COLBURN, Henrietta Sturdevant

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• Residence: 1850, Bolton, CT
• Residence: 1860, Lee, MA

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She was the personal spiritualist for Mary Todd Lincoln and held 'circles' (seances) with President Lincoln in attendance.

"She visited Washington in spring 1862 in order to see her brother, then in the Federal Army hospital. Lincoln's wife had a sitting with Maynard and was enormously impressed. The next day she sent a carriage to bring the medium to see the president. In a state of trance, the medium delivered a powerful address relating to the forthcoming Emancipation Proclamation, forcefully urging Lincoln "not to abort the terms of its issue and not to delay its enforcement as a law beyond the opening of the year; and he was assured that it was to be the crowning event of his administration and his life," even though he was being strongly counseled by certain individuals to defer the matter. According to reports, President Lincoln acknowledged the pressures upon him and was deeply impressed by the medium's message."

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A 'spiritualist lecturer' according to the 1940 Federal Census.

Henrietta married PUFFER, George Washington on 3 Jun 1855 in Hartford, CT, and was divorced in 1858 in Hartford, CT. George (son of PUFFER, Windsor and STRICKLAND, Faith M.) was born in 1835 in Simsbury, CT; died on 18 Aug 1875 in Richmond, VA; was buried in Hartford, CT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Henrietta married PUFFER, Capt. Alfred Edson on 7 Apr 1859 in Pittsfield, MA, and was divorced in 1861 in Washington, DC. Alfred (son of PUFFER, Capt. Martin Luther and FOLLETT, Mary Ann) was born in Aug 1839 in Bennington, VT; died on 20 Jul 1918 in Fall River County, SD; was buried on 23 Jul 1918 in Hot Springs, SD. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Henrietta married MAYNARD, William Porter on 14 May 1867. William was born in Sep 1843 in Buffalo, NY; died on 20 Dec 1918 in White Plains, NY; was buried in White Plains, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Amasa married CHURCH, Charlotte E.. Charlotte was born in CA 1801 in NY; died on 10 Apr 1858 in CT; was buried in Stafford, CT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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