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From: "Robyn Harrell" <>
Subject: Charity Smith Coddington Bird?
Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2002 10:53:46 -0700

I've got a question that is quite perplexing and was hoping for some ideas/help.

Info:

1850 Census - Morris Township, Morris County, NJ
Baird, Archibald H 26
Sarah M 50
Lewis Bro 21
Catherine Sis 18
David Bro 16
Mary GM 88

1860 Census
Baird, Archibald H 36
Hannah W 30

skip to 1880 Census
Baird, Archibald H 57
Hannah W 50
James S 14
Coddington, Charity ML 71

1915 Obit of Archibald Baird :
excepts: .."son of John Baird, one of the earliest settlers of New Jersey, who at one time owned more than 1200 acres in Morris County.. ...born in a house not a stones throw from the old homestead which he lived the remainder of his life. ...was 16 when left to provide for his mother, grandmother, two sisters Julia, Kate and 3 brothers, John, Lewis and David... ...married Hannah Bird of Mt. Horeb. "

Mt. Horeb Cemetery
Isaiah Coddington 1862 Dec 30 age 81
Coddington, Charity Smith Bird 1900 Jan 13 age 90

Question:

IS the Charity Coddington on the census Charity Smith Coddington Bird who is buried next to Isaiah Coddington in the Mt. Horeb Cemetery and listed as his wife? If her maiden name is Smith, where can I find info on her marriage to Bird? If her maiden name is Bird than she cannot be Hannah's mother and the ML in the census, so who is?

Hope for some ideas and maybe some help. Thanks, Robyn

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