Frederick Moses Flanders

1828 - 1900  (72 years)

• Name	Frederick Moses Flanders
  Birth	5 May 1828	Cornville, Somerset County, Maine, U.S.A.   [2, 3, 4]
  Census	1860 (31 years)	Palmyra, Somerset County, Maine, U.S.A.   [1]
  In the 1860 US Census he was recorded, age 35, living in Palmyra, Maine. He was a shoemaker.
  Census	1870 (41 years)	Palmyra, Somerset County, Maine, U.S.A.   [5]
  Age: 42
  Census	1880 (51 years)	Palmyra, Somerset County, Maine, U.S.A.   [6]
  According to the 1880 Census, neither Frederick nor Sarah could read or write as both were deaf and dumb.
  Age: 53
  Death	30 Aug 1900	Newport, Penobscot County, Maine, U.S.A.   [2, 7]
  Cause: scirrhus stomach
  	Death Record of Frederick Flanders
  Burial	Aft 30 Aug 1900	Spring Hill Cemetery, Palmyra, Somerset County, Maine, U.S.A. Spring Hill Cemetery, Palmyra, Maine   [8]
  Siblings	6 brothers and 2 sisters
  1. Private Samuel Webb Flanders,   b. 13 Oct 1812, Cornville, Somerset County, Maine, U.S.A. d. 15 Jun 1864, Washington, District of Columbia  (Age 51 years)   2. Cyrena Flanders,   b. 21 Aug 1814, Cornville, Somerset County, Maine, U.S.A. d. 1908, Palmyra, Somerset County, Maine, U.S.A.  (Age 93 years)   3. Timothy Flanders,   b. 20 Oct 1817, Cornville, Somerset County, Maine, U.S.A. d. 1880, Kennebec County, Maine, U.S.A.  (Age 62 years)   4. Louisa Flanders,   b. 3 Jul 1819, Cornville, Somerset County, Maine, U.S.A.   5. Rufus F. Flanders,   b. 14 Sep 1819, Cornville, Somerset County, Maine, U.S.A. d. 8 Nov 1886, Cornville, Somerset County, Maine, U.S.A.  (Age 67 years)   6. Freeman Flanders,   b. 3 Nov 1823, Cornville, Somerset County, Maine, U.S.A. d. 20 Jun 1898, Corinna, Penobscot County, Maine, U.S.A.  (Age 74 years)   7. John Sylvester Flanders,   b. 11 Jun 1826, Cornville, Somerset County, Maine, U.S.A. d. 24 May 1901, Hartland, Somerset County, Maine, U.S.A.  (Age 74 years) + 8. Frederick Moses Flanders,   b. 5 May 1828, Cornville, Somerset County, Maine, U.S.A. d. 30 Aug 1900, Newport, Penobscot County, Maine, U.S.A.  (Age 72 years) ▻ Sarah A. Berry,  m. 30 Oct 1853   9. Smith Flanders,   b. 17 Sep 1830, Cornville, Somerset County, Maine, U.S.A. d. 6 Feb 1903, Monmouth, Kennebec County, Maine, U.S.A.  (Age 72 years)
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Steven Flanders,   b. About 1595, Netherlands (Holland) d. 27 Jun 1684, Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 89 years)  (4 x Great Grandfather)  Betsey Smith,   b. 3 Oct 1747, Georgetown, later Woolwich, Sagadahoc County, Maine, U.S.A. d. 22 Jan 1826, Bloomfield, Somerset County, Maine, U.S.A.  (Age 78 years)  (Grandmother)
  Person ID, Branch	I253	Roy Line
  Last Modified	12 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Moses Flanders,   b. 23 Jun 1791, Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 17 Jan 1845, Cornville, Somerset County, Maine, U.S.A. (Age 53 years)
  Mother	Roxana Webb,   b. Abt 1793   bur. West Ridge Cemetery, Cornville, Somerset County, Maine, U.S.A. West Ridge Cemetery, Cornville, Maine
  Family ID	F288	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Spouse / Partner	Sarah A. Berry,   b. 16 Nov 1829, Palmyra, Somerset County, Maine, U.S.A. d. 12 Dec 1893, Palmyra, Somerset County, Maine, U.S.A. (Age 64 years)
  Marriage Intent	28 Oct 1853	Cornville, Somerset County, Maine, U.S.A.   [3]
  Marriage	30 Oct 1853	St. Albans, Somerset County, Maine, U.S.A.   [9, 10, 11]
  It was a double wedding with her sister, Abigail.
  	U.S. Special Census on Deaf Family Marriages for Frederick and Sarah Flanders
  Age at Marriage	He : 25 years and 5 months - She : 23 years and 11 months.
  Children	1 son and 3 daughters
  +   1. Mary E. Flanders,   b. 14 Sep 1854, Palmyra, Somerset County, Maine, U.S.A. d. 5 Feb 1941, Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 86 years) ▻ Henry Orison Parkman  m. 18 Apr 1869;   Herbert J. Woodman  m. 18 Sep 1875     2. Frederick E. Flanders,   b. 1856, Palmyra, Somerset County, Maine, U.S.A. d. 10 Dec 1891, Palmyra, Somerset County, Maine, U.S.A. (Age 35 years)     3. Mabel Alzina Flanders,   b. 20 Feb 1860, Palmyra, Somerset County, Maine, U.S.A. d. 5 Jan 1936, Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 75 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]     4. Jennie Mae Flanders,   b. 27 Oct 1862, Palmyra, Somerset County, Maine, U.S.A. d. 27 Feb 1902, Newport, Penobscot County, Maine, U.S.A. (Age 39 years)
  Family ID	F97	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	5 Jan 2022

  
  

• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Frederick Moses Flanders(1828 – 1900) 2Moses Flanders(1791 – 1845) 4Jedidiah Flanders(1748 – 1823) 8Jedidiah Flanders(1705 – 1776) 16Daniel Flanders(16 Mar 1674/75 – 1735) 17Sarah Jane Colby 9Eleanor Barnard(1706 – ) 18Samuel Barnard(10 Feb 1672/73 – 1749) 19Anne Currier(Abt 1678 – 1752) 5Judith Tuxbury(1752 – ) 10Thomas Tuxbury(1726 – 1791) 20Deacon Isaac Tuxbury(1698 – 1765) 21Sarah Sargent(1701 – ) 11Mary Currier(1731 – 1791) 22Capt. Jonathan Currier(7 Feb 1698/99 – 1762) 23Ann Challis(1700 – 1742) 3Roxana Webb(Abt 1793 – ) 6Christopher Webb(1747 – 1840) 12Samuel Webb(1716 – 1773) 24Christopher Webb(1690 – ) 25Sarah White(2 Mar 1695/96 – ) 13Sarah Lincoln(Abt 1716 – 1813) 26John Lincoln(1690 – ) 27Rachel Holmes(1677 – ) 7Betsey Smith(1747 – 1826) 14Ebenezer Smith(1714 – 1802) 28James Smith(1670 – ) 29Martha Bragdon(Abt 1670 – ) 15 30 31

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 5 May 1828 - Cornville, Somerset County, Maine, U.S.A. Marriage Intent - 28 Oct 1853 - Cornville, Somerset County, Maine, U.S.A. Marriage - 30 Oct 1853 - St. Albans, Somerset County, Maine, U.S.A. Census - 1860 - Palmyra, Somerset County, Maine, U.S.A. Census - 1870 - Palmyra, Somerset County, Maine, U.S.A. Census - 1880 - Palmyra, Somerset County, Maine, U.S.A. Death - 30 Aug 1900 - Newport, Penobscot County, Maine, U.S.A. Burial - Aft 30 Aug 1900 - Spring Hill Cemetery, Palmyra, Somerset County, Maine, U.S.A.  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

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  Frederick Moses Flanders (1828-1900)

  
  

• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S191] Bureau of the Census, 1860 U.S. Federal Census, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009), Year: 1860; Census Place: Palmyra, Somerset, Maine; Roll: M653_452; Page: 840; Family History Library Film: 803452. [S422] Dunbar, Edith Flanders. The Flanders Family from Europe to America, (Rutland, Vermont: The Tuttle Publishing Company, 1935). [S424] Nelson, Sally Furber. Vital Records of Cornville, Maine - Maine Genealogical Society Special Publication No. 60, (Rockland, Maine: Picton Press, 2009). [S428] Amazeen, Laurence. Some Cornville History, (Skowhegan, Maine: privately printed, 1997). [s192] Bureau of the Census, 1870 U.S. Federal Census, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009). Year: 1870; Census Place: Palmyra, Somerset, Maine; Roll: M593_559; Page: 313A; Image: 55936; Family History Library Film: 552058 [s189] Bureau of the Census, 1880 U.S. Federal Census, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010). Year: 1880; Census Place: Palmyra, Somerset, Maine; Roll: 487; Family History Film: 1254487; Page: 311D; Enumeration District: 160; Image: 0627 [S267] Maine State Archives. Maine, Death Records, 1617-1922, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010). Death Record of Frederick Flanders [S14] Ancestry.com, Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current® http://findagrave.com, (Lehi, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.). Find A Grave Memorial# 135513184 [S436] Dean, Charlton Miles. Dean Family Genealogy, (Lowell, Massachusetts: manuscript, 4 August 1967). [S431] Lynds, Ardell. Email: 1999-03-08 "Flanders/Berry, etc.", (Email from ajpl (at) garlic.com, 8 March 1999). [S512] U.S. Special Census on Deaf Family Marriages and Hearing Relatives, 1888-1895, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009).