Edgar P SEWELL
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Edgar lived with his parents until his marriage in about 1882 when he apparently moved to Bradford Co., PA. Edgar Sewell's occupation190
was as a barber and he practiced his profession in various locations around Wellsboro, PA. He was apparently active in his vocation, his politics and his recreation.
Laura may be the daughter of Amos and E. Myers of Lawrence, Tioga Co., PA, that appears in the 1880 census.
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In 1885, per the Troy (PA) Gazette-Register, Edgar Sewell of Covington was in Elmira "getting improvements for his barber shop."
In 1886, the Wellsboro Agitator reported that, at a meeting of the Republican County Convention in Mansfield (just north of Covington), E. P. Sewell had received 2 of the 12 votes cast for the member from Covington of the Vigilance Committee (two others received 10 and 4 votes respectively).
Edgar may have been an enumerator for the 1890 census as the Wellsboro Agitator (May 27, 1890) lists "Bloss - Edgar J. Sewell, Arnot" in the Official List of Tioga County Census Enumerators. Arnot is just south of Blossburg.
In 1903, the Wellsboro Agitator reported that a dwelling in Gaines (near Wellsboro, Blossburg and Covington, PA) occupied by Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Sewell and owned by C. H. Rexford, had burned of an unknown cause. All the furniture on the second floor and part of the first was lost. The house was well insured but the coverage for its contents was light.
In 1905, E. P. Sewell, a prominent barber in Gaines, was arrested by the game constable for having taken undersized trout. Four trout, each 4 1/2 inches long, were presented to the Justice, their heads and tails having been removed. Several sworn witnesses testified that the trout must have been longer than six inches when caught and Mr. Sewell was dismissed for lack of evidence.
In 1908, Edgar apparently moved his business to Wellsboro itself, as the Wellsboro Agitator reported that he had opened a barber shop in the VanValkenburg Building on Crafton Street.
As reported in the Troy (PA) Gazette-Register and even the New York Times, a typhoid epidemic swept the county in 1912. The entire family was infected and hospitalized. Russell (Burt's son), Laura, Edgar, Burt and Mrs. Burt Sewell are among the sufferers in the hospital in the first week or two. Edgar and Laura's daughter Cora was the first victim236
in the area. Not 4 weeks thereafter, son Barton was claimed by the disease. It is likley that Edgar himself suffered brain damage as a result of typhoid, a common result of the infection at the time. From no later than 1920 until probably his death some time after 1930, he was institutionalized at the Mahoning (PA) State Hospital for the Insane.
Laura E SEWELL
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Sadly, following his husband's institutionalization, Laura lists herself as a widow in 1920. In 1919, she had purchased 2 gravesites in Glenwood Cemetery in Troy.
42. 1865 New York State Census, Steuben Co., Caton notes
43. 1875 State Census NY, Steuben Co., Caton - LDS film 0512426
190. 1880 Fed Census NY, Steuben Co., Caton
215. 1870 Fed Census NY, Steuben Co., Caton
236. Obit - Sewell, Barton Edgar; Sewell, Cora - Troy (Bradford Co., PA) Gazette-Register, and Glenwood Cem. Headstones
242. 1900 Fed Census PA, Tioga Co., Blossburg
244. 1910 Fed Census PA, Lycoming Co., Brown
269. 1920, 1930 Fed Census PA, Montour Co., Mahoning, State Hospital For Insane
290. 1920 Fed Census PA, Bradford Co., Troy