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    Mahlon Dickerson Canfield

    Birth: 11-26-1798

    Death: 1-5-1865

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Canfield, Louisa Cornelia (LCC) | Marriage Date: 4-18-1827

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Canfield, Penelope Sever | Marriage Date: 5-24-1843

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Biography

Mahlon Dickerson Canfield was born on November 26, 1798, the son of Mary (Dickerson) and David Sealy Canfield. Canfield studied medicine with Dr. Samuel S. Seward of Florida, New York. He then practiced medicine in Bargaintown, May's Landing and Succasunna, New Jersey. In 1853, he stopped practicing medicine and became a scientific farmer. Canfield served as Collector of the Port of May's Landing and a New Jersey council member. Canfield married first, Louisa Cornelia Seward, the daughter of Samuel S. and Mary Jennings Seward, on April 18, 1827, with whom he had five children. He married second, Penelope Sever Lincoln on May 24, 1843, with whom he had one daughter. Canfield died on January 5, 1865, in Ferromonte, New Jersey.

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Biography: 

Mahlon Dickerson Canfield was born on November 26, 1798, the son of Mary (Dickerson) and David Sealy Canfield. Canfield studied medicine with Dr. Samuel S. Seward of Florida, New York. He then practiced medicine in Bargaintown, May's Landing and Succasunna, New Jersey. In 1853, he stopped practicing medicine and became a scientific farmer. Canfield served as Collector of the Port of May's Landing and a New Jersey council member. Canfield married first, Louisa Cornelia Seward, the daughter of Samuel S. and Mary Jennings Seward, on April 18, 1827, with whom he had five children. He married second, Penelope Sever Lincoln on May 24, 1843, with whom he had one daughter. Canfield died on January 5, 1865, in Ferromonte, New Jersey.

Citation Type: 
Book or Book Chapter
Book or Monograph Title: 
A History of Thomas Canfield and of Matthew Camfield: With a Genealogy of Their Descendants in New Jersey
Publisher Name: 
Tuttle
Year: 
1897
Start Page: 
80
End Page: 
82
Citation Notes: 
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Website
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Title of Webpage: 
Canfield-Dickerson Family Papers - New Jersey Historical Society
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Citation for Birth Info:
Citation Type: 
Book or Book Chapter
Book or Monograph Title: 
A History of Thomas Canfield and of Matthew Camfield: With a Genealogy of Their Descendants in New Jersey
Publisher Name: 
Tuttle
Year: 
1897
Start Page: 
80
End Page: 
80
Citation Notes: 
http://books.google.com/books?id=EoY_AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA80&lpg=PA80&dq=mahlon+dickerson+canfield&source=bl&ots=jCFfTOM5W2&sig=syw2x77KwODpzS0CrhDA3PaW1fQ&hl=en&sa=X&ei=1mEsU-OxBqeBygHA14CACQ&ved=0CFoQ6AEwCw#v=onepage&q=mahlon%20dickerson%20canfield&f=false
Citation for Death Info:
Citation Type: 
Book or Book Chapter
Book or Monograph Title: 
A History of Thomas Canfield and of Matthew Camfield: With a Genealogy of Their Descendants in New Jersey
Publisher Name: 
Tuttle
Year: 
1897
Start Page: 
80
End Page: 
80
Citation Notes: 
http://books.google.com/books?id=EoY_AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA80&lpg=PA80&dq=mahlon+dickerson+canfield&source=bl&ots=jCFfTOM5W2&sig=syw2x77KwODpzS0CrhDA3PaW1fQ&hl=en&sa=X&ei=1mEsU-OxBqeBygHA14CACQ&ved=0CFoQ6AEwCw#v=onepage&q=mahlon%20dickerson%20canfield&f=false