Abby Jane Arms
Abby Jane Arms (maiden name: Baker) was born around 1803 in Connecticut. She married Hiram Phelps Arms on September 12, 1838, and they had three children: Sarah Jane, born on August 14, 1839; Charles Jesup, born on June 9, 1841; and Theodore, born around 1845. Her husband described her as “a model wife and mother,” recalling that “In all the vicissitudes of our married life never did an unpleasant word pass between us.”
They lived in Norwich, Connecticut, and her husband worked as a minister. By 1850, they owned $2,500 of real estate. Two decades later, they owned $5,000 of real estate and $2,000 of personal property, and they employed at least one white domestic servant. She died in Sherbrooke, Canada, on August 10, 1878.
DATABASE CONTENT
| (2892) | Arms, Abby Jane ~ Baker, Abby Jane | 1803 | 1878-08-10 |
- Conflict Side: Union
- Role: Civilian
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- Gender: Female
- Race: White
Documents - Records: 10
- (3478) [recipient] ~ Charles J. Arms to Abby J. Arms, 11 April 1855
- (7957) [recipient] ~ Charles J. Arms to Abby J. Arms, 4 February 1863
- (8080) [recipient] ~ Charles J. Arms to Abby J. Arms, 5 March 1863
- (8144) [recipient] ~ Charles J. Arms to Abby J. Arms, 10 March 1863
- (8850) [recipient] ~ Charles J. Arms to Abby J. Arms, 6 February 1862
- (8985) [recipient] ~ Charles J. Arms to Abby J. Arms, 13 November 1861
- (9010) [writer] ~ Charles J. Arms and Abby J. Arms to Hiram P. Arms, 17 June 1863
- (9016) [recipient] ~ Charles J. Arms to Abby J. Arms, 21 September 1863
- (9036) [recipient] ~ Charles J. Arms to Hiram P. Arms et al., 23 February 1865
- (9038) [recipient] ~ Charles J. Arms to Abby J. Arms, 31 March 1865
People - Records: 5
Places - Records: 2
SOURCES
1850, 1860, and 1870 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Hiram P. Arms, A Brief Sketch of the Life of Rev. H. P. Arms, D.D. (Boston, MA: Alfred Mudge & Son, 1882)
