Erastus Corning Abell

b. 29 June 1850, d. 28 May 1927
  • Erastus Corning Abell was born on 29 June 1850 in New York.
  • He married Alice D. Tainter, daughter of Thomas Parsons Tainter and Josephine Caroline Brooks, 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 Erastus Corning Abell, Alice D. Tainter, 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.
  • He was a broker, according to the 1900 census.
  • 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.
  • He was a broker on the stock exchange, according to the 1910 census.
  • 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.
  • Erastus Corning Abell became a widower at the 31 January 1922 death of his wife Alice D. Tainter.
  • Erastus Corning Abell died on 28 May 1927 at age 76.
  • The following appeared on 28 May 1927 in the Trenton Evening Times: (Morristown, N.J., May 28) E. Corning Abell, financier and father of State Senator Frank D. Abell, died today at the age of 77, after a long illnes. Mr. Abell was a member of the firm of Richard P. Herrick & Company, of New York, for many years. Four children survive. Funeral services will be held Monday.
  • Last Edited: 26 Nov 2010

Family: Alice D. Tainter b. circa April 1854, d. 31 January 1922