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    Penelope Winslow Sever Canfield

    Birth: 12-30-1845

    Death: 11-17-1903

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Daughter of Mahlon Dickerson Canfield by his second wife, Penelope Sever Canfield (maiden name Lincoln). She never married. She was buried in the Worcester Rural Cemetery in the same plot as her mother. Seems to have lived her entire life in Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Penelope's maternal grandfather was Levi Lincoln Jr., who was a congressman and governor of Massachusetts. 

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Daughter of Mahlon Dickerson Canfield by his second wife, Penelope Sever Canfield (maiden name Lincoln). She never married. She was buried in the Worcester Rural Cemetery in the same plot as her mother. Seems to have lived her entire life in Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Penelope's maternal grandfather was Levi Lincoln Jr., who was a congressman and governor of Massachusetts.
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http://interactive.ancestrylibrary.com/2101/41262_b139619-00185/778029?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestrylibrary.com%2f%2fcgi-bin%2fsse.dll%3fgss%3dangs-g%26new%3d1%26rank%3d1%26msT%3d1%26gsfn%3dpenelope%26gsln%3dcanfield%26mswpn__ftp%3dWorcester%252c%2
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Some info from the FindAGrave record referenced as birth citation.
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There is some conflicting information regarding the date of her birth. The Vital Records of Worcester indicate she was born on 21 December 1847. http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?gss=angs-g&new=1&rank=1&msT=1&gsfn=penelope&gsln=canfield&mswpn__ftp=Worcester%2c+Worcester%2c+Massachusetts%2c+USA&mswpn=4771&mswpn_PInfo=8-%7c0%7c1652393%7c0%7c2%7c3242%7c24%7c0%7c3200%7c4771%7c0%7c&MSAV=0&msbdy=1845&catbucket=rstp&uidh=if4&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=13019&recoff=10+13+38+50+51&db=mabirth&indiv=1&ml_rpos=5 Her death certificate also has an age in years, months, and days. This calculates back to 30 December 1845. This date matches her tombstone.
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http://interactive.ancestrylibrary.com/2101/41262_b139619-00185/778029?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestrylibrary.com%2f%2fcgi-bin%2fsse.dll%3fgss%3dangs-g%26new%3d1%26rank%3d1%26msT%3d1%26gsfn%3dpenelope%26gsln%3dcanfield%26mswpn__ftp%3dWorcester%252c%2
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Death Certificate
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