Document J.184 · Newspaper / Misc · transcription: verbatim
Bernardsville News, 22 Mar 1907, p.1 — 'Passing of an Octogenarian' — obituary of Mrs. Abigail (Parsils) Annin, widow of Daniel Annin [p.966]. Gives her parents (Capt. John Parsils × Mary Castner) + Daniel's 50-yr Liberty Corner eldership.
Transcription and notes
Maintainer-supplied scan ((image held in the family archive)). Also transcribed on her Find A Grave bio ([G.288], mem 57367080). Primary newspaper source.
Verbatim — "Passing of an Octogenarian"
Mrs. Abigail Annan, widow of the late Daniel Annan, died at her late residence in New York City on Tuesday of last week. Funeral services were held at the house in New York on Thursday afternoon and at the Liberty Corner church on Friday morning, both services being conducted by the Rev. C. B. Condit. Deceased was the daughter of Captain John Parsils and Mary Castner and was born at Liberty Corner eighty-eight years ago. All her life was spent in Liberty Corner and vicinity until she removed to New York about nine years ago. She united with the Liberty Corner Presbyterian Church during the first year of organization, in 1837, and retained her connection with that church until the time of her death — seventy years. In her youth she married Daniel Annan, who was a ruling elder in the Liberty Corner Church for fifty years and died in 1886. Mrs. Annan was the mother of three daughters, one of whom, Miss Phoebe, survives her. One of her daughters, Miss Adeline, died only last October [1906], and from the shock of her death Mrs. Annan never fully recovered…
Data (→ people files)
- Abigail's parents = Captain John Parsils × Mary Castner (new — her origin family). Born Liberty Corner ~1818/19; removed to NYC ~1898; d. there 12 Mar 1907 (per [G.288]).
- Daniel Annin = ruling elder, Liberty Corner Presbyterian, 50 years; d. 1886.
- 3 daughters confirmed: Phoebe [p.1288] (living 1907), Adeline [p.1289] (d. Oct 1906), and (by elimination + [G.288]) Mary P. [p.1287] (d. 1856). Independent primary confirmation of the child-set.