Alice D. Tainter

Alice D. Tainter

• Father: Thomas Parsons Tainter b. 20 July 1825, d. circa 27 April 1864
• Mother: Josephine Caroline Brooks b. circa 1835, d. 23 February 1915

• Alice D. Tainter was born circa April 1854 in Florida.
• Thomas Parsons Tainter and Josephine Caroline Brooks appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Apalachicola, Franklin County, Florida. Other members of the household included Alice D. Tainter, Charles Brooks Tainter and Josephine Mitchell Tainter.
• She married Erastus Corning Abell circa 1874.
• Josephine Caroline Brooks appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Morristown, Morris County, New Jersey. Other members of the household included Alice D. Tainter, Erastus Corning Abell, Frank Stone Tainter, Effie Brooks Abell, Charles Tainter Abell and Frank Dale Abell.
• Erastus Corning Abell and Alice D. Tainter appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Morristown, Morris County, New Jersey, at 10 Hill Street. Other members of the household included Effie Brooks Abell, Frank Dale Abell and Josephine Brooks Abell. There was one female domestic servant in the household.
• Erastus Corning Abell and Alice D. Tainter appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Morristown, Morris County, New Jersey, at 47 Elm Street.
• The following appeared on 25 April 1915 in The New York Times: (Morristown, N.J., April 24) Portraits in oil of George and Martha Washington from the brush of Gilbert Stuart, the famous Continental artist, are disposed of in the will of Mrs. Josephine C. Tainter, which was offered for probate today. They are bequeathed to her son, Frank S. Tainter, of Far Hills. The value of the paintings is not set forth in the will, but it is known that they are worth many thousands of dollars, and numerous high offers had been made for them.
       Mrs. Tainter's personal effects will be divided among her three children, the others being Charles B. Tainter of Brooklyn and Mrs. Alice D. Abell of this city.
• Erastus Corning Abell and Alice D. Tainter appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Morristown, Morris County, New Jersey, at 12 Hill Street.
• Alice D. Tainter died on 31 January 1922 in Morris County, New Jersey.
• Her husband Erastus Corning Abell became a widower at her death.

• Last Edited: 26 Nov 2010

• Charts: Descendants of WOOD William & Lydia Ballentine