Harriet E (Blair) Taft (abt. 1846 - abt. 1893)

Born about Apr 1846 in Bennington, Bennington, Vermont, United States [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of Thomas Augustus Marble — married before 1869 (to before 1874) in Franklin, Massachusetts, United States

Died about 5 Mar 1893 at about age 46 in Franklin, Massachusetts, United States [uncertain]

Biography

Harriet was born about 1846. She was the daughter of Benjamin Blair and Olive Frisbee.

Harriet was married first to Thomas Augustus Marble (abt.1848-1914). They had two children: Augustus Benjamin and Moses Ebinezer. The couple separated before 1874 (Thomas remarried that year).

Harriet was married second in 1878 to Eli Taft.

She passed away in 1893. Harriet is buried in Wendell Center Cemetery, Wendell, Massachusetts.

Research Notes

• Marriage and divorce records for Harriet and Thomas.

Sources

• "Vermont Marriages, 1791-1974", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8R6-QYP : 28 January 2020), Harriet E. Blair Marble in entry for Eli Taft, 1878.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/138466981/harriet-e-taft: accessed 17 July 2023), memorial page for Harriet E. Blair Taft (1847–5 Mar 1893), Find a Grave Memorial ID 138466981, citing Wendell Center Cemetery, Wendell, Franklin County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by PSC (contributor 47845401).Find A Grave: Memorial #138466981

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC24-413 : 23 December 2020), Harriett Blair in household of Blair, Shaftsbury, Bennington, Vermont, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFDZ-7MY : 18 February 2021), Harriet Blair in entry for Benjamin Blair, 1860.

• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD3Q-HY1 : 29 May 2021), Harriet E Marble in entry for Blair, 1870.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHR6-DH5 : 14 January 2022), Harriet E Taft in household of Eli Taft, Chesterfield, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .