Affadilla Deaver
Conductor on the Underground Railroad
About Affadilla Deaver
Lived 1808 – 1876 (aged 67–68).
Affadilla Deaver (February 1808, in Lisbon, Maine – March 11, 1876, in York Township, Ohio) was a conductor on the Underground Railroad.
Life Deaver was born Affadilla Moody to Lyda and Nathan Moody in 1808, with birthdate reported both as February 24 and February 22. She moved from her birthplace of Lisbon, Maine, with her family when she was nine. In 1828, Affadilla married Reuben Deaver - who founded Deavertown with his brother Levi. Reuben had left Deavertown to become a millwright, but returned in 1825.
Deaver died on March 11, 1876, in York Township, Ohio.
A photo of Affadilla was collected by Wilbur H. Siebert in his abolitionist research during the 1890s.
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Who was Affadilla Deaver?
conductor on the Underground Railroad
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Affadilla Deaver was born in 1808.
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Affadilla Deaver died in 1876.
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