ID: Sumner Lincoln Fairfield 1830 census (Gen. 7: John-Walter-Walter-Stephen-Thaddeus-Abner-Sumner)

Source: original image, New York, NY

Transcription:

Sumler [sic] L. Fairfield, with 1 male under 5 yrs, 1 male 20-30 yrs, 1 female under 5 yrs, 1 female 20-30, 1 female 40-50.

photocopy of Sumner Lincoln Fairfield 1830 census New York

Notes: Sumner was the son of Dr. Abner and Lucy (Lincoln) Fairfield. He became a prominent but emotionally tortured and troubled poet of the early 19th century. His wife, Jane (Frazee) Fairfield wrote a biography about him, as well as her own autobiography detailing the financial and emotional ups and downs of their lives. See his bio sketch and read some of his poems online (scroll down to Sumner Lincoln Fairfield, click on folder, and keep drilling down through folders of his works to specific chapters and poems) . Click here for a list of some of his works.