HomeMy WebLinkAboutBragaw, AbramABRAM BRAGAW
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1821 Born in Dutchess County, New York
1850 28 Sep; US Census. Enfield, Tompkins Co., New York. Abram (29) Living with wife Sarah (28,
b.Dec 1822) and son Sam A. (5, b. 1845). Value of Real Estate: $2000.
1856 2 Sep; wife Sarah dies, age 33y 10m; buried in Hayts Cemetery, Town of Ithaca, NY
1857 2 Apr; married Rhoda Culver at the Reformed Dutch Church in Ithaca, NY. Evening event.
1860 10 Sep; US Census. Enfield, Tompkins County, New York. Abraham [Bragam] (37), wife Rhoda
(36), daughters Jane A. (15) and Sarah (4). Jane is attending school; Abram is a Farmer whose
real property is valued at $6000; personal property is valued at $1000.
1865 May; Taxes. Enfield, Tompkins County. Total tax: $11.20 derived from Income ($4.20), Gold
watch ($1.00), Piano ($4.00), and two Carriages at $1/ea ($2.00)
1865 24 Jun; NYS Census. Enfield, Tompkins Co., New York. Abraham [Beragaro] (44), owns a wood
house valued at $1000, born in Dutchess Co., NY, occupation: Farmer, has 2 children, in his
second marriage. Wife Rhoda (40), b 1825 in Tompkins Co., has 2 children, in her first marriage.
Daughters Jane Ann (19) and Sarah (8)—both born in Tompkins County [Enfield].
1866 Map of Enfield shows Abram’s property lies in the west half of Section 47 on the east side of Van
Dorn Rd, about ½ mile north of Van Dorn Corner (at Mecklenburg Road). Two residences are
shown being owned by Abram—one is probably a tenant house.
1867 31 Jan; wife Rhoda (Culver) Bragaw dies, age 43y 10m; buried in Hayts Cemetery, Town of
Ithaca, NY alongside Abram’s first wife Sarah.
1870 7 Jul; US Census. Enfield, Tompkins Co., New York. Abram S. Bragaw (48), born in New York,
Real property is valued at $10,000; personal property is valued at $15,000. Daughter Sarah (18)
who is attending school, and widowed daughter Jane A. (Bragaw) Shearer (24) are living in his
household.
1875 1 Jun; NYS Census. Enfield, Tompkins Co., New York. Abraham (53), widower, occupation:
Farmer, owns a frame house valued at $1500, born in Dutchess County, NY. Daughters Jane A.
(29) and Sarah (18) are living in his household.
1880 9 Jun; US Census. 60 South Geneva St., Ithaca, NY. Abraham [Bragan] (59) widower, occupation:
Farmer. Daughters Jennie Shearer (widow) (34) and Sarah (23) are living in the household.
1892 16 Feb; US Census. Ithaca, NY. Abram S. (70), occupation: Farmer. Son-in-law John Reynolds
(55, b. England) whose occupation is Mesmerist (Hypnotist) and his wife Jennie Ann
(Bragaw)(Shearer) Reynolds (54) and their daughter Florence (3) are living in the household.
John and Jennie were married in 1881.
1894 30 Sep; Abram Bragaw died at age 73 years. Buried in Hayts Cemetery, Ithaca, New York with
his two wives Sarah and Rhoda. His gravestone information is unreadable. Source of Date of
Death: New York State Death Index.
1894 18 Dec; Daughter Jane Ann Reynolds was appointed Administratrix of her father’s Estate by
Superior Court Judge Bradford Almy.
1900 8 Jun; US Census. 320 S. Geneva St., Ithaca, New York. John Reynolds (63, b. July 1836),
Occupation: Lecturer, arrived from England in 1868. Married to Jennie (Bragaw) Reynolds (54,
b. July 1845). They have one child, Florence (11, b. May 1889) who is attending school.