Deane-Dakin Family Papers

Collection — Box: 27

Identifier: SC-319

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The Deane-Dakin Family Letters consist of family correspondence, with comments on family members, religion, politics, and community events. Also included are photographs of Sarah Phoebe (Dakin) Deane, Camille (Henton) Deane, andMary O. and Robert B. Dakin.

Dates

1834-1881
Other: Majority of material found in 1845-1860
Other: Date acquired: 00/00/2009

Conditions Governing Access

No restrictions

Biographical or Historical Information

Elisha Caleb Deane (1834-1895) was the son of Elisha and Isabella (Spalding) Deane (1805-1873), Hicksite Friends who were members of the Rochester Monthly Meeting, New York. Elisha, Sr., died while his son was a child, and his mother then married John Webster (1788-1860), a Hicksite Friend. They moved to East Hamburg Monthly Meeting, near Buffalo. In 1866 Elisha married Sarah Phoebe Dakin (1840-1931), the daughter of Elbridge and Nancy (Stearns) Dakin.

Note written by

Extent

26.00 Items

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Letters written to and by Elisha Caleb Deane (1834-1895), a Hicksite Friend of Buffalo, New York, and his wife Sarah Phebe (Dakin) Deane (1840-1931). Correspondents are family members in New York, California, Missouri, Ohio, and Massachusetts.