220 ABRAHAM BRONSON OATMAN
220 ABRAHAM BRONSON6 (William,
Sr.5, Daniel4,
George3, John2, Johannes1), son of William,
Sr., and Elizabeth (Cantrell) Oatman, was born at 1 January 1820 in Bennington
County, Vermont, and died at Bennington on 7 April 1870.
He married: 1) 19 January 1854 Electa W. Fenton, born
1823, died 9 November 1858 at the age of 25 years; 2) Esther M. Pratt, born 1826 in Ireland (per
1860 census, Bennington, Vermont), and died 8 June 1905 at the age of 79. All are buried in Lower Cemetery, Bennington,
Vermont.
Abraham engaged in
the mercantile business in Bennington.
Children of Abraham Bronson and 1) Electa
W. (Fenton) Oatman:
912 George F., b. 6 May 1856, Pownal,
Bennington Co., VT; d. 22 Jun 1885. In
the 1870 census, taken shortly after his father died, there is a George Oatman,
age 13, living with the William and Margaret Alford family in Poultney, Rutland
Co., VT. There are also, besides Anna
Alford, a baby at the time, four other Oatman children: Charles, age 11;
Robert, age 16; John, age 15 and Willie, age 11. It is unknown if this is the same George.
In 1880 George was
living with his widowed stepmother Esther in Bennington, VT; he was 23 years of
age.
Sources: Oatman Bible and other family records
Old letters
Gravestones at
Lower Cemetery, Bennington, Vermont
International
Genealogical Index
1860 census,
Bennington, Bennington Co., VT
1880
census, Bennington, Bennington Co., VT
1870
census, Poultney, Rutland Co., VT
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