Ida May Amadon (1856-1937) was born in Waupaca, Wisconsin in 1856 during a brief sojourn there from her parents native Vermont. Her father was John Quincy Amadon (1825-1900) and her mother was Betsy Caroline Davis (1823-1874). She married Henry F. Hoffman on January 20, 1872 when she was only fifteen. A veteran of the Civil War Hoffman suffered from severe epilepsy in his final years and died in 1881 leaving Ida with three young children viz; John H. (1873-1951), Rufus (1876-1950), and Alice M. (1879-1945). On July 10, 1882 Ida remarried to Arthur Ellsworth Roberts (1864-1939) whose parents, Solon S. Roberts (1827-1912) and Hannah E. Webber (1828-1911) are also buried in Newark Cemetery. Ida and Arthur were the parents of a further three children viz. Eluvia R. (1884-1957) [who married Homer A. Stott and moved to London, Ontario in 1904), Bessie E. (1886-1887), and A. Dennison (1888-1970). Arthur left the family in about 1896 and they moved to Island Pond. Ida may have effected something of a reconciliation with him in about 1910 but they parted again and she lived mostly on her own. She died near Burlington in the home of her son, Rufus, in 1937.
Ida May Amadon (1856-1937) was born in Waupaca, Wisconsin in 1856 during a brief sojourn there from her parents native Vermont. Her father was John Quincy Amadon (1825-1900) and her mother was Betsy Caroline Davis (1823-1874). She married Henry F. Hoffman on January 20, 1872 when she was only fifteen. A veteran of the Civil War Hoffman suffered from severe epilepsy in his final years and died in 1881 leaving Ida with three young children viz; John H. (1873-1951), Rufus (1876-1950), and Alice M. (1879-1945). On July 10, 1882 Ida remarried to Arthur Ellsworth Roberts (1864-1939) whose parents, Solon S. Roberts (1827-1912) and Hannah E. Webber (1828-1911) are also buried in Newark Cemetery. Ida and Arthur were the parents of a further three children viz. Eluvia R. (1884-1957) [who married Homer A. Stott and moved to London, Ontario in 1904), Bessie E. (1886-1887), and A. Dennison (1888-1970). Arthur left the family in about 1896 and they moved to Island Pond. Ida may have effected something of a reconciliation with him in about 1910 but they parted again and she lived mostly on her own. She died near Burlington in the home of her son, Rufus, in 1937.
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