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Abigail Dyer
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Name Abigail Dyer Birth 10 Mar 1831 Livingston County, New York
Gender Female Death 2 Jan 1913 Springwater, Livingston County, New York
Burial Pleasant Valley East Cemetery, Springwater, Livingston County, New York
Notes - She was a daughter of Russell and Lucinda (Norton) Dyer, and a sister to Samuel Dyer who is buried in Garlinghouse Cemetery. She was the wife of Charles Mitchell and of three additional husbands.
Garlinghouse was her childhood home. Her first husband, Charles Mitchell, with whom she had two children, Lucinda and Mahlon, died about 1873. Per published marriage announcements Abigail Dyer Mitchell married two times - in 1874 to Mr. Danforth Grow who died in 1885, and in 1886 to Mr. Morrison Parks who died in 1891. She next married an as yet unidentified Mr. Carpenter. As Mrs. Carpenter, she lived a number of years in Swains, but then moved to be with her son in East Springwater where she died. Numerous social news items follow her marriages and her frequent visits from a sister, Electa Dyer Warner, of Detroit Michigan. Upon her death, her obituaries appeared under the name of either Mrs. Abigail Mitchell or Mrs. Abigail Carpenter.
Person ID I2524 OurNorthernRoots Last Modified 8 Mar 2026
Father Russell Dyer, b. 30 Apr 1805, Braintree, Orange County, Vermont
d. 16 Dec 1886, Eveline Twp, Charlevoix County, Michigan
(Age 81 years) Mother Lucinda Norton Family ID F20256 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Charles Mitchell, b. 26 Jan 1819, Shamokin, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania
d. 12 Jun 1873 (Age 54 years) Marriage Abt 1840 Children + 1. Lucinda L. Mitchell, b. 1847, Dansville, Livingston County, New York
d. 21 Oct 1895, South Bristol, Ontario County, New York
(Age 48 years)+ 2. Mahlon Russell Mitchell, b. 19 Apr 1850, Naples, Ontario County, New York
d. 24 Apr 1916, Wayland, Steuben County, New York
(Age 66 years)Family ID F3134 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- She was a daughter of Russell and Lucinda (Norton) Dyer, and a sister to Samuel Dyer who is buried in Garlinghouse Cemetery. She was the wife of Charles Mitchell and of three additional husbands.
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Birth - 10 Mar 1831 - Livingston County, New York 

Death - 2 Jan 1913 - Springwater, Livingston County, New York 

Burial - - Pleasant Valley East Cemetery, Springwater, Livingston County, New York 
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