Wells Family - Person Sheet
Wells Family - Person Sheet
NameAbsalom J. Wiggins 
Birth14 Jan 1847, Barton, Tioga Co, NY
Census1850, Barton, Tioga Co, NY
Memoroll#604, pg 6
Military22 Aug 1864, Chicago, Cook Co, IL
MemoCo C, 52nd Regmt, NY Infantry
Military1 Jan 1865, Petersburg, VA
MemoCo C, 109th Regmt, NY Infantry
Census1870, Nichols, Tioga Co, NY
Memoroll#1103, pg 176
Census1875, Nichols, Tioga Co, NY
Memo#270
Census15 Jun 1880, Nichols, Tioga Co, NY
Memoroll#937, pg 161
Census1890, Nichols, Tioga Co, NY
Memoroll#54, ED 264, pg 4
Death4 Oct 1925, Nichols, Tioga Co, NY
BurialNichols Cem, Nichols, Tioga Co, NY
OccupationShoemaker, Cabinetmaker, Farmer
FatherSilas W. Wiggins (1816-1901)
MotherClarissa Bowman (1816-1855)
Misc. Notes
His name appears as Absalom in the 1850 census with his parents.
Served as a Private in Co "C" of the 109th New York Infantry from the 18th Aug 1864 to 5th Jun 1865. (52nd NY Vol. according to cem)
Listed as a shoemaker, age 23 born in NY in 1870 with his wife Julia (20, NY) and dau Jessie (6 mos - born Dec, NY).
Listed in 1875 as age 28, a shoemaker born in Tioga with wife and 2 dau.
Listed in 1880 as age 32 with his wife and 4 children. A granddaughter (daughter of Maud Louise) described him as a gruff man with blue eyes and a long white beard.
Wiggins, Absalom J., employed by DeGroat & Harris, with his home on Cady Ave - Nichols Directory of Tioga County, NY 1887-'88; compiled and published by W. B. Gay & Co. Syracuse, NY: The Syracuse Journal Co, Printers and Binders 1887.
Claimed pension benefits for rheumatism and deafness from the Civil War in 1890, while living in Nichols, Tioga Co, NY.
Served as a Private in Co "C" of the 109th New York Infantry from the 18th Aug 1864 to 5th Jun 1865. (52nd NY Vol. according to cem)
Listed as a shoemaker, age 23 born in NY in 1870 with his wife Julia (20, NY) and dau Jessie (6 mos - born Dec, NY).
Listed in 1875 as age 28, a shoemaker born in Tioga with wife and 2 dau.
Listed in 1880 as age 32 with his wife and 4 children. A granddaughter (daughter of Maud Louise) described him as a gruff man with blue eyes and a long white beard.
Wiggins, Absalom J., employed by DeGroat & Harris, with his home on Cady Ave - Nichols Directory of Tioga County, NY 1887-'88; compiled and published by W. B. Gay & Co. Syracuse, NY: The Syracuse Journal Co, Printers and Binders 1887.
Claimed pension benefits for rheumatism and deafness from the Civil War in 1890, while living in Nichols, Tioga Co, NY.
Spouses
Birth18 Sep 1849, Litchfield, Bradford Co, PA
Death17 Aug 1928, Nichols, Tioga Co, NY
BurialNichols Cem, Nichols, Tioga Co, NY
Misc. Notes
Daughter of Elias McCormick (1820-1888) and Osee Depue (1829-1915)
[Obituary]
MRS. JULIA WIGGINS
Mrs. Julia Wiggins, widow of Absalom Wiggins, died Friday night at her home in Nichols. She is survived by five daughters, Mrs. Jessie Johnson and Mrs. Harry Hanners of this city: Mrs. Fred Knickerbocker of Endicott, Mrs. Ernest Willets of Manhasset, L.I., and Mrs. Lloyd Wood of Johnson City, and seven grandchildren.
[Obituary]
MRS. JULIA WIGGINS
Mrs. Julia Wiggins, widow of Absalom Wiggins, died Friday night at her home in Nichols. She is survived by five daughters, Mrs. Jessie Johnson and Mrs. Harry Hanners of this city: Mrs. Fred Knickerbocker of Endicott, Mrs. Ernest Willets of Manhasset, L.I., and Mrs. Lloyd Wood of Johnson City, and seven grandchildren.
Marriage16 Jan 1869, Bradford Co, PA
ChildrenJessie Adel (1869-1958)
Cora Osee (1872-1944)
Melvin A. (Died as Child) (1876-1880)
(George) Percie (1879-1913)
Maude Louise (1880-1936)
Edna Madge (1886-1942)
Julia Ethel (1890-1965)