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Family of Edgar Preston SEWELL and Laura E SEWELL
Edgar Preston SEWELL b. 1855 Aug242 at Steuben Co., NY42. d. 1938 Jul 274989 at Robert Packer Hospital, Sayre, Bradford Co., PA4989. bd. (cremated)4989.
Laura E SEWELL b. 1862 Mar242 at New York242.
Married242 c. 1882242.
Edgar's middle name is listed in the marriage record2200 of son Burton to Zora Coe. Edgar lived with his parents until his marriage in about 1882 when he apparently moved to Bradford Co., PA. Edgar Sewell's occupation190 242 244 was as a barber and he practiced his profession in various locations around Wellsboro, PA. He was apparently active in his vocation, his politics and his recreation.
In 1885, per the Troy (PA) Gazette-Register, Edgar Sewell of Covington was in Elmira "getting improvements for his barber shop."
In 1886, the Wellsboro Agitator reported that, at a meeting of the Republican County Convention in Mansfield (just north of Covington), E. P. Sewell had received 2 of the 12 votes cast for the member from Covington of the Vigilance Committee (two others received 10 and 4 votes respectively).
Edgar may have been an enumerator for the 1890 census as the Wellsboro Agitator (May 27, 1890) lists "Bloss - Edgar J. Sewell, Arnot" in the Official List of Tioga County Census Enumerators. Arnot is just south of Blossburg.
In 1903, the Wellsboro Agitator reported that a dwelling in Gaines (near Wellsboro, Blossburg and Covington, PA) occupied by Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Sewell and owned by C. H. Rexford, had burned of an unknown cause. All the furniture on the second floor and part of the first was lost. The house was well insured but the coverage for its contents was light.
In 1905, E. P. Sewell, a prominent barber in Gaines, was arrested by the game constable for having taken undersized trout. Four trout, each 4 1/2 inches long, were presented to the Justice, their heads and tails having been removed. Several sworn witnesses testified that the trout must have been longer than six inches when caught and Mr. Sewell was dismissed for lack of evidence.
In 1908, Edgar apparently moved his business to Wellsboro itself, as the Wellsboro Agitator reported that he had opened a barber shop in the VanValkenburg Building on Crafton Street.
As reported in the Troy (PA) Gazette-Register and even the New York Times, a typhoid epidemic swept the county in 1912. The entire family was infected and hospitalized. Russell (Burt's son), Laura, Edgar, Burt and Mrs. Burt Sewell are among the sufferers in the hospital in the first week or two. Edgar and Laura's daughter Cora was the first victim236 in the area. Not 4 weeks thereafter, son Barton was claimed by the disease. It is likely that Edgar himself suffered brain damage as a result of typhoid, a common result of the infection at the time. In 1920 and 1930, he was institutionalized269 at the Mahoning (PA) State Hospital for the Insane.
Edgar died4989 in the Robert Packer Hospital, Sayre, PA, of bronchial pneumonia. He had also suffered from a fracture of the femur. His residence at the time of his death is listed as 932 S Main St, Towanda, PA.
In the 3 census records in which Laura Sewell appears, she lists her birthplace and the birthplace of her parents as: NY/England/England; Michigan/Canada-English/NY; and Mass/Mass/Ire. Searching for various possibilities for her parents, one finds that Laura may be the Laura Myers, age 18, born Michigan, daughter of Abram (age 64, born "PennNY") and E. (age 61, born Ireland) Myers of Lawrence, Tioga Co., PA, that appear in the 1880 census.
Sadly, following his husband's institutionalization, Laura lists herself as a widow in 1920.
On May 10, 1919, "Mrs E P Sewell" purchased4990 2 gravesites in Glenwood Cemetery in Troy, PA.
Children of Edgar Preston SEWELL and Laura E SEWELL:
| 1. | Burton Edgar SEWELL b. 1883 Jan 13236. d. 1912 Nov 1236 at Emergency Hospital, Troy, PA236. bd. Glenwood Cemetery, Troy, Bradford County, PA236. | ||||
| md. Zora Mae COE | |||||
| 2. | Cora Edith SEWELL b. 1894 Feb 3236 at Pennsylvania242. d. 1912 Oct 17236 at Troy, NY236. bd. Glenwood Cemetery, Troy, Bradford County, PA236. |