Born in Israel Ward's house, the largest in Bloomfield, N.J., Sunday evening, February 23, 1845 at eleven o'clock. Following family custom she was given a geographical name: "Alabama." (Eliza Catherine Dunscombe Colt notes).
Marriage performed at the 4th Avenue Presbyterian Church in New York City by Reverend George N. Boardman (Hitt, Maurice R., Jr. Genealogical gleanings from early Broome County New York newspapers 1812-1890. Citing Broome County Republican, November 25, 1868).
Lakeview Cemetery records indicate she was born 2/23/1846 (Dunscombe family bible has 2/23/1845) in Bloomfield, N.J. and died 10/13/1914. Father Edward Dunscomb, Bermuda, mother Ann M. Seon, Bermuda.
The Freemans Journal, Cooperstown, N.Y. October 21, 1914
Obituary Mrs. Joseph D. Ibbotson
A great loss to this community was the death of Mrs. Joseph D. Ibbotson which occurred at her home on Church street, Richfield Springs, last week Tuesday. Mrs. Ibbotson had been quite ill for a number of months and a few months ago the passing away of the wife of her son, Prof. J. D. Ibbotson was a great shock to her and since that time Mrs. Ibbotson never fully recovered her health. Mary Dunscombe Ibbotson, who was the daughter of Dr. Edward Dunscombe of New York, was born in Bloomfield, N. J., February 23. 1846. Her childhood was passed in Nuremberg and Halle, Germany. She received her education in Vevey, Switzerland and in Boston, Mass. She was married to Joseph D. Ibbotson November 17, 1868 in New York City. They lived in Binghamton till the spring of 1871, when they removed to Richfield Springs where they have since (?). Mrs. Ibbotson was a woman of intelligence, refinement and culture and always a great reader. For over forty years she was a teacher of young men in the Presbyterian Sunday School. When the roll of her class "Defenders" is called, over sixty have been her pupils. It was one of the first organized classes. For over twenty years she was the president of the Missionary Society of the church, and for ten years was the president of the Otsego Presbyterial Society, which met last Friday at Otego and drafted resolutions to be forwarded to her husband. During late years Mrs. Ibbotson had a Bible class for women, whose membership is twenty-four and who will feel the loss very deeply; they attended the funeral in a body. Mrs. Ibbotson was an ideal wife and mother, her devotion to her husband during his long illnesses was often spoken of. To him and the two sons, Prof. J. D. Ibbotson, Jr., of Clinton, and Edward Ibbotson of Utica, is extended the deepest sympathy. She is survived also by four grandchildren, Mary, Louis and Selwyn of Clinton and Myron of Utica; two brothers. Dr Edward Dunscombe. and John Godfrey Dunscombe, two sisters. Mrs. Harris Colt and Mrs. J. F. Darling. The funeral was very largely attendeg at her home Thursday afternoon the service beint simple. Marked passages in Mrs. Ibbotson's bible and a prayer were given by Rev. A. L Evans. On the chairs were found slips with "Jerusalem the Golden " printed thereon, and the whole audience joined in singing it, led by Dr. H. V. Frink and Mrs. Horace Getman, this being Mrs. Ibbotson' favorite hymn. The flowers were beautiful and many, all of her friends knowing her love for flowers. The internment was in Lakeview Cemetery. - Richfield Springs Correspondent.