• Born: 1861
• Died: January 15, 1947
• Buried: Oak Grove Cemetery, Parker Ford, Chester County PA
• Spouse: Rebecca Nettles
  • Born: 1866
  • Died: 1940
  • Parents: Isaac & Ann Elizabeth Nettles
• Married: November 21, 1885
• Children: James, Anna, Russell*, Clyde, Lawrence

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Abram was the eldest living child of Abraham Custer and Ann Forges.  Though his given name was “Abram,” his granddaughter Eleanor Grace Custer says he preferred to go by “Abraham Lincoln.”

Abram was born sometime in 1861.  The highest schooling he received was the eighth grade, but he was able to read and write.  He married Rebecca Nettles on November 21, 1885. 

During the 1900 and 1910 Censuses, the family lived in East Coventry Township in Chester County. At the time of the 1900 Census, Abram was a trolley conductor. After that, he worked for 25 years as a steam fitter at the State Hospital in Norristown.  In 1920, the family lived at 518 Stanbridge St. in Norristown, perhaps closer to where Abram worked. At this time, the family also hosted a boarder named Lillie Coulston, age 47, a nurse working for private families. In 1930, the family was again in East Coventry, at 77 Schylkill Rd.  A modern search for this address does not show a residential area, so either the road name and numbers have changed, or the house no longer exists. By the 1940 Census, Abram was a widower, living on South Cherry Hill Road in East Coventry.

Rebecca died on March 24, 1940. Abram died on January 15, 1947 in Red hill, presumably in the home of a family member.  They are both buried in the Oak Grove Cemetery in Parker Ford, Chester County.

Children of Abram and Rebecca

1 James was born in 1886 and died on April 4, 1968 in Pottstown, Montgomery County.  He married twice: first to Lottie May Kulp (1888-1932) and second to Christianna Diffenderfer Schott (1901-1964).

2 Anna was born in either 1887 or 1888. There are not many records available for her, but it appears that she married Carl Sprenger on June 25, 1910.

3 Russell is discussed here. 

4 Clyde was born in 1895 and died of pneumonia at the age of about twenty in 1915. He is buried in the Oak Grove Cemetery in Parker Ford, Chester County.

5 Lawrence was born on May 11, 1904 and died in April, 1973. He married Selma Hemighaus.

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