 1855 state census of Elmira, New York as Abigal Adison, age 53, mulatto, servant in a private household, married, six years in residence.
She was enumerated in the 1860 federal census of Elmira as Abigal Addison, 53, mulatto, widow, $40 personal estate, born Pennsylvania. In the adjoining household was her daughter Catherine who had married George Mellicks (Melocks, etc.).
She appears in the 1863 Elmira City directory - Mrs. Abigail Addison (col'd), laundress, house at 15 Dickinson.
She was enumerated in the 1865 state census of Elmira as Abigail Adison, age 55, mulatto, born Pennsylvania, mother of 7 children, 3 times married, born Pennsylvania. Daughter, Catherine E. Mellox (spelling in 1865) and her infant son were in her household.
She appears in the 1872 Elmira City directory, as Mrs. Abagail Addison, boards Pennsylvania Avenue near Jacob Street.
Elmira City Death Record - Abigail Addis, black, born United States, died August 15, 1874 age 87 years, 4 Dickinson Street, buried Woodlawn Cemetery.
The cemetery office has no record of her burial or any Addis or Addison other than her son Washington Addison and his wife Sarah. If there was a family change in plans after the death certificate was filed to bury her in Second Street Cemetery with her daughter, her grandson who died two years later, is also buried at Woodlawn per the Elmira City death record.
She was enumerated in the 1855 state census of Elmira, New York as Abigal Adison, age 53, mulatto, servant in a private household, married, six years in residence.
She was enumerated in the 1860 federal census of Elmira as Abigal Addison, 53, mulatto, widow, $40 personal estate, born Pennsylvania. In the adjoining household was her daughter Catherine who had married George Mellicks (Melocks, etc.).
She appears in the 1863 Elmira City directory - Mrs. Abigail Addison (col'd), laundress, house at 15 Dickinson.
She was enumerated in the 1865 state census of Elmira as Abigail Adison, age 55, mulatto, born Pennsylvania, mother of 7 children, 3 times married, born Pennsylvania. Daughter, Catherine E. Mellox (spelling in 1865) and her infant son were in her household.
She appears in the 1872 Elmira City directory, as Mrs. Abagail Addison, boards Pennsylvania Avenue near Jacob Street.
Elmira City Death Record - Abigail Addis, black, born United States, died August 15, 1874 age 87 years, 4 Dickinson Street, buried Woodlawn Cemetery.
The cemetery office has no record of her burial or any Addis or Addison other than her son Washington Addison and his wife Sarah. If there was a family change in plans after the death certificate was filed to bury her in Second Street Cemetery with her daughter, her grandson who died two years later, is also buried at Woodlawn per the Elmira City death record.
Her burial information has the name Addis. When her daughter Dassa was buried the entry was Adis. Other records have Addison.
She was enumerated in the 1855 state census of Elmira, New York as Abigal Adison, age 53, mulatto, servant in a private household, married, six years in residence.
She was enumerated in the 1860 federal census of Elmira as Abigal Addison, 53, mulatto, widow, $40 personal estate, born Pennsylvania. In the adjoining household was her daughter Catherine who had married George Mellicks (Melocks, etc.).
She appears in the 1863 Elmira City directory - Mrs. Abigail Addison (col'd), laundress, house at 15 Dickinson.
She was enumerated in the 1865 state census of Elmira as Abigail Adison, age 55, mulatto, born Pennsylvania, mother of 7 children, 3 times married, born Pennsylvania. Daughter, Catherine E. Mellox (spelling in 1865) and her infant son were in her household.
She appears in the 1872 Elmira City directory, as Mrs. Abagail Addison, boards Pennsylvania Avenue near Jacob Street.
Elmira City Death Record - Abigail Addis, black, born United States, died August 15, 1874 age 87 years, 4 Dickinson Street, buried Woodlawn Cemetery.
The cemetery office has no record of her burial or any Addis or Addison other than her son Washington Addison and his wife Sarah. If there was a family change in plans after the death certificate was filed to bury her in Second Street Cemetery with her daughter, her grandson who died two years later, is also buried at Woodlawn per the Elmira City death record.
She was enumerated in the 1855 state census of Elmira, New York as Abigal Adison, age 53, mulatto, servant in a private household, married, six years in residence.
She was enumerated in the 1860 federal census of Elmira as Abigal Addison, 53, mulatto, widow, $40 personal estate, born Pennsylvania. In the adjoining household was her daughter Catherine who had married George Mellicks (Melocks, etc.).
She appears in the 1863 Elmira City directory - Mrs. Abigail Addison (col'd), laundress, house at 15 Dickinson.
She was enumerated in the 1865 state census of Elmira as Abigail Adison, age 55, mulatto, born Pennsylvania, mother of 7 children, 3 times married, born Pennsylvania. Daughter, Catherine E. Mellox (spelling in 1865) and her infant son were in her household.
She appears in the 1872 Elmira City directory, as Mrs. Abagail Addison, boards Pennsylvania Avenue near Jacob Street.
Elmira City Death Record - Abigail Addis, black, born United States, died August 15, 1874 age 87 years, 4 Dickinson Street, buried Woodlawn Cemetery.
The cemetery office has no record of her burial or any Addis or Addison other than her son Washington Addison and his wife Sarah. If there was a family change in plans after the death certificate was filed to bury her in Second Street Cemetery with her daughter, her grandson who died two years later, is also buried at Woodlawn per the Elmira City death record.
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