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Margaret Ellen <I>Sumner</I> Adams

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Margaret Ellen Sumner Adams

Birth
Wenham, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
9 Jul 1899 (aged 53)
Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA Add to Map
Plot
L0480, Grave 7, Poplar & S
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Daughter of Harrison Gray Sumner and Mary Elizabeth Thomas.

On 24 Mar 1867, Margaret, 21, married Charles Putnam Adams, 28, son of Joseph Adams Jr. and Rebecca G. Putnam. at Salem, MA, in a first marriage for both. He was a Civil War veteran of the 1st Company Massachusetts Sharpshooters and Company A of the 5th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment.

They were enumerated in the 1870 US Federal Census on 29 Jun 1870 at Salem, MA, living with her parents.

Charles applied for a veteran's pension on 2 Jul 1891, and received certificate number 926735.
He died on 26 Jun 1893 at Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts. He was 54 years, 9 months and 9 days old. He is said to buried in Salem, but his grave has not yet been located. (May 2020)

On 19 Oct 1893 Margaret received a widow's pension based on Charles's service.

She outlived Charles and died on 9 Jul 1899 at Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, at age 53.
Daughter of Harrison Gray Sumner and Mary Elizabeth Thomas.

On 24 Mar 1867, Margaret, 21, married Charles Putnam Adams, 28, son of Joseph Adams Jr. and Rebecca G. Putnam. at Salem, MA, in a first marriage for both. He was a Civil War veteran of the 1st Company Massachusetts Sharpshooters and Company A of the 5th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment.

They were enumerated in the 1870 US Federal Census on 29 Jun 1870 at Salem, MA, living with her parents.

Charles applied for a veteran's pension on 2 Jul 1891, and received certificate number 926735.
He died on 26 Jun 1893 at Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts. He was 54 years, 9 months and 9 days old. He is said to buried in Salem, but his grave has not yet been located. (May 2020)

On 19 Oct 1893 Margaret received a widow's pension based on Charles's service.

She outlived Charles and died on 9 Jul 1899 at Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, at age 53.


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