Mary Ann Edelman

NOTE: Bio below is from Find a Grave and has not been verified. The following message was received from Katherine Nappi.

"The profile indicates that Mary’s twin daughters died young. I don’t believe this is true- I am a descendant of one of the twins, Amanda Smith. Amanda married William Elliott around 1860 and raised a large family in the Wilkes-Barre area. Twin sister Mary (also went by Martha?) married William Culp- son of Esther Zimmerman Culp. I think Mary and William were cousins. There was an older sister Sarah Ann, but I’m not sure what happened to her. I DNA matches with connections to Levi Smith (Mary Ann’s first husband), descendants of Abraham Zimmerman, and descendants of Amanda’s twin sister- which has helped me piece this all together."

"I’m wondering whether as a young widow, Mary Ann Zimmerman/Smith/Edelman had to give up her children to the care of others?? It’s curious that they were presumed to have died young."

Mary Ann's birth is determined by census records, and she died after 1898, perhaps near Bloomington, Indiana.

1810 Federal Census West Buffalo, Northumberland, Pennsylvania Abraham Simmerman 1 male under 10 1 male 10 to 16 1 male 26 to 45 4 females under 10 1 female 10 to 16 2 female 26 to 45

Mary Zimmerman, daughter of Abraham Zimmerman, and Levi Smith, son of Jacob Smith, married 19 June 1831 East Vincent, Chester county, Pennsylvania ~Pennsylvania, Church Marriages

Chester County Septennial Census Returns Index 1835 John Eddleman, Coventry, Farmer 1835 Levi Smith, Coventry, Laborer 1836 Levi Smith, East Coventry, Laborer 1835 Abraham Zimmerman, Coventry, Butcher 1835 Fredrick Zimmerman, Coventry, Mason 1835 Jonas Zimmerman, Coventry, Shoemaker 1835 Samuel Zimmerman, Coventry, Laborer 1835 Joshua Zimmerman, Shuykill

Chester County Deeds Index 1681-1865 ⦁ 1830 Abraham Zimmerman of Coventry, Buyer/Grantee. Property location Coventry. Jacob Lubold, Seller/Grantor. Book H-4 p398. Deed ⦁ 1834 Abraham Zimmerman, spouse Sarah, of Coventry, Seller/Grantor. Property location Coventry. Jacob Spies, of Coventry, Buyer/Grantee. Bk H-4 p399. Deed ⦁ 1834 Abraham Zimmerman of Coventry, Buyer/Grantee. Property location Coventry. Frederick Yost, Seller/Grantor. Bk K-4 p 320. Deed ⦁ 1835 Abraham Zimmerman, spouse Sarah, of Coventry, Seller/Grantor. Property location Coventry. Frederick Yost, Buyer/Grantee. Bk K-4 p310. Deed ⦁ 1838 Abraham Zimmerman, spouse Sarah, of Coventry, Seller/Grantor. Property location Coventry. Samuel Zimmerman, Buyer/Grantor. Bk Z-4 p516. Deed ⦁ 1840 Abraham Zimmerman, spouse Sarah, of West Buffalo, Union County, Seller/Grantor. Property location Coventry. Abraham Wanger, Buyer/Grantee. Bk N-6 p228. Deed ⦁ 1840 Abraham Zimmerman, spouse Sarah, of West Buffalo, Union County, Seller/Grantor. Property location Coventry. Samuel Zimmerman, Buyer/Grantee. Bk A-5 p621. Deed ⦁ 1843 Buyer/Grantee Levi Smith of North Coventry, property location North Coventry. Abraham Shantz, wife Mary, of North Coventry, Seller/Grantor Bk G-5 p352. Deed

This birth record may be the daughter of Levi Smith and Mary Ann Zimmerman, but no further information was given Elisabeth Smith Christening 22 Dec 1843 Trinity Lutheran Church Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania ~Pennsylvania Births and Christenings

It is presumed Levi Smith died sometime before his wife married a second time in 1846.

Maria Schmidt (Smith) married 2nd John Edelman on June 4, 1846, at the First Evangelical Church in Mifflinburg Rev. John G. Anspach. Maria was a widow with a young daughter, Elizabeth. ~"Trail of History." Dr. Mary-Belle Lontz. Mifflinburg Telegraph Weekly Newspaper, January 9, 2014

From our family records, we know twin daughters were born, Manda and Martha - half-sisters to my great great grandfather Cornelius, and both died young.

1850 Federal Census Buffalo Twp, Union, Pennsylvania Dwelling 1452 John Adleman 44 Pennsylvania Farmer Maryann Adleman 40 Pennsylvania John Adleman 15 Pennsylvania Cornelius Adleman 11 Pennsylvania Elizabeth Adleman 13 Pennsylvania Elias Adleman 8 Pennsylvania Edwin Adleman 3 Pennsylvania Alexander Adleman 1 Pennsylvania ~Damaged by discolored tape...hard to read

1860 Federal Census West Buffalo Tp, Union, Pennsylvania John Edleman 50 Pennsylvania Mary A Edleman 50 Pennsylvania Cornelius Edleman 21 Pennsylvania Elias Edleman 14 Pennsylvania Edwin Edleman 13 Pennsylvania Alexander Edleman 11 Pennsylvania Elizabeth Smith 18 Pennsylvania ~Abraham Zimmerman, 84, lives next door with the family of Christian and Catharine Amanda Zimmerman Dolby, likely Mary Ann's sister. By 1870, the Dolby's had moved to Chillisquaque, Northumberland, Pennsylvania. It appears Abraham died before then.

1870 Federal Census West Buffalo, Union, Pennsylvania John Eddleman 63 Pennsylvania Farmer Mary A Eddleman 60 Pennsylvania Edwin Eddleman 23 Pennsylvania Miller Mary I Eddleman 21 Pennsylvania Alexander Eddleman 21 Pennsylvania Farm Lilly 2 Eddleman Pennsylvania

According to Beers, Mary Ann Zimmerman, widow of John Edelman was still living in 1898 in Bloomington, Indiana. Her parents lived and died in Union County. ~Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Penn-Counties of Centre, Clinton, Union and Snyder by J.H. Beers 1898 p 1205

A work in progress...* Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Jan 14 2021, 17:29:58 UTC