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20451 The 1865 NY census has Anna Hodge listed as the head of the household with children and son-in-law, Ephriam VIBBERT. Two Grand-children are also listed: Lizzie Hodge and Ephraim HODGE. I assume they are the children of Ephrian & Nancy VIBBERT.

Anna also married Henry Mason on January 21, 1866 (Oneida Democratic - February 3, 1866). The family moved to Constantia, Oswego, NY.

Anna died between 1880 and 1884 (The 1900 census, Constantia, Oswego, NY ED 232, has Henry married to Hettia. They had been married for 16 years).
[S. Griffiths - November 2004] 		Fargo, Anne (I41290)
 
20452 The 1865 NY State census indicates that she had 12 children by the age of 32. Is this correct or did Lyman father 12 children between his two wives?
[S. Griffiths - November 2004] 		Miller, Lucretia E (I45343)
 
20453 The 1907 bible of the John & Minnie Doane is in possession of great-grandson Freeman Cole. It lists all of the children and their birth dates. The last two names are cut off, we know that Alvah R. is one but the last child that likely died young is not yet identified. Doane, John Artimus (I71761)
 
20454 The 1910 census indicates that she had 11 children, all were living in 1910.
[S. Griffiths - January 2011]

Obituary:
Mrs. Andrew Graham of Emerson, died Saturday evening at the home of her step-daughter, Mrs. Joseph Northman of 8 Chapel Avenue, Auburn, after a long period of illness. Besides her husband, she is survived 10 children and four step-children. The children are Mrs. Henry Castle, Durand, Mich.; Mrs. Florence Foye, Put-in-Bay, O.; Mrs. Rose Thompson, Utica; Mrs. Sarah Perkins, Cayuga; William Taber, Kansas City; Leon J. Taber, Auburn; Edwin Taber, Seneca Falls; Floyd Taber, Alberta Mich.; Sylvenus Taber, Auburn; and Lawrence Taber, Owasso, Mich.

Funeral services were held from the house yesterday with Rev. Charles Weaver of Spring Lake officiating. Burial was in the Union Hill Cemetery, Cato.
[The Cato Citizen and Tri-County Leader - December 1, 1921 - Page -, Column 2] 		Wilson, Lydia Marie (I14458)
 
20455 The Anglicized version of Garreau is Garrow Gareau, Francois Xavier (I17399)
 
20456 At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. Yerdon, Geraldine Mae (I47872)
 
20457 The Benjamin Thurber Bible record (copied in typescript) from the DAR shows a Peter Thurber and a Dennison Thurber. Neither are children of Benjamin and Esther. Dennison is the great-grandson of Benjamin Thurber, and I don't know who Peter belongs to.
Benjamin Thurber was living in Williamstown, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts (next to his son, Joseph), found there in the 1810, 1820, and 1830 census.
Some information from the History of Rensselaer County, by Nathaniel B. Sylvester, states that a Benjamin Thurber established a store in Troy, New York. From land records for Benjamin Thurber, of Providence, Rhode Island, I have discovered that it was a different Benjamin (not my direct line) who established this store. March 2003. 		Thurber, Benjamin (I84870)
 
20458 The Bennetts came to Orwell Oswego County NY from Reneslaer County in 1807. Born on April 3, 1790, Hannah was the daughter of Nathaniel Bennett Jr and Anna Gill. Both her grandfathers - Nathaniel Bennett Sr. and Obadiah Gill fought in the Revolution. Apparently the Brooks' tory leanings did not matter by now. The first marriage in Orwell was in 1808 when Betsey Bennett, daughter of Nathaniel Sr. married David Eastman. Stephen and Hannah must have been married shortly after that. Nathaniel Bennett III , son of Nathaniel Bennett Jr, married Laura Strong, daughter of Eli Strong and sister of Lament Strong Brooks. Bennett, Nathaniel (I71540)
 
20459 The Bible is assumed to have belonged to Ebenezer Comes, Jr, because of the publisher's date of 1836 and the material recorded directly into the Bible. It may have passed to Addison C. Comes and then to Irving Comes. It was passed on to James Coughlin by Addison F. Comes.

Comments: There were a number of loose papers in the bible, including a small (3 sheet) notebook, a paper marked "Memorandum" which has the same writing, two other folded sheets with the same writing (faded), another single sheet in pencil (very faded), and another sheet which refers to the Ball family with various writing on it. Lastly, there is a sample of penmanship, "Marquis L. Comes" (would this be Marcus Lafyett?).

All of these sheets will be maintained together as "Comes Bible". 		Source (S2626)
 
20460 The birth records for Simon's family were found by June Walker in 1982 while researching in the NYS Library. They are in records from St. Paul's Lutheran Church of Minden. Simon is listed as "Seimon" baptized in the Dutch Reformed Church of German Flats, Fort Herkimer. Vrooman, Simon (I48180)
 
20461 The body of Mrs. Flora Mead Davey, 65, who died in Minneapolis last Wednesday has been placed in the receiving vault at Altmar cemetery. Mrs. Davey was born in Richland February 6, 1856. In 1877, Flora Mead and William Davey were united in marriage, the couple later going west. Mr. Davey died in 1900. Later his widow took a course is osteopathy and for a long time followed the profession, in which she is said to have been eminently successful. At one time Mrs. Davey served as national president of the Daughters of the American Revolution. - Oswego NY Palladium, January 16 1923 Meade, Flora (I27536)
 
20462 The book "Thomas Horton of Milton and Rehoboth, Massachusetts" by

Margaret R. Jenks and Frank C. Seymour, published by Margaret R. Jenks, 1984, has information about this family:
"Half of Scituate, R.I. became Foster in 1781. Nathaniel probably lived in the section that became Foster.
"In the 1774 Scituate census Nathaniel had a family of: IM +16, 2M -16; 2F +16, 6F -16. In the 17 90 Foster census the family included: IM +16, 2M -16 and 4 F. In the 1800 Providence Co. census the family was: IM +45, IF 16/26, IF +45. The 1810 Foster census was IM +45 and IF +45.
"The Scituate Town Council held on 4 April 1780 recorded the following: Whereas Katherine Horton of Scituate departed this life on the day of last and died intestate, Nathaniel Horton, father of the deceased asks for a letter of administration. The letter was granted to Nathaniel Horton and Amos Hammon.
"The Providence Phenix of 4 May 1819 and the RI American of 25 May 1819 reported the death of Nathaniel in the following obituary: "Nathaniel Horton, Sr.(died) at Mt. Hygeria, Foster, in 89th year; he married Sarah Pray, with whom he lived nearly 63 years, and who still survives, aged 85 years; has had 13 children, most of whom survive; is buried beside his father, John Horton, who died 6 Jan. 1796, aged 100 years wanting 2 months. Sermons by Revs. Stephen Place and John Westcott."
Nathaniel Horton died testate, having written a will dated 8 February 1814, which was proved 19 June 1819. The will reads (transcribed from the Foster (RI) Town Council Probate Records, 1781-1887, Volumes 3-4, (1814-1826), Volume 3, pages 532-538, on FHL Microfilm 0,941,056):
"The Last Will and Testament of Nathaniel Horton of Foster in the County of Providence in the State of Rhode Island &c. I the said Nathaniel Horton, being now far advanced in Life (viz) in the Eighty third year of my age, through the goodness of God of sound Disposing mind and memory, Considering the uncertainty of Life, and the Necessity of my being Prepared for Death, do make and ordain, this Last Will and Testament in the following manner.
"I hereby recomend my soul to the ???nsive mercy of almighty God Beseeching his Generous forgiveness of all my Sins and his Blessing on my family and Children, and the Disposal which I am Now about to make, of the Estate wherewith he has Pleased to favour me, as my A?? attained with Lasting Benefits to them all.
"Item. I Order that my just Debts and Re?????? be ?????? ??????? to be paid by my Executor hereinafter named in form as Conveniantly may be Done ????? after my Decease.
"Item I Give and Bequeath unto my Beloved sons Abel Horton and John Horton [most of two lines unreadable due to poor microfilm copy]. forever to be Equally Divided Between Them all my Land and real Estate, Consisting of the one undivided half of Part of the farm with the Buildings thereon whereon I now dwell in the said Town of Foster, to Come unto them on the Death of their Mother as hereinafter Mentioned, Provided and on Condition, that they shall pay to their six sisters Ruth Rachel Sarah Phebe Olive & Freelove or their heirs or assigns, Respectively, the seven Lagacies hereafter Given to them Respectively being the sum of twenty Dollars to Each, making in the whole one hundred and twenty Dollars, one half thereof to be paid by my son Abel and the other half by my son John & to be paid as herein after mentioned within one year Next after the Decease of myself & their Mother. Having heretofore give by Deed to my son Nathaniel Horton the Twenty acres of Land adjoining Land of Peleg Williams - as described in my Deed to him lying in said foster, and having also given to my son Chase Horton the other half of the farm aforesaid. Not thereby ???ised as described in my Deed to my son Chase Horton, all which Deed are Recorded in the Town Clerk offices of said Foster and Considering what I have given them by Deed and What I have otherwise done for them, as their shares Respectively of my Estate in Land is the Reason Why I Do Not Now Give them any more of my Real Estate Hoping that they will feel satisfied With the Conduct of their Effectinnate Father herein Who is Desirous of Doing as Well as he can by all his Beloved Children, having Due Regard to times and things best.
"Item. After setting and assigning to my Beloved Wife Sarah Horton as hereafter mentioned on this out of my Personal Estate. I Give and Bequeath to my beloved Grand son Asa Comstock Horton and to his heirs Executors administrators or assigns ??? said Asa is son of my son Chase Horton, the one quarter part of the Remainder in Value of all my Livestock, and one quarter part in value according to the Inventory which shall be made of all my outdoor Moveables of Every Kind to be to him When he shall have arrived to the age of twenty one years, to be paid to him in money, to the amount of one quarter part of the Inventory as apprised, or as the same may be sold, at vendue at the Election of my Executor.
"Item. I give and Bequeath to my Beloved sons Abel Horton John Horton & Nathaniel Horton Jr. and to their heirs Executors admors & assigns Respectively the other three quarter parts of all my Live Stock & out Doors Moveables of Every Kind to be Equally Devided Between them and also all my money & s???tys for money and all other my Personal Estate Excepting what I have Given to my grandson Asa C. Horton and Excepting What I shall otherwise Dispose of by this my Will. I Give & bequeath to my said three sons, Abel Horton, John Horton and Nathaniel Horton Jr. to be Equally Devided Between them it being my meaning & Intention and Intention that there shall be No Division of my said Personal Estate among my said Children as aforesaid untill one third part thereof shall have been assigned & set of to my said Wife Sarah Horton, as herein after mentioned, and that then the Remainder shall be divided between them my said sons, and my said Grandson as mentioned in this and the preceding Paragraph.
"Item. I give and bequeath to my Daughter Ruth Staples wife of Abraham Staples twenty Dollars to be paid to her out of my Real Estate by my said sons Abel and John as afore said.
"Item. I Give and Bequeath to my Daughter Rachel Smith Wife of Hope Smith Twenty Dollars to be paid to her out of my Real Estate by my said sons Abel & John as afore said.
"Item. I Give and Bequeath to my Daughter Sarah Bishop wife of John Bishop Twenty Dollars to be paid to her out of my Real Estate by my said sons Abel & John as afore said, to be at her sole & absolute Disposal as she in Writing shall Direct Not to be Sublett attachment for any Debts Presently contracted.
"Item. I Give and Bequeath to my Daughter Phebe Wade Wife of Simon Wade Twenty Dollars to be paid to her out of my Real Estate by my said sons Abel & John as aforesaid.
"Item. I Give and Bequeath to my Daughter Olive Steer Wife of Asahel Steer Twenty Dollars to be paid to her out of my Real Estate by my sons Abel & John as afore said.
"Item. I Give and Bequeath to my Daughter Freelove Bishop Wife of Elias Bishop Twenty Dollars to be paid to her out of my Real Estate by my by my sons Abel and John as afore said, to be at her sole and absolute Disposal as she shall in Writing direct Not to be S??able to attain ???ert for any Debt Previously Contracted.
"Item. I Give and Bequeath to my said six Daughters Before Named, all and singular my indoors moveable good of Every Kind which shall Remain after Setting of & assigning to my Beloved Wife one third part that of as herein after mentioned to be Equally Divided between them according to their value after the Decease of their Mother.
"Item. I give Devise and Bequeath to my Beloved Wife Sarah Horton the use occupation & Improvement of the Whole of my Real Estate During her Naturall Life, and also as her absolute and improvement Property and Estate one third part of any Personal Estate of Every Kind, to be set off and assigned to her Before any Division thereof to be made Between my Children as aforesaid, and I also Give to her the use and improvement of the said two thirds of my indoors household moveable goods During the turm of her Natural Life, which after her Decease I have Given to my six Daughters as aforesaid.
"Lastly I Constitute and Appoint my said Beloved Wife Sarah Horton, and my son Nathaniel Horton Jr. joint Executors of this my Last Will and Testament, thereby annulling & Revoking all former or other Wills and Testaments by me at any time heretofore mad, Ratifying & Confirming and Declaring this and No other as or for my Last Will and Testament. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my Hand & Seal this Eight Day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred & fourteen and in the 38th year of the Independence of the United States of America.
"Signed sealed Published and Declared his
by the said Nathaniel Horton as & for his Nathaniel X Horton (seal)
Last Will and Testament in the presence mark
of us who at his Request & in his presence
& in the presence of Each other have
subscribed our Names hereto as Witnesses
James Durfey
Asa Ballou
Theodor Foster
"A Codicil to the Last Will and Testament of Nathaniel Horton Senr of Foster in the County of Providence & State of Rhode Island .... on this Seventh Day of August in the Year of Our Lord 1817.
"Whereas on the 8th Day of February AD 1814, I the said Nathaniel Horton did make my Said Will and Testament baring Date on that Day Which Was Witnessed by James Durfey, Asa Ballou and Theodore Foster I Do therefore hereby Ratify and Establish the same as my Last Will & Testament With the following small alterations (viz) in addition to what I have therein given to my faithful & Beloved Wife, Sarah Horton, I Do now hereby give and Bequeath to her all the silver money of Every kind Which shall Belong to me in my Possession at my Decease and shall then be in my Possession to be paid to her & to Become her own absolute Dispoasable Property Imediently from and after my Decease - and Whereas there is on the Land of Theodor Foster Esqr. a Privilege Reserved to my self and heirs, of a small Buring place two Rods square, on the East side of the Foster & Glocester app??? way so Called, Where my Deceased Father and Mother, and some of their Descendants are Bured and Whereas it hath been porposed by the said Theodore Foster to make an addition to the said Buring Place for the use of him self his heirs or assigns on the Easterly & Southerly sides of this said two Rods Square Resarved as afore said for the family of Which I am Descended, I Do therefore hereby order & Direct that my Executor shall make and Direct four Rods of Good stone Wall Equal in Goodness to that which shall be made & Erected by the said Foster his heirs or assigns for fencing in the said old Buring Place, that to be made by my Executor to be Erected on the Northerly & Easterly sides of said Buring Place and to be Done as soon as Conveniently may be after the said Theodore Foster his heirs or assigns shall have made the Wall for fencing in the said additional Buring Place the Expense of making the said four Rods of Wall to be paid by my Executor out of my Whole Estate - and I Do hereby make & Declare this Codicil Contained on this half & part of paper as above Expressed to be part and Parcel of my Last Will and Testament.
"In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the Day & year as above Written.
"Signed sealed Published & Declared his
by the said Nathaniel Horton Senr Nathaniel X Horton (seal)
as part and Parcel of his Last Will
and Testament & signed by us at his
Request & in his presence & in the
presence of Each other Who have
hereunto set our Names as Witnesses
unto -
Peter Sprague
Gardner Horton
Theodore Foster"
A "true & just Inventory of all and singular the Goods Chattles Rights and Credits of Nathaniel Horton late of Foster Deceased who departed this Life May the 4th 1819 and was taken by us the subscribers July the 8th following." Stuckley Varner, John Smith and William Jones were the appraisers (transcribed from the Foster (RI) Town Council Probate Records, 1781-1887, Volumes 3-4, (1814-1826), Volume 3, pages 547-548, on FHL Microfilm 0,941,056).
This inventory contains one page and a half of household items, plus a note against James Varner (?) for $6.25 (principal and interest) and three notes against Ezekiel Hopkins for a total of $47.06 (principal and interest). The inventory totalled $147.25.
On 2 October 1819, the probate court "Resolved that Nathaniel Horton have liberty to sell either at publick or private sale one horse & one yearling Steer apprized in the Inventory of the said Nath'l Horton Deceased Personal estate" (transcribed from the Foster (RI) Town Council Probate Records, 1781-1887, Volumes 3-4, (1814-1826), Volume 3, page 551, on FHL Microfilm 0,941,056):
On 12 November 1819, the probate court approved an "addition to the Inventory of the Personal Estate of Nathaniel Horton late of Foster Deceased taken by us the subscribers on the 25th Day of Sept. 1819:
* To one old mare -- $15.00
* To one old Bible -- $ 0.40
* To one old stone hammer -- $0.25
----------------------------------------------------------
$ 15.65"
The same appraisers signed the addition (transcribed from the Foster (RI) Town Council Probate Records, 1781-1887, Volumes 3-4, (1814-1826), Volume 3, page 563, on FHL Microfilm 0,941,056):.
Two accounts of Nathaniel Horton, executor, are available, and were approved on 8 May 1819 and 15 September 1820 by the probate court. The end value of the account totalled $74.31. (transcribed from the Foster (RI) Town Council Probate Records, 1781-1887, Volumes 3-4, (1814-1826), Volume 4, pages 3-5, on FHL Microfilm 0,941,056.
On 20 September 1820, the subscribers appointed by the probate court presented the distribution of the estate. The records read (transcribed from the Foster (RI) Town Council Probate Records, 1781-1887, Volumes 3-4, (1814-1826), Volume 4, pages 50-52, on FHL Microfilm 0,941,056):
"We the subscribers being appointed as a Commette by the Court of Probate of the Town of Foster to set off the Widows thirds of Nathaniel Hortons Decet Personal property agreeable to his Will Belong in the Widow Sarah Horton Decet and also to Divide the Personal Property agreeable to his Will amongst the several heirs of the said Nathaniel Horton Decet as followeth that is to say one ox or half the yoke used was Belonging Betwixt the Widow and Nathaniel Horton Also one Note of hand against James Varner Decet the amount Being $40.65 Cents in the Note. Also set off to William Arnold Admor to Sarah Horton Decet Estate $14.08 Consisting of indoors moveables being her Equal third part of it -- further more We Divided the Remainder part of the Personal Property amongst the several heirs that is to say finally set off to No 1 Asa Comstock Horton one Cow appraised $25 and further more $3.58 Cents in Cash to be paid by Nathanel Horton. Drawed by No 2. Abel Horton one cow praised at $24. also $3.58 Cents in Cash to be paid by Nathaniel Horton.
"Paid to John Horton his Equal Part by Nathaniel Horton being $27.58 Cents which appears by his Receipt.
"Drawed to Nathaniel Horton No. 3. one Yearling heifer $7.00 two Calves $6.00 one flax Brake 25 Cts Also due from Nathaniel Horton $6.58.
"No 1. Drawn to Phebe Wade one flock bed beding bed stead and Cord $4.83.
"No. 2 Drawed to Rachel Smith one feather bed with taken out $8 lb of feathers to be added to No 3 leaves to the ammount of $4.83 Cents.
"No. 3 Drawed to Phreelov Bishop 8 lb of feathers to be taken from No. 2 1 Cotiller 2 fillers 1 sheet 1 Blanket 1 under bed 1 Cord & one bedstead to the amount of $4.83 Cts.
No 4. Drawed to Sarah Bishop 1 firken 1 Churn 1 Spoon Mold 1 Round table 5 knives & 5 forks 1 Cream Purl (?) three hartford Bottles 1 Coverlid the amount of $4.83 Cts.
No. 5 Drawed to Ruth Staples & son all Kettles the largest square table 1 Great Chair 1 Cure Bottle 1 Round Bottle 1 half pint Tumbler 2 White plates 1 Pa?? C????? 1 milk Tray bundle bed stead & cord & Bible 1 Cracked Skillet all at $4.83 Cents.
No 6. Drawed to Olive Steer 4 Chairs 1 short square table 2 old Purls 1 Sider Churn 1 Tea Kettle 3 Milk Trays one S????? Sheet all at $4.83 Cents.
'On the 20th Day of September agreeable to our appointed We Met at the house of Nathaniel Horton & set off to the Widow her Equal 3d Part of the Personal Property of the said Nathaniel Horton Decd & Likewise We Divided agreable to the Will of the said Nathaniel Horton amongst the Lawful heirs.
Stephen Servis
Ezekiel Hopkins
William Stone."
At a Court of Probate held at Foster on the 24th Day of May 1821, the report of the Commitee to make division of the Personal Property of Nathaniel Horton Deced was received by the Court clerk, Daniel Howard. 		Horton, Nathaniel (I50226)
 
20463 The branch of Nathaniel which came in later, contained of five families. These were Isaiah and Sally, Jesseniah and Martha, Eliakim and __, and two daughters. Of these, Olive was the third child of Nathaniel. She first married a Mr. Allen, by whom she had two daughters, Laura, born February 8, 1811, who April 2, 1828 married Philip Minckler; and Phoebe, who married Nelson, brother of Philip. A daughter of Laura is Mrs. Helen, wife of Robert Jones, who lives a little east of the graveyard. Newton Minckler is the son of Nelson and Phoebe. After the death of Mr. Allen, Olive married James Robinson, and they had children.
The other daughter of Nathaniel Holmes was the youngest child, Phoebe. She was born November 9, 1796. October 27, 1814 she married Elnathan Mason Jr. (born August 12, 1791); familiarly known as “Squire Mason.” They lived about opposite the Baptist church, and their children were, Harriet Newell, Mary Ann, John R., Maria Z., and Adelia S. Squire Mason died October 11, 1855, his wife almost a quarter century later. November 8, 1879, at the home of her youngest child who had married Mr. David Fleming, and lived beyond Daysville, near the lake. Concerning her (Mrs. Mason), Mr. Roswell W. Holmes of Telluride, Colorado, wrote, “The dear, dear lady, she was always so clean spiritually, mentally, and physically,” a high testimony.
Of these five families of the Nathaniel Holmes branch the farthest lived hardly a mile from “The Mills;” and they with the sour of the other branch made nine Holmes families of the same generation which were living at one and the same time and for many years within a mile and a half of the mill dam, the center of the whole settlement. That gathering of nine families, living thus all at the same time there, who cleared off primeval forests, and laid the foundations of society in that place, is a very plain, and it seems to me conclusive reason why the village was fitly named Holmesville, and should always have borne that name. 		Holmes, Nathaniel (I44895)
 
20464 the Bushnell Weekly Record -newspaper-1863-
Mrs Predmore
Mrs Catharine Predmore died at her home in this city last Monday morning at two 0'clock, aged seventy -four years. Mrs Predmore's maiden was Catharine Stahl. She was born in Pennsylvania in 1822 and lived there until 1856. In 1842 she was married to Jacob Wisherd, and together they came west and settled near Prairie City in 1856. Ten children were born to them four of whom survive their mother. they are J. M. Wisherd, Cottonwood Falls, Kansas; D.N. Wisherd of Quincy; Jerry Wisherd living near Macomb; and J. H. wisherd of St Joe, Mo. Mr Wisherd died in 1863. In 1885 Mrs Wisherd was married to Roy Predmore, and they moved to Bushnell in 1888, making this place their home since that time. Mrs Predmore was a woman who enjoyed the respect and esteem of all who knew her.She became a member of the Christian church in 1864 and has been identified with it ever since. Funeral services were held at the residence at ten o'clock Wednesday forenoon, in charge of J. M. Rudy pastor of the Christian church at Quincy, and the remains were interred in the Virgil cemetery, four miles east of Prairie City.
copied by Joyce Brewer 		Stahl, Catherine (I62710)
 
20465 The Civil War: The Lives and Service of an Extended Decker Family
Slide 1: Title
As I have researched the various Decker families over time, I have always been compelled by the history in which they were living. Sometimes I have to stop and remind myself that someone who was born and baptized in New York in the late 1600s probably lived their entire life before The Revolution. I have had a similar issue with those that lived during the time of the Civil War. And there could be no better reminder than standing next to a couple of graves at Gettysburg National Cemetery, who were not only soldiers but uncles of my Great Grandfather, James Franklin Decker. When I started doing genealogy just over ten years ago, I only knew as far back as James, who was orphaned as a boy (about 9) and moved to Michigan about 1890 while in his twenties. As I encountered more Decker names from the Civil War, and I transcribed many of them who served for The Union, I became more intrigued about many of them, particularly those who are somewhat closely related to my Decker line.
Slide 2: Civil War Soldiers: Descendants of Myndert Decker
My direct line includes Myndert Decker of Columbia County, New York. Of his six children, two of them could easily be said to have been strongly affected by the Civil War.
Michael Decker lived in Berne, Albany County, New York until his death about 1860-1865. Three of his children are known to have served in the Civil War: Minard, born about 1824, Lucius, born about 1833, and William, born about 1847.
John Decker lived in Ellisburg, Jefferson County, New York until his death in 1852. Two of his children are known to have served in the Civil War: Isaac, born 1838, and John D. Decker, born in 1845.
Slide 3: Civil War Soldiers: Descendants of Jacob Cornelis Decker
Jacob Decker was a first cousin of Myndert Decker. Of his descendants, two are known to have served in the Civil War. His grandson, Clark Wilcox Decker, was born in 1838 in Michigan and lived in Adrian. His father, Uriah (or Uri) Decker moved there from Columbia County, New York in 1833. It was there, on his farm in Lenawee County, that the cranium, tusks, three ribs, and other bones of a mastodon were found in 1864 about three two feet below the surface of a small peat bog (the Decker mastodon). A strange find for me in genealogy terms, but even more so as this is also in the time of the Civil War. Many members of Uriah Decker’s family (ten children) lived in Michigan for several generations.
Also in this family was Jasper R. Decker, a grandson of Walter Decker. Jasper’s father, Harley Redfield Decker, moved to Lenawee County, Michigan sometime before his first marriage in 1847. Jasper was born in 1848.
I also included the lineage to Erastus Decker, a cousin of Clark W. Decker, as through him there is another connection between the families.
Slide 4: Myndert & Jacob - Cousins

As I mentioned before, Myndert & Jacob Decker were first cousins. Their common ancestor was their grandfather, Jan Jacobsen Decker, who was baptized in the Kingston Reformed Dutch Church in New York on September 28, 1679. He married Thyssje Bogart about 1706, and was himself a grandson of Jan Broersen Decker, son of Jacob Jansse Decker & Belytje Bastianssen. Therefore the five grandsons of Myndert Decker were third cousins of Clark Decker and Harley Decker, the father of Jasper.
Slide 5: Family Connection
Even though the connection between the two families is third generation, there is somewhat more of a connection between them. James Franklin Decker, my great-grandfather, was orphaned as a child of about nine years of age in about 1873, and became (with his four siblings) a ward of the courts of Niagara County, New York and was assigned guardians until the age of 18. During this time he lived where he could, and the family history suggests he somewhat bounced around. In the 1875 census, he is listed in Niagara county with the family of Erastus Capron Decker (as Franklin Decker), with the relationship of “adopted son.” Erastus was first cousin to Jasper Decker’s father Harley and Clark Decker, suggesting that the families were at least somewhat familiar with each other.
Slide 6: Was Minard a Brother?
There has been a lot of confusion about Minard and whether he was a son of Michael. The evidence is fairly circumstantial, but quite suggestive. The first place I encountered this was on the website for the 20th N.Y.S.M. (http://ulsterguard.us) under “Anecdotes.” In the 1855 census for the Town of Berne in Albany county there is a Minard listed who couldn’t possibly be the son of Michael, for one he had lived in the town all his life, which was seven years longer than his father had lived there. Turns out he was a cousin to the Minard Decker (son of Jacob P. Decker) who served at Gettysburgh.
First, Minard & Lucius both enlisted in the 20th New York State Militia, serving in different companies. Second, in the 1830 & 1840 census listings there are children of Michael Decker (male & female) that are otherwise not accounted for. Third, in the 1860 census, Angeline Decker is listed both with her parents (in Berne, Albany County, enumerated in June) and with her brother Minard (in Shandaken, Ulster County in August). Also, there is the will of Phillip Warner. The brothers Jacob & Michael Decker each married sisters Sarah and Elizabeth Bovee. Their maternal grandfather was Phillip Warner, and his will (proved in 1827) lists amongst his children (all of full age) Elisabeth Bovee, wife of Michael Decker, and Sarah Bovee, wife of Jacob Decker. Amongst those not of full age or infants there is listed: Michael M. Decker, Jacob P. Decker, Abraham B. Decker, John H. Decker, and Philip Decker. A presumption would be that Michael M. had the middle name Minard, or that one was a nickname, or such. Jacob Decker did not marry Sarah Bovee until about 1824, therefore son Minard Decker is presumed to have been from a first marriage, and therefore would not be included in the will of Phillip Warner.
The evidence connecting Minard is still inconclusive, but highly suggestive. A lot of help on this came from Harold Miller of http://bernehistory.org and David Decker.
Slide 7: John M. Decker Family

John Michael Decker married Phebe Sturdevant about 1820, and moved to Ellisburg, Jefferson county, New York about 1823. His biography appears in the Child’s Gazetteer of Jefferson County, Town of Ellisburg, written in 1890. They had four children (all boys), one died in infancy. Two sons served in the Civil War.
Slide 8: John D. Decker
John D. Decker, the youngest son was born in June, 1845. He enlisted in November, 1861 in the 7th New York Calvary, but died of disease at the regimental hospital less than two months later, in late December, 1861. (Died in Virginia, according to gravestone.)
Slide 9: John D. Decker
John was buried in Saxe Cemetery, Ellisburg, Jefferson County, New York, aged 16 years, 6 months.
Slide 10: Isaac W. Decker
Isaac, born in 1838, was the second oldest son of John & Phebe. He served in the 24th Regiment, New York Volunteers from May 1861 to May 1863. He married Lodema Kibling in 1865, and later worked as a proprietor of a meat market, produce dealer, and was commissioner of highways for Jefferson County in 1890. In 1905 he was invited to participate in a reunion from the war, as follows:
I.W. Decker has received an invitation to attend the third annual re-union of the First Iron brigade at Syracuse Sept. 14. This title was won April 18, 1862 for the march from Collette Station to Falmouth, Va, in which Mr. Decker's regiment, the 24th, with several other regiments participated. All surviving members of the 24th are invited to be present.
[Source: South Jefferson Historical Society, 8/29/1905, article on file]
He died in 1924 at the Soldier’s home in Bath, Steuben County, New York where he went after feeling ill. He is buried in Ellisburg Cemetery, Jefferson County, New York.
Slide 11: Family of Michael Decker
Michael Decker married Elizabeth Bovee about 1824 and lived in Berne, Albany County by 1830 until his death between 1860 and 1865. Elizabeth then moved to Ellisburg where she died in 1869. She is buried in Ellisburg Cemetery, Jefferson County, New York.
The records, including census information from 1830 and later, show that they likely had nine children. Of these, three of them served in the Civil War.
Slide 12: William H. Decker
William was the youngest of the children of Michael & Elizabeth. He was born in 1847, and enlisted in the 2nd Mounted Rifles Regiment, New York in March, 1865. He mustered out in August, 1865 in Petersburg, Virginia.

William seems to have had a lifelong connection with women named ‘Jennie.’ There is a grave for Jennie E., wife of W. H. Decker in Zion Church Graveyard, Pierrepont Manor, Jefferson Co., New York, by whom he had a son Harley Jennings Decker (born 1882). In 1883 he married Jennie Freeman in Jefferson County, New York, who applied for his widow’s pension in 1923. Finally, he adopted a daughter, also named Jennie Freeman, who was born in 1877.
William died in April, 1923 and is buried in Ellisburg Cemetery, Jefferson Co., New York. Slide 13: Lucius & Minard Decker
Both Lucius & Minard served in the 20th New York State Militia, also called the 80th New York Infantry or the Ulster Guard. Both fought at Gettysburg and died on the third day of the battle, July 3, 1863, defending against Pickett’s Charge. They are buried in Gettysburg National Cemetery with those from New York.
Slide 14: Lucius H. Decker
Lucius enlisted in September, 1861 in Company G, at the age of 28. In October he was promoted to Full Sergeant. During his service he spent time away from his company recruiting, but was at the Gettysburg in 1863 where he was killed on July 3 during the third day of fighting. The 20th N.Y.S.M. was recorded as aiding the Pennsylvania troops in defense of Pickett’s Charge. He was wounded in the chest and killed.
Slide 15: Minard Decker
Minard enlisted in September, 1861 in Company K. He was shortly promoted to Full Sergeant (October) and later (according to the records) to Full Corporal. He was wounded on August 30, 1862 at the battle of 2nd Bull Run, Virginia. He fought at Gettysburg where he was wounded in the liver and killed on July 3, 1863.
Slide 16: Gettysburg National Cemetery
The graves for Sergt. L. H. Decker, Co. K Regt. 20 and Sergt. M. Decker, Co. G Regt. 20 are side-by-side in the national cemetery. The designations for the company in which each served appears to be reversed from those in the records.
Slide 17: Gettysburg - Ulster Guard
Among the many names used by the regiment, as mentioned previously, was the Ulster Guard.
Although officially listed in the records as the 80th N.Y. Infantry, the unit preferred to use their state designation of the 20th New York State Militia. During the battle of Gettysburg they were involved in the initial skirmishes on the west side of town on the first day of battle, July 1. This monument marks the approximate location of where the 20th N.Y.S.M. first encountered fire. Unable to hold the position they retreated back into town setting up for the fighting that would occur over the next two days.
Captain John D. S. Cook of the 20th N.Y.S.M. compiled his Personal Reminiscences of Gettysburg where were read on December 12, 1903, some 40 years after the battle.

Slide 18: Gettysburg - Cemetery Ridge
On the final day of the battle, July 3, the 20th N.Y.S.M. was supporting the Pennsylvania troops who were directly involved in repelling Pickett’s Charge, which was directed at the “Corpse of Trees” on Cemetery Ridge, now known as the “High Water Mark of the Rebellion” marked with this monument. To the right of the monument would have been where the fiercest fighting occurred, which involved the 20th N.Y. S.M. and presumably would have been the location where both Lucius and Minard were wounded and killed.
Slide 19: Family of Uriah Decker
Uriah Decker was born in 1805 in Columbia County, New York. He married Experience Baker in 1829, then moved to Lenawee County, Michigan in 1833. They had ten children. Many of his descendants lived in (or near) Adrian, Michigan. Their son, Clark Wilcox Decker, was born in 1838 in Michigan, and married Emma Finch in 1865.
Slide 20: Clark Wilcox Decker
Clark W. Decker first enlisted in 1861 for a period of three months. He fought in the Battle of Bull Run in July, the first real battle of the war. He enlisted with the Michigan Cavalry and served from 1861 until he mustered out at the end of the war in October, 1865. He served as a Second Lieutenant starting in 1861, and First Lieutenant starting in 1864.
Slide 21: Clark Wilcox Decker
I received this picture of Clark Decker in his Civil War uniform from Virginia (Decker) Loewe. It had previously been owned by Shirley Wood, a granddaughter of Clark’s sister Isabella Decker, and has about 40 pages containing pictures of the family of Uriah Decker.
Slide 22: Family of Harley Decker
Harley Redfield Decker was born in 1825 in Ontario County, New York, and married Marenda Oles in 1847 in Michigan. They had nine children who were born in Lenawee County, Michigan.
Slide 23: Jasper R. Decker
Jasper Decker was born in 1848. He enlisted in Company L of the 1st Michigan Engineers and Mechanics. He was captured and held prisoner at Andersonville, Georgia.
Slide 24: Decker, J. - Andersonville
During April 1865 the records show that Jasper Decker (listed as Decker, J., Company L, 1st Michigan) was released as part of an exchange. Andersonville was the most notorious prison during the Civil War. According to a reference on Wikipedia: “During the war, 45,000 prisoners were received at Andersonville prison, and of these 12,913 died.”
Slide 25: Jasper & Olive (Sister)

Jasper is buried in West Adrian Cemetery in Lenawee County, Michigan. He shares a headstone with his sister, Olive, who died at the age of one year in 1851. The stone is largely illegible. A 1937 reading of the cemetery captures most of the information, although undoubtedly the death occurred in April and not March. The record reads: “Jasper, P, son Marinda, d. Mar. 1865, age 18y 4m, Sultana Victim, Civil War.”
Slide 26: S.S. Sultana
The S.S. Sultana was a wooden steamship constructed in 1863 for use on the Mississippi River. The legal capacity of the Sultana was listed at 376 passengers, but at the end of the Civil War it carried about 2,400 passengers, most of them freed prisoners of war. This was done to maximize the amount of profit by the captain & owner of the vessel at a time when maintenance was severely limited. In other words, he needed the money and would do anything necessary. According to documentation on Wikipedia and evidenced by the photo: “Passengers were packed into every available berth, and the overflow was so severe that the decks were completely packed.”
Slide 27: S.S. Sultana
The disaster that ensued at 2:00 a.m. on April 27, 1865 is considered to be the greatest maritime disaster of all time. Called the “Titanic” of Arkansas, more people are believed to have died in this shipwreck than any other. Most estimates are that about 1800 of the approximately 2400 people aboard perished. The disaster received little publicity due to the national events of the time, including the ending of the war, the assassination of President Lincoln, and the search for his assassin. John Wilkes Booth had been killed on April 26, 1865. After Lincoln’s death on the morning of April 15, he was transported to Springfield on a 13-day journey through 180 cities before arriving in Springfield, Illinois on May 3, 1865.
See also the account of Uriah J. Mavity, a soldier from Indiana who survived the incident.
The website http://www.riverrockentertainment.com/sultana search.htm lists two Deckers who were aboard, as follows:
First
Name MI Last Name Unit Co. Rank Fate
Jasper R. Decker 1st Michigan Engineers & L Private Died
Mechanics
Jefferson Decker 80th Indiana Infantry E Private Lived
Slide 28: Civil War Deckers
By various records, some 1,400 to 1,500 Decker soldiers fought for the Union. An additional 139 are listed has having served the Confederacy. At least 618,000 Americans died in the Civil War. In addition to Lucius & Minard Decker, three other Decker soldiers died at Gettysburg (Isaah, and two with the

name Isaac), all from New York. I find these stories to be compelling, but when magnified by the number of soldiers who served, and those who died, it is unimaginable to understand the amount of suffering that was inflicted on those who lived during this time. I continue to gain new insights, and respect, when I encounter Decker families who were born during this time, married before & after the war, or mourned those lost.
Slide 29: Questions
I had thought about researching and writing about this topic for quite some time. As I mentioned, I find the stories quite compelling. Thank you for allowing me to share them.
 		Decker, Myndert Minard (I30842)
 
20466 The Cleveland Genealogy shows that they were married either February 1834 or January 1, 1836.
[Genealogy of the Cleveland and Cleaveland Families, Vol 1 page 928]

The 1865 NY State census indicates that she was born in Saratoga County and that she had 13 children.
[S. Griffiths - November 2004]

Alternate date of birth; November 22, 1812.
[IGI at Family Search , (http://www.familysearch.org)] 		Bixby, Eveline (I14295)
 
20467 The daily palladium., December 04, 1906, Page 4, Image 4

Brakeman Railroad
killed by the cara in oswego. 		Miller, Martin B. (I44066)
 
20468 The death of Charles Tanner of Boylston removes from the activities of life one of the earliest settlers. He came from Frankfort in Herkimer county in 1849 and located in the woods of Boylston enduring all the hardships of pioneer life. He was ever one of the town's best citizens, industrious and highly esteemed by all who knew him.

Source: Sandy Creek News, Aug 24, 1899
__________________________________________

Nine children were born to Charles and Mary Hamer Tanner, Sarah, who married John Doneburg; John, who went to the Civil War and died of starvation in a rebel prison; Mary Ann, who married Emory Lester; twin daughters, Emeline, who married Elvin Blodgett, and Adeline who died of consumption when 19 years of age; Edward; George; Ella, who married Jason Halsey and, second, Sid Cornell and who now lives in Wolcott; and a little daughter, Eliza Tanner, who died when two years old

He was also the step father of Mary's eldest child, James Hunt

Source: Sandy Creek News, 1933 		Tanner, Charles (I69957)
 
20469 The death of Huldah Miller, wife of Henry Tanner of this city, occurred on Sunday morning at 9 o'clock at her home, 305 Courtland avenue, after a six weeks illness from paralysis. Mrs. Tanner, who was nearly 73, was born in Jefferson county and when 16 years old, married Mr. Tanner, who was known as the "Boy Captain" because then the youngest canal boat captain on the Erie Canal. After a number of years on the canal, Captain and Mrs. Tanner bought a small farm at Stanwix and lived there for 48 years, coming to this city three years ago. Mrs. Tanner was a member of the Free Methodist Church of Rome and was a woman of beautiful Christian character. She had a large circle of friends in this vicinity. She is survived by her husband, who is almost 83 years old, and by eight children, William of Amsterdam, Albert of New York, Eugene, Charles S., Aden and Frederick of this city, and Mrs. Alice Gorham of New York, a former resident of Rome. Sixteen grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren also are left. Four brothers, Frank Miller of this city, Spencer Miller of Fulton, Horace of Minetto, and Gilbert of Altmar, survive their sister, also two sisters, Mrs. Henry March of Syracuse and Mrs. Dwight Delong of Altmar. Miller, Huldah Ann (I69214)
 
20470 The death of Mrs. Bertha Bulson, 32, wife of James G. Turner, occurred yesterday at their home on the Hillsboro road, about a mile and a half southwest of this village, after an illness of pneumonia. Mrs. Turner had been ill for two weeks.

She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bulsom of Amboy and before her marriage she resided in that place. Mrs. Turner was the mother of eight children, the eldest of whom is 13 years of age and the youngest is just a babe of a few months. She was highly esteemed by those who knew her.~ The Rome Daily Sentinel, Thursday, February 28, 1918.

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In Camden, the funeral of Mrs. James G. Turner was attended from the family home on the Hillsboro road at 2:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Rev. Loucks of the First Methodist Church officiated. There were many floral tributes. The bearers were William Crenan, Charles E. Clark, Earle B. Niles, Earle Skinner, Harvey Dunton and Frank Kennedy. The body was placed in the receiving vault in Forest Park Cemetery.
Among those present were Mr. and Mrs. Simon Bulson and their son, Clifford of Amboy, parents and brother of the deceased; Mr. and Mrs. Howard Miller and Milo Bulson of Cortland, Mr. and Mrs. Miles Turner and two children of Rochester, Fred Coon of Syracuse, George Somers and Mr. Kinney, friends of Mr. Turner from Utica.
The Rome Daily Sentinel, Saturday Evening, March 2, 1918 		Bulson, Bertha Alice (I58338)
 
20471 The Evening News (Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania)
25 May 1938, Wed
Page 2

Deaths - Mrs. Alice Yeager, Dorrance, is Dead - Mrs. Alice Yeager, 20, Dorrance Corners, died at the Nanticoke State Hospital last night at 8:25, four hours after she was admitted. Death was due to complications. She was born in Wanamie, and was well known borth in Newport Township and at Dorrance. She as a member of the Nuangola M. E. Church. Besides her husband, she is survived by an infant daughter, and the following brothers, and sisters; Charles Crouse, Thomas Crouse, Harry Crouse, Mrs. Mary Smith, Alexander Crouse, Mrs. Ida McCarthy, George Crouse, and Dolly and Elizabeth Crouse. Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon from the Nuangola M.E. Church at 2 with the Rev. H. R. Brong, Wanamie, officiating. Burial will be in Alberts Cemetery. 		Crouse, Alice (I77386)
 
20472 The family is buried in Woodlawn Cem., Sandy Creek, NY G-E section Gibbs, William Wallace (I45977)
 
20473 At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. Yerdon, James F. (I60345)
 
20474 The first Germans to settle in North America were Palatines who arrived in New York State during 1709/10. Governor Hunter arranged to settle the Germans on the Livingston Estate. Names were put onto lists which came to be called the Hunter Rolls. On 1 July 1710 Johann Michael Ittich first appeared on a roll. On 24 June 1711, he was listed with 3 over persons over 10 years and 1 person under 10. These other persons were Hans Michael Edich and Hans Michael Edich, Jr. They were finally awarded land in the Burnetsfield Patent by 1725. On the south side of the river, Michael Editch [sic] received lot #20. Johan Michael Edigh [sic] was awarded lot #33.
Almost every Palatine family found their names changed as various persons recorded the German names as best they could. Most of these families were peasants who were illiterate. They could not spell out their own names. The recorders varied (spelling). Some were native Dutch speakers, some were of New England Yankees; others came directly from England and yet another group were literate Mohawk Indians, sons of white men. How the German names came to be spelled, depended on who made the list. Most Palatine research needs to be done on each and every variant. Into the 19th century some Ittig insisted on the German spelling while other branches changed their names early.

Stories within the family abound with recollections of discrimination because of their German background. At first the discrimination centered on the fact they spoke only German. The Yankees hated it. They were also Lutherans, a religion not familiar to the local populace. But most of all it centered on the fact they raised lot of pigs, in a time when a bar of soap was only available to the richest households. The Germans could be smelled coming from a considerable distance. Many Germans found their Yankee neighbors too hostile. In the Revolutionary War, many Palatines joined the British Army. Most Edicks did not, but they had to work hard for acceptance.

Some descendants believe Hans Michael Edick was born 28 September 1668 in Landhauser, Germany. Hans Jr.’s birth was about 1700 with the place unknown. Hans Jr.’s son, Marcus Edick, born 1731 in German Flatts, Herkimer Co., NY, married twice. His second wife, Anna Barbara Weber/Weaver became the mother of 7 children including, Marcus, Jr. in 1772 at Stone Arabia, Montgomery Co., NY.

In January 1793 at Stone Arabia, young Marcus married Elizabeth Waffle, daughter of George and Maria Esther (Seeber) Waffle. They had 5 children. Sometimes Elizabeth was called Betsey as in the 1850 Richland, NY census.

1. Catherine Edick b. 11 January 1794 Oneida, NY; m. 19 May 1812 John Folts/Volz; d. 8 June 1859.
2. Elisabeth Edick b. 7 February 1801 Stone Arabia, NY; d. 1881 Houndsfield, NY.
3. William Edick b. 1808 Stone Arabia, NY; m. Harriet Scott; d. 1876 Richland, NY.
4. John Edick b. May 1810 Stone Arabia, NY; m. Margaret Scott; d. January 1886 Richland,NY.
5. Anna Edick.

Marcus was included in the 1830 Richland, NY census. He died in 1855 at Richland. Elizabeth died 1856 at Richland and was buried in the Willis Cemetery. Her grave was either unmarked or her stone had become unreadable. The Daughters of the American Revolution, Ontario Chapter, Pulaski, NY surveyed this cemetery ca. 1930 and found no Edick stones in the Willis Cemetery.

Catherine Edick who married John Folts/Volz of Herkimer Co., NY, had 9 children born between 1814 and 1837. Neither she nor her sister, Elizabeth, who never married, appeared to have lived in Oswego County. But both William and John raised their families in Richland. More research is required on sister Anna.

William married in 1836, Harriet Scott, born ca. 1816 in Mexico, NY. They lived with Marcus and Elizabeth (Betsey) in 1850. In the 1850 census their children were given as Esther, age 12; George, age 9; John, age 4; Jenett, age 2. After William died in 1876 at Richland, Harriet maintained the household. In the 1880 census she kept house for her two sons: John W., age 34 and Robert M., age 21 who both were farmers.

By 1910 John W. had been married for 27 years to Ella, a woman who declared in the census that she had never given birth to a child. John W. farmed 98 acres in 1917. He grew hay, oats and potatoes. He died after 1920. His mother, Harriet, had died in 1905. William was supposed to be buried also at Willis Cemetery, but there is no stone.

John Edick, born in 1810, wed Margaret Scott. In the 1850 census they lived next door to Job Kelsey Belding’s family. John was a farmer. Margaret, born ca. 1810, had 3 children. They were Harriet, age 18; Lucy, age 13; and Henry, age 3. Henry, born 27 October 1847 in Mexico, NY, died 7 November 1892 unmarried. In the 1880 census Harriet, then age 46, was the wife of Lewis A. Munger, age 46. They were living with her parents, John and Margaret Edick. John, died 12 January 1886 in Richland.

The Marcus Edick line has gone on, however. William’s son, George, born 1841, wed Adlaide, born ca. 1842. By 1880 they had 2 children: Ida M., age 10 and Grant Edick who married Julia M. Mowry of North Mexico on 19 December 1902. She was the daughter of Oliver B. Mowry. In the 1920 census for Richland they had a son, Donald, age 8. Adlaide, age 76, his mother lived with them. Grant died in 1939 before he had a chance to know his grandchildren: Donald G. Edict II, born 2 September 1946 in Pulaski and George G., born 1947 at Pulaski. Their mother, was Dorothy Butler. Descendants now live at Watertown, NY.

SOURCES:
American Agriculturist Farm Directory and Reference Book of Oswego County, NY, 1917-1918. Judd, 1917:
Barker, William. Early Families of Herkimer county, New York. 1986.
Burnetsfield Patent Lot Holders. Available [online] [26 November 2002]
Daughters of the American Revolution. New York State Cemetery, Church and Town Records, v. 31, p. 235-238.
Edick Family Genealogy Forum. Available [online] http://genforum.genealogy.com [26 November 2002]
Jones, Henry Z., Jr. The Palatine Families, New York. Rockport: Picton, 1985.
Marriage Records from Mexico, NY 18761902. Available [online] [24 November 2002]
U. S. Census Oswego Co., NY 1830, 1850, 1880, 1910 & 1920.
WorldConnect Project. Available [online] http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com [26 November 2002] 		Edick, Marcus (I36925)
 
20475 The following are buried in the Canaedea Cemtery. STEWART, Andrew J. born 1838 died 1918 STEWART, Crlista born 1847 died 1889 STEWART, Father born 1814 died 1892 STEWART, Fred L. born 1875 died 1930 STEWART, Helen Joan born 1848 died 1914 STEWART, Janet born 1857 died 1858 STEWART, Lottie M. Bates born 1881 died U/K STEWART, Mother born 1820 died 1864 Stewart, Andrew Jackson (I8443)
 
20476 The following is an excerpt from a letter written by Leta (Wilds) VIRGIL to her daughter Greta (Virgil) HOLMES in 1969. It talks about her grandfathers:

"Between 1894 and 1896, or when I was 3 to 5 years old, I can remember my great grandfather Hodge, he was a very old man with a long white beard and long white hair.

At that time he was living with his daughter, Phebe Hodge Marshall, sister to my grandmother, Almeda Hodge (Stevens) Austin.

He was 90 years or older at that time, I remember he did not live very long after that visit, that my mother and I made to see him, he was sick at that time. No doubt I had seen him many times before, but was to young to remember. His first wife died many years before, after his last wife died, he was old and went to live with his daughter, Phebe.

I can remember the little farm where he lived most of his life, must of been there, but can't remember that. All around his house were willow trees and cattails growing, he was cabinet maker by trade, and used them to weave and make seats for the chairs he made, there are a few in existence today and he has been dead over 72 years of this date 1969.

There was a small cemetery on the small farm, they had a large family, and several young children had died and were buried there, including a pair of twin girls."
[Courtesy of Leta Dineen - August 24, 2012]

The 1855 NY census; David Hodge moved to Madison County in 1835.

The 1880 census shows Grant Hodge, son of David Hodge. I believe this is Grant Ennis, son of Anna Hodge Ennis, daughter of David Hodge. See the 1875 NY census and the 1880 US census.
[S. Griffiths - July 2004]

Alternate year of birth; 1814
[Death Certificate & Tombstone]

Alternate dates of marriage; February 1834 or January 1, 1836.
[Genealogy of the Cleveland and Cleaveland Families, Volume 1, Page 928]

Obituary:
Funeral services of the late David Hodge, aged 87 years, were held from the home of his daughter, Mrs. Phoebe Marshall, last Friday, at 2 o'clock, thence from the church at 2:30, Rev. T.F. Harris officiating. Burial was made in Perryville Cemetery.
[Oneida Union - August 14, 1901] 		Hodge, David (I56467)
 
20477 The following notes from the late John D. Baldwin (50+ year Delong researcher).

Born in NYC and baptised there at the Dutch Reformed Church, Feb. 3, 1705 as Arie Langet. In the court records he sometimes appears as "Arie, sener" (senior) to distinguish him from his cousin Arie (1-7-1) and later from Arie (1-9-1) after (1-7-1) left the area or died. Bpt. sponsors Jacob van Deurse and wife Aeltje.

1732 - He was a member of the Fishkill D.R. Ch. June 17. On March 28, the county paid him 1 shilling for a wolf's head.

1733/4 to 1738/9 - taxed Middle Ward, Beekman.

1734 - June 6, married Anna Wiltsie bpt. Feb. 10, 1717. The church record (or is it just a transcript?) seems to err in calling her Anna Dolsen. (Larry DeLong of Clifton Park, NY concludes that Anna Dolsen was a first wife md. Jun 6, 1734 & that Anna Wiltsie was a 2nd wife w/no md. date).

1736 to 1769 - his name appears on Court of Common Pleas, Poughkeepsie, records, several times serving as juror.

1737 - May 18 - Henry Filkin vs. Martin Bock. Debt. The Like. Ordered Sixty days for all plaintiffs to file declaration and sixty days thereafter for defendants to plead. A few days later sworn as evidence (Jury or witness?) Georgne Thorne, Arie DeLange, Arie DeLange Jr. (= 1-7-1). (Common Pleas Ct.)

1738/9 to 1758 - taxed Beekman.

1741 - assessed £12. He was probably on a 200-acre farm in Lot 22 just East of his father (Doherty).

1742 - his rent for the farm was 20 bushels of wheat.

1743 - Counrate Delong, yeoman (1-7-7) and Arye Delong sener are firmly bound unto Mathew Duboys of Fishkills merchant for £l.l2.2, Nov. 1, to pay full sum with lawful interest from date hereof on 1st January next. Signed ++ for Counrat Delange. Aern Delang signed his own name. Atie owed the money, his cousin was cosigner. Arie was taken Oct. 1744 and held to bail by sheriff Henry Filkins of Poughkeepsie (Common Pleas).

1744 - October Court. Aeeri DeLange otherwise called Arye Delong, Sener signed note at Poughkeepsie to Mathew Duboys of the Fishkills, he called a yeoman (Ancient Records #1933).

1745 - Oct. Court. Mathew Dubois vs. Aerrie DeLange. The sheriff returns the defendant in custody on a Ca:sa: which is filed (CP).

1746 - Arie and Anna were sponsors July 17 for Frans Cool, son of Frans Cool and wife Catherine Van Etten.

1747 - May 25, Clerk order to Sheriff of Dutchess Co. to pick up Samuel Griswold otherwise called Samuel Griswould & John Damon (or Simon?) and have them safely at next Inferior Court of Common Pleas, 3d Tuesday next to answer unto Arie Delong assignee of Henry Filkin, Esquire in a plea of trespass upon the case separately (A.R. #1803).

May Jury, James Paddock and John DeLangh (1-7). Arie DeLange vs Samuel Griswold. The sheriff returns the defendant in custody on motion of Mr. Crannell attorney for the plaintiff. Ordered that on serving the sheriff or defendant with a copy of this document and the rules be plead in 20 day or judgment (CP).

May Court, Arie Delong assignee vs John Simpson (husband of sister Catherine), and again 1748 (CP)
1748 - October, Jury - Arie DeLangh
1751 - May, Arie DeLangh vs. James Brown (CP)
1752 - May, Jury - Arie DeLong
1752 - May, Jury - Arie DeLong and Simon Flegelar (brother to wife of Arie (1-7-1) (General Sessions)

1754 - Cousin Arie (1-9-1) made his first appearance in county records in 1750 as Arie Jr. [(1-7-1) was gone or deceased] and second appearance in 1753 specifically identified as son of Blandina (widow of Jan 1-9). No doubt records beyond this point which do not specify Sr. or Jr. must pertain to Sr. In this year 1754, he was sued by William Smith (perhaps a relative of his mother-in-law?).

1756 - October, Aeerie de Laenge (crudely signed) claims plaintiff has no action or cause of action against him for that the defendant became special bail for Elias DeLong (his brother 1-2-11) -- of May 1756, and since then has surrendered himself to sheriff and Elias was legally discharged by judge. The said Aried de long was served with a -- and to pay debt due from Elias to Mathew Du Bois and said Arie is now charged with cost thereon and absolutely refused to pay (A.R. #4546).

1757 - The King vs Simon Noxon. Justice DeLavergne delivered an order in bastardy. James Vanderburgh and Bartholomew Noxon bound as sureties for the defense. They asked to be relieved and were replaced by Thomas Noxon and Arie Delong.

1758 to 1770 - He was taxed Crum Elbow as Capt. Arie which would indicate he was an officer in the Colonial Militia (though neither he nor any other DeLong appears in any of the Dutchess Co. Colonial period Muster Rolls).

1761 - As Orrey, elected pathmaster at Crum Elbow Apr 7. Again 1765.

1762 - Crum Elbow was divided Mar. 20 into Charlotte (western part) and Amenia (eastern part) [MacCracken:Old Dutchess Forever 457] Note under 1758, Doherty said he was taxed Crum Elbow from 1758 to 1770. Perhaps it is simply evident that he was on the same property after it became Charlotte. My own older notes add to the uncertainty -~ they say he was of Charlotte Pct. in 1761 (before it was created) and 1765; taxed Crum Elbow 1763 (after it ceased to exist).

1765 - October, Matthew Dubois vs. Arie DeLong.(CP)

1769 - May, Robert Livingston vs Arie DeLong.(CP)

1769 - June 17, date of Arie's will. Abstract: I, Aerrie Delonge, of Charlotte Pct., Dutchess Co, being of perfect mind. "I give my estate to my three oldest sons, my land and moveables equally to be divided. Frances Delonge, my eldest son, Elias Delonge, my second son, and Martin, my third son, and they are to find their mother one room, which she shall chose, and widow's furniture, and to purvide for her to her satisfaction, and if she is not satisfied with their purviding, the three shall be in equal Purposhen, to pay her one hundred pounds, at her demand." And they shall pay all just debts, and they shall give to my daughter Mary Cronchright (sic Cronkheit), £60; and to my daughter Ruth Ferguson, and my daughter, Jene Ismul, £60. If there are any bonds or notes against their husbands "they are to balance upon the same". "And they shall pay to my sons James and Lawrence, each £150, when of age". My three eldest sons shall divide the estate amongst themselves. "And Elies and Martin shall pay to Franses £5 each over and above". And my said sons shall pay all debts and legacies. I make my wife Anne and my sons, Franses and Elies, and David Sutherland, executors. Witnesses, Comer Bullock, Deliverance Bullock, Ellis Bullock. [WN-YHS VII:356; from Doherty].

1770 - Probably died in summer or early fall. His will was proved October 27.

1790 - Perhaps his widow was the Ann DeLond (sic) of NYC census.

Arie and Anna had the following children:

1. Mary Delong b. 1735-36.
2. Ruth Delong b. 1737.
3. Jene (or Jannetje) Delong b. 1738-39.
4. Frans/Francis Delong b. 1739.
5. Cornelis Delong b. 1742, d. bef 1760.
6. Elias Delong b. 1745-46.
7. Martin Delong b. 1748-50.
8. James D. Delong b. 1752.
9. Lawrence Delong b. 1755-56. 		Delong, Arie Brandeen Langet (I80889)
 
20478 The funeral for Becky E. Britton, 32, formerly of Richland NY, will be at 8 p.m. Thursday [March 28, 2002] at Foster-Hax Funeral Home. Burial will be later in the spring in Fairview Cemetery in Williamstown NY.

Ms. Britton was a victim of a homicide, which is under investigation. Her body was found March 14, 2002, in the trunk of a car driven through Utah by Patrick Daniel, of Ann Arbor MI, formerly of Scriba NY.

Ms. Britton left Oswego County in 1994 or 1995 and had resided for a time in Ann Arbor.

Born July 4, 1969, in Watertown, daughter of Steven D. and Betty E. Maitland Britton, she graduated from Pulaski Academy and Central School in 1987.

Ms. Britton attended Kalamazoo (MI) Community College and was a licensed beautician in New York state. She had been married.

Surviving besides her parents are her daughter Stephanie Moot and son Jason Moot, both of Altmar NY; sister Deloris E. Gittino of Cicero NY; brother Steven Britton, Jr., of Pulaski NY; and paternal grandfather Herman C. Britton of Williamstown NY.

Published in the Watertown (NY) Daily Times on Wednesday, March 27, 2002

A SLAIN OSWEGO COUNTY WOMAN'S FAMILY SEEKS ANSWERS ABOUT - A DAUGHTER'S DEATH
Post-Standard, The (Syracuse, NY) - October 19, 2002Browse Issues
Steven and Betty Britton of Richland will arrive Monday in a Michigan courtroom to face the man police say strangled their daughter, then dismembered and froze her.

For seven years, they waited for Becky Britton to come home. They didn't expect it would be in a coffin.

They hired a private investigator. They looked themselves. Whenever the phone rang, they prayed it would be her.

Becky Britton abandoned her husband and two children in early 1995 when she left the state with her boyfriend, Patrick Daniel.

On April 25, the Brittons buried Becky, 32, in Fairview Cemetery in Williamstown.

"There's a pain in my body that will never go away," her father said. "I always wished I would happen to be somewhere and see her. There is no doubt in my mind, she would have come home with me."

The Brittons hope to learn more about their daughter's life and death starting Monday when they sit through three days of testimony during Daniel's court hearing.

Ann Arbor Police in Michigan charged Daniel with murdering Britton and mutilating her body. They don't know exactly when Britton was killed, but say Daniel strangled her, cut up her body and kept her body parts in a freezer in the apartment they shared until he was ready to dispose of them. Detectives also say Daniel killed another person, Robert Bilton Jr., 35, of Detroit, Mich., so he could change his identity after Britton's murder.

Utah Highway Patrol officers found the bodies of Britton and Bilton in the trunk of a car that Daniel was driving March 14 through Sevier County, police reports say.

If Daniel, 32, is convicted of murdering Britton and Bilton, he will spend his life in prison without the chance of parole, said First Assistant Public Defender Timothy Niemann.

Last month, Washtenaw County District Judge John Collins ruled Daniel is competent to stand trial, according to Ann Arbor Police Detective Amy Ellinger. Next week, nearly two dozen people will testify in court about the events leading to deaths of Bilton and Britton, she said. Steven and Betty Britton said they, too, will be there.

They've known about Daniel for years.

They know he is the same man who was accused in 1993 of shaking his 3-month-old daughter, Hilary Cookhouse, until she was unresponsive. The infant sustained permanent brain damage, but an Oswego County Court judge later dismissed assault charges because the prosecution waited too long to announce it was ready for trial.

Hilary turned 10 on Wednesday. She attends special education classes at Mott Road Elementary School, where she's in the third grade. She lives in Fayetteville with her mother, stepfather and stepsister.

The Brittons said they know Daniel is the man who helped break up their daughter's marriage.

In 1994, Becky was married and had two children when her husband invited Daniel to live with the family in Oswego County, the Brittons said. Later that year, Becky and her husband divorced and she learned she was pregnant with Daniel's child; she left early the next year with Daniel without telling anyone, her mother said.

Seven weeks after Britton gave birth to a baby boy in May 1995, she sent her parents a photograph of her son, Kyle Bryant Britton. That was the last time Britton's family heard from her. Neither the Brittons nor authorities can say what happened to the boy, who would be 7 years old now. However, they're still searching for him.

The Brittons said they wondered what Becky's life was like, how Daniel treated her and why she never called.

"She was on my mind every hour of the day she was gone," Steven Britton Sr. said. "When he took my daughter away from me, he took part of my life away from me."

Daniel and Britton traveled the country, stopping in California, Michigan, Missouri, Pennsylvania and Virginia, among other states, Detective Ellinger said. Daniel used different aliases in different places. Everywhere they went, Daniel carried a journal to remember what name to use, the detective said.

"We knew him by "Rick'," Betty Britton said. "In Michigan, the police knew him by my husband's name."

When Utah state police stopped Daniel in March, he again claimed to be Steve Britton.

They pulled him over because his car was missing a license plate. When he couldn't prove he was Steve Britton, they asked to search the vehicle. That's when the officers discovered the two bodies in the trunk.

An autopsy showed Bilton had been strangled not long before with a wire or cord and suffered a blow to the head. Britton was killed sometime between September and late November, her autopsy showed. She, too, was strangled and was kept in the freezer until shortly before her body was discovered, Ellinger said. No one had ever reported her missing, the detective said.

When police searched Daniel's home after his arrest, they learned about his aliases and found Bilton's empty wallet, a copy of his birth certificate and Social Security number, investigators said. Ann Arbor police also said Daniel hired Bilton at a Detroit rehabilitation center and homeless shelter. Daniel promised to pay Bilton $10 an hour to be a caretaker for an apartment complex, according to police.

Daniel's journal described how he kept Britton's body in a basement freezer at their home at Beacon Hill on Ann Arbor's south side for several months before heading to Las Vegas, detectives said. The journal also indicated he planned to dispose of the bodies in a remote area and torch the car, they said.

Since then , Ann Arbor police have tried to learn as much as they can about the victims and their relationships with Daniel. To do that, they interviewed friends, family, employers, police and neighbors. Daniel has not confessed, but he remains held without bail at the Washtenaw County Jail, Ellinger said.

In the meantime, they visit their daughter's grave, which is adorned with a cross and flowers. They cry. And they wish they could tell Becky all the things she missed while she was gone.

Her brother, Steve Jr., is now 25 years old and working in Syracuse. Her sister, Deloris Gittino of Cicero, is married with two children. And Becky's children, Jason Moot, 13, and Stephanie Moot, 9, who live in Altmar, still visit their grandparents and ask about their mother.

And after years of wondering about their daughter, Steven Sr. and Betty Britton have Becky back.

"Now I come down here and look at her grave site," Steve Britton Sr. said. "There's nothing I can do for her, but at least she's home. My greatest hope was that she would come home, but not this way."

To help

If anyone has information about the case, contact Ann Arbor Police Detective Amy Ellinger by e-mail at aellinger@ci.ann-arbor.mi.us or by phone at (734) 996-3282.

Two slayings, one suspect

VICTIM:

Becky Britton, 32, formerly of Oswego County, ran away in the 1990s with boyfriend Patrick Daniel, who now is accused of killing her.

VICTIM:

Robert Bilton Jr., 35, of Detroit, Mich., was found dead with Britton's corpse in a car that Daniel was driving, Utah police say.

SUSPECT:

Patrick Daniel, 32, formerly of Oswego County, could spend life in prison without parole if he is convicted of killing Britton and Bilton, his lawyer says.

Chronology: Becky A. Britton, Robert Bilton Jr., and Patrick Daniel

The following events preceded the deaths of Becky A. Britton, 32, a former Oswego County resident, and Robert Bilton Jr., 35, a lifelong Michigan resident. Patrick Daniel, 32, who lived in Onondaga and Oswego counties, has been charged with killing them.

January 1993: Daniel is accused of shaking his 3-month-old daughter until she is unresponsive. Doctors at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester say the infant suffered severe brain damage. State police in Fulton charge Daniel with felony assault and misdemeanor endangering the welfare of a child. He faces up to 15 years in state prison, if convicted.

December 1993: Oswego County Court Judge James McCarthy rules that prosecutors failed to explain to a grand jury how circumstantial evidence works and throws out an indictment that charges Daniel with violently shaking his daughter.

Feb. 13, 1994: State University College at Oswego police charge Daniel with felony grand larceny. Police say he stole more than $4,000 worth of auto manuals in July 1993 from the college's library, while he was a student at the college.

Early 1994: Daniel and Becky Moot, whose maiden name is Britton, have an affair. In June, Moot leaves her husband, Mark, and their children. Soon after, they divorce. Becky changes her name back to Becky Britton, and moves in with Daniel.

February 1995: Oswego County Judge John Brandt tosses out another indictment that charged Daniel, now living in Syracuse, with assaulting his daughter in 1993. Brandt rules that the prosecution waited seven months to announce they were ready for trial when the legal limit is six months. The "shaken baby" case never makes it back to court.

Early 1995: Daniel and Britton leave New York state. Daniel jumps bail on the grand larceny charge pending against him in Oswego County.

May 22, 1995: Britton gives birth, she says, to Daniel's son, Kyle Bryant Britton. Seven weeks later, Becky Britton sends her parents a photograph of the baby. That's the last the Britton family hears from her. No one knows what happened to the child, who would be 7 years old now.

1997: Becky Britton gets a driver's license in Missouri.

Spring 2000: Daniel and Britton arrive in Washtenaw County, Michigan. They introduce themselves as Allan Mark Miller and Michelle Miller, and say they are married. They rent a farmhouse in rural Manchester for about nine months in 2000.

June 2001: Daniel and Britton are living on Beacon Hill Street in Ann Arbor, Mich., under the aliases Steve and Becky Britton. Daniel is working at a local store, Computer Alley.

Late 2001: Daniel moves into a condominium in Ann Arbor, Mich., with a new girlfriend, Dusty Guinn, police said. He tells his boss Britton and he divorced, and she has returned to New York, according to Ann Arbor police. There is no sign of Britton. No one reports her disappearance.

March 11, 2002: Neighbors hear odd noises from Daniel's condominium. They hear a man saying, "No, no, I don't want to go," and a dragging sound. Next-door neighbor Sarah Mark calls police. No one is at Daniel's home when officers arrive.

March 12: Daniel tells Mark his friend "Bob" had an epileptic seizure the night before. He said he had to rush his friend to the hospital. Ann Arbor police identify "Bob" as Robert Bilton Jr., of Detroit. Detectives believe Daniel killed Bilton so he could change his identity after Britton's murder. Daniel packs up his car and leaves on a trip to Las Vegas. His girlfriend (Guinn) visits her parents. Police say she is unaware of Daniel's plans.

March 14: Utah state troopers pull over the 1988 Acura Legend Daniel is driving. The car, which has just one Missouri license plate, is registered to Becky Britton. Daniel gives the fake name of Steve Britton. He tells the trooper he is driving to Las Vegas to visit his ill wife. Utah Highway Patrol officers charge Daniel, formerly of Scriba, with two counts of murder after discovering the bodies of a man and woman in the trunk of the car. The man has a noose around his neck. The woman's body is partially frozen and dismembered.

March 19: Ann Arbor police release the victims' names. They are Britton, formerly of Richland, and Bilton, who grew up in Dearborn, Mich.

- Sources: Ann Arbor Police Department and Becky Britton's parents, Steven Sr. and Betty Britton.
Class of 1987 PACS 		Britton, Becky Elaine (I41627)
 
20479 The funeral for Dennis Seymour Davis will be Sunday 4 pm at the Carpenter-Stoodley Funeral Home, Belleville with Pastor Jerry Hewell from the Vorea Community Church officiating. Burial will be later in the spring in Union Cemetery, Adams Center. Calling hours are Sunday from 2 pm 4 pm at the funeral home. Contributions may be made to the Vorea Community Church, 12 Waggoner Rd., Richland, NY 13144.

Mr. Davis, 40, of Fernwood Rd., Pulaski, died Tuesday at Strong Memorial Hospital, Rochester.

Dennis was born September 17, 1969 in Fulton, a son of Omar A. and Julie Parker Davis. He was educated in Pulaski schools. Dennis worked on various dairy farms, worked at landscaping and construction.

Besides his parents of Fernwood Rd., Pulaski, Dennis is survived by two sisters and a brother-in-law, Laurie and David Cleveland, Pulaski; Kimberly Davis, Syracuse. Two brothers and a sister-in-law, Omar L. and Carolyn and Keith Davis, all of Pulaski. Four nephews. 		Davis, Dennis Seymour (I43432)
 
20480 The funeral for Marjorie L. Perrotta will be 1:00pm Saturday, March 4th at the Reed & Benoit Funeral Home, Watertown. Spring burial will be held in Brownville Cemetery at a date and time yet to be determined. Calling hours will precede the service at the funeral home beginning at 11:00am.

Marjorie passed away February 24th at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Syracuse. She was 87 years old.

Surviving are 2 daughters, Brenda Lunderman and Barbara McCave, both of Henderson; a son and daughter-in-law, Butch and Sue Silsby of Adams; 4 sisters, Emma McNamara, Eleanor Maitland, Cindy Russell, Icaleen Fitzgerald; and 3 brothers, Ray Castor, Edwin Castor Jr., Lee Castor. Also surviving are 8 grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren, and several nieces & nephews.

Born in Oswego July 14, 1929 she was a daughter to Edwin O. Sr. and Leola (Cross) Castor. She graduated from Adams Center High in 1947. She worked as a cashier for Colonial Courts Campgrounds, a time keeper at the New York Air Brake, and, more recently, worked at Walmart in Central Square.

Marjorie was an avid bowler. She enjoyed canning food, crafts, snowmobiling, and the time she spent in Florida.

She is predeceased by 2 sisters, Sylvia Pulis and Frances Perry, and 2 brothers, Albert and Phillip Castor.

Arrangements are with Reed & Benoit Funeral Home, Inc.

Condolences may be made online at www.reedbenoit.com 		Castor, Marjorie L. (I41586)
 
20481 The funeral for Roy Michael Brothers, 65, Harrisville, was held Tuesday, Jan. 9 in the Harrisville Methodist church with Rev. Lawrence Heatherington, pastor, officiating. Burial was in Harrisville cemetery.

Mr. Brothers died Saturday morning, Jan. 6th enroute to the Lewis county hospital. Death was attributed to a heart attack.

Mr. Brothers is survived by his second wife, Clara Brothers; two daughters, Mrs. Carl (Genevieve) Luther, Harrisville and Mrs. Arlene Jordal, address unknown; three sons, Lewis, Edison and Robert, all of Harrisville; two adopted sons, Dean and David at home; one sister, Mrs. Charles (Addie) Pratt, Watertown; two brothers, Emmett, Woodville and William Revette, Potsdam; five step-children and five grandchildren.

He was born in Massena Jan 30, 1896, a son of the late Lewis and Jennie Martin Brothers. He worked in paper mills for more than 40 years. He was last employed by the Gould Paper compamy of Lyons Falls, retiring there Jan. 1.

His first wife, Mrs. Pearl Richards Brothers, died some years ago. ~ The Gouverneur Tribune-Press, January 17, 1962 		Brothers, Roy Michael (I23838)
 
20482 The funeral for Walter S. Cobb, 99 of Lacona will be 12 pm Monday, September 4th at the Pulaski Baptist Church with Pastor Brett Charsky officiating. Calling hours will precede the service from 10:30 am - 12 pm at the church. A private burial will be held in the Richland Cemetery.

Mr. Cobb passed away Thursday, August 31st at his home while under the care of his dedicated caregivers and Hospice of Oswego County.

He is survived by his 2 daughters, Nancy Reed, Adams Center; Cheryl (Allen) Stagl, Lacona; his grandchildren, Valerie (Gerald) Chamberlain, Jamie (Becky) Reed, Thomas (Lorrie) Reed, Anne (Randy) Fuller, Claire (Jim) Birmingham, Suzy (Gordon) Meyer, 12 great grandchildren, Amanda (Joseph) Britton, Kirstin (Josh) Abbott, Kristopher (Jen) Reed, Dustin Reed, Meagan Reed, Josh Reed, Mandy Kline, Isabelle and Calvin Fuller, Jack and Ava Birmingham and Pippa Meyer, 2 great-great grandsons Landyn and Jason Abbott and a large extended family.

Walt was predeceased by his wife of 77 years Esther, 3 brothers, Winfield, William, Warren and a son-in-law Randy Reed.

He was born in Richland September 5, 1917, a son to John and Mary Tillapaugh Cobb. Walt graduated from Sandy Creek Central School in 1935 and was the oldest living alumni and went to the alumni banquet every year with his flower girl, Joyce Weisenberger Guyette. He married Esther Richardson April 16, 1939 in Richland. Mrs. Cobb passed away April 28, 2016. Walt was employed as a Postal Carrier in Lacona for 40 years.

Mr. Cobb was a member of the Lacona and Pulaski Baptist Churches, past chief of the Lacona Fire Department and served on the Sandy Creek School Board for several years. For many years he planted and cared for the flowers at the Lacona Bank.

He was an extreme handyman and built porches for many local area families. Walt loved the great outdoors and was an avid hunter and enjoyed the time he spent away going to Beaver River Flow in the Adirondacks. Just to prove he was capable of sewing and knitting he made several outfits, including his daughter’s wedding dress. For many years he made maple syrup for all to enjoy.

Later in life his talents came out by creating his beloved park for his family “Camelot”. He took great pride in his park and loved having his family there to enjoy it.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Pulaski Baptist Church, 7 Bridge St., Pulaski, NY 13142 or Oswego County Hospice, 70 Bunner St., Oswego, NY 13126. 		Cobb, Walter Steverson (I55940)
 
20483 The funeral of Mrs. Addie I. Hitchcock was held Wednesday afternoon, Dec. 29 at the Foster-Hax Funeral Home in Pulaski. The Rev. Paul Zelinka officiated.

Spring burial will be in Woodlawn cemetery, Sandy Creek.

Mrs. Hitchcock died Dec. 27 at the Elm Rest Nursing Home in Oswego after a long illness.

She was born August 26, 1881 in the Town of Sandy Creek. She was the daughter of Lafayette and Arvilla Bartlett Huffstater and attended school in Sandy Creek. She was married to Milton Hitchcock in May 6, 1904 and they operated a farm on Sawmill
Road until his death in 1954. He was also a cheesemaker.

Mrs. Hitchcock is survived by a son, Donald Hitchcock of Fernwood; a daughter, Mrs. Lynn (Maxine) Sanderson of Port Ontario; seven grandchildren, 21 great grandchildren and one great great grandson.

Source: Sandy creek news, 1971
 		Huffstater, Addie Irene (I36132)
 
20484 The funeral of Mrs. Betsey Wood was largely attended at the Church of Christ Wednesday afternoon Rev. R. Smith officiated.

Source: Sandy Creek News, July 30, 1903 		Guernsey, Betsey (I36446)
 
20485 The funeral of Mrs. Martha Mendell of the town of Amboy, was held at her late home Wednesday, June 9. Rev. A. A. Lawrence officiated. She was eighty-seven years old. She has been an invalid for several years. She is survived by three sons, Henry Mendell of Watertown, Ellis of Idaho, and George, who with a sister lived in the old homestead.

Sandy Creek News, June 17, 1920
 		Stewart, Martha Jane (I70180)
 
20486 The Gouverneur tribune-press., May 10, 1967, Page 12, Image 12
 		Johnson, Edith E (I17798)
 
20487 The Grave stone of one George Yerdon who died July 2, 1860 Age 81 years, 7 months and 17 days old is in Brier Hill Cemetery. This writer believes this George to be the same George born Nov 20, 1778 in Stone Arabia, Montgomery County, New York, and who married Elizabeth Dygart (buried next to him in Brier Hill) and had 8 children listed as baptized from 1800-1817 in St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Minden, NY, and alternately is listed as "Johann George, and George" in these records, with Yerdon spelled variously. Records were abstracted by June Walker in October 1982 from copies in the NYS Library, and from Records at Fonda, NY.
Baptismal record lists him as Johann George, son of "Johann George Jordan and Anna Maria". This was in Lutheran Trinity Church, Stone Arabia, NY. Baptized on Nov. 29, 1778, Godparents listed as George Pletz & Anna ; He was baptized under name "Jordan" despite his Father using "Yerdon" more regularly (Sylvia Wilson abstracts, 1990s)
Johan George lived in Palatine Township in his early years. In 1810 census he is in Canajoharie Twp., Montgomery County, New York. In 1820 Census the family is living in Minden Township, Montgomery County, New York. In 1830 they are not definatively placed. In 1840 the family is in Morrtistown, St. Lawrence County, New York. In 1850 listed as George, our subject is listed as 71 in Morristown Census, with wife Elizabeth (72) and a Lena Yerdon (11) who may be a grandchild.
While records exist for most of the children by their baptism, there is no baptismal record yet found for Peter G. Yerdon, so we cannot definitely link him as a son. This writer feels that the preponderance of evidence available---his middle name, the names of his children, where Peter moved to (Morristown and later Redfield and Back, always with the other families next door.) that he is most certainly a son of George and Elizabeth. We will go out on a limb and include the family record herein. One wonders if the first child "Johannes George" died -----or is in fact Peter? There most certainly were not two John Yerdons in the same family at the same time, maybe the second child John was named after the 1st one that died?
The Grave stone of one George Yerdon who died July 2, 1860 Age 81 years, 7 months and 17 days old is in Brier Hill Cemetery. This writer believes this George to be the same George born Nov 20, 1778 in Stone Arabia, Montgomery County, New York, and who married Elizabeth Dygart (buried next to him in Brier Hill) and had 8 children listed as baptized from 1800-1817 in St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Minden, NY, and alternately is listed as "Johann George, and George" in these records, with Yerdon spelled variously. Records were abstracted by June Walker in October 1982 from copies in the NYS Library, and from Records at Fonda, NY.
Baptismal record lists him as Johann George, son of "Johann George Jordan and Anna Maria". This was in Lutheran Trinity Church, Stone Arabia, NY. Baptized on Nov. 29, 1778, Godparents listed as George Pletz & Anna ; He was baptized under name "Jordan" despite his Father using "Yerdon" more regularly (Sylvia Wilson abstracts, 1990s)
Johan George lived in Palatine Township in his early years. In 1810 census he is in Canajoharie Twp., Montgomery County, New York. In 1820 Census the family is living in Minden Township, Montgomery County, New York. In 1830 they are not definatively placed. In 1840 the family is in Morrtistown, St. Lawrence County, New York. In 1850 listed as George, our subject is listed as 71 in Morristown Census, with wife Elizabeth (72) and a Lena Yerdon (11) who may be a grandchild.
While records exist for most of the children by their baptism, there is no baptismal record yet found for Peter G. Yerdon, so we cannot definitely link him as a son. This writer feels that the preponderance of evidence available---his middle name, the names of his children, where Peter moved to (Morristown and later Redfield and Back, always with the other families next door.) that he is most certainly a son of George and Elizabeth. We will go out on a limb and include the family record herein. One wonders if the first child "Johannes George" died -----or is in fact Peter? There most certainly were not two John Yerdons in the same family at the same time, maybe the second child John was named after the 1st one that died?
The Grave stone of one George Yerdon who died July 2, 1860 Age 81 years, 7 months and 17 days old is in Brier Hill Cemetery. This writer believes this George to be the same George born Nov 20, 1778 in Stone Arabia, Montgomery County, New York, and who married Elizabeth Dygart (buried next to him in Brier Hill) and had 8 children listed as baptized from 1800-1817 in St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Minden, NY, and alternately is listed as "Johann George, and George" in these records, with Yerdon spelled variously. Records were abstracted by June Walker in October 1982 from copies in the NYS Library, and from Records at Fonda, NY.
Baptismal record lists him as Johann George, son of "Johann George Jordan and Anna Maria". This was in Lutheran Trinity Church, Stone Arabia, NY. Baptized on Nov. 29, 1778, Godparents listed as George Pletz & Anna ; He was baptized under name "Jordan" despite his Father using "Yerdon" more regularly (Sylvia Wilson abstracts, 1990s)
Johan George lived in Palatine Township in his early years. In 1810 census he is in Canajoharie Twp., Montgomery County, New York. In 1820 Census the family is living in Minden Township, Montgomery County, New York. In 1830 they are not definatively placed. In 1840 the family is in Morrtistown, St. Lawrence County, New York. In 1850 listed as George, our subject is listed as 71 in Morristown Census, with wife Elizabeth (72) and a Lena Yerdon (11) who may be a grandchild.
While records exist for most of the children by their baptism, there is no baptismal record yet found for Peter G. Yerdon, so we cannot definitely link him as a son. This writer feels that the preponderance of evidence available---his middle name, the names of his children, where Peter moved to (Morristown and later Redfield and Back, always with the other families next door.) that he is most certainly a son of George and Elizabeth. We will go out on a limb and include the family record herein. One wonders if the first child "Johannes George" died -----or is in fact Peter? There most certainly were not two John Yerdons in the same family at the same time, maybe the second child John was named after the 1st one that died? 		Yerdon, Johann George (I48432)
 
20488 The Great Migration based on estimated date of first marriage. Phelps, George (I45678)
 
20489 THE JOURNAL & REPUBLICAN
Thursday, February 24, 1938
Died Saturday in the Lewis County Hospital at the Age of 84 Years
Funeral services for Augustus Austin, 84, who died Saturday at the LewI s County General Hospital, Lowville, were held in the Virkler funeral h ome at 1:30 p. m., Tuesday, and a half hour later in the Methodist Epis copal church, Watson, Rev. C. A. Barett officiating.
Mr. Austin suffered a cerebral hemorrhage three days before his death. H e was born, ln Watson, son of Jedediah and Elizabeth Seaver Austin. He s pent his life in this vicinity, where he worked as a farmer until he re tiring several years ago, since when he had resided In this village. In 1 877, he married Fedelia Palmer, who died in 1921.
He is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Edwin Brown, Port Leyden; Mrs. L eon Miller. Beaver Falls; Mrs. James Bergor, Port Leyden; a son, Leon A ustin, and an adopted daughter, Mrs. E. J. Baldwin, Pine Grove; two sis ters, Mrs. Helen Lewis, Lowville, and Mrs. William Kelsinger, Copenhage n; two brothers, M. J. Austin, Pine Grove and Carl R. Austin of Bingham ton and 14 grandchildren.
 		Austin, Augustus D. (I28669)
 
20490 The Journal and Republican
Lowville, N.Y., Thursday, October 18, 1928
MRS. ELIZABETH E. SHAFTY
Mother of Nicholas J. Shafty, Denmark, Dies in Champion at the Age of 83 Years.
Mrs. Elizabeth E. Shafty, 83, died Monday afternoon at 3:15 at the home of her son, George N. Shafty, in the town of Champion. She had been in ill health for some time.
She was married to George N. Shafty in April 1863. Mr. Shafty died 13 years ago. Eleven children were born to them and nine are living.
She is survived by six daughters, Miss Izora Shafty, of Carthage; Mrs. Fred DeLong, of Lacona; Mrs. Alfred Lowery, of Woodville; Mrs. Nelson Hastings, of Carthage; Mrs. George White, of Pulaski; Mrs. Harvey Nemier, of Lacona; three sons, George N. Shafty, of the town of Champion; Jesse R. Shafty, of Lacona and Nicholas J. Shafty, of Denmark; 19 grandchildren and ten great grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held this afternoon at 2 from the home of George N. Shafty, town of Champion. Burial will be made in Great Bend Cemetery. 		Reed, Elizabeth E. (I46556)
 
20491 The journal and Republican., December 23, 1958, Page 10, Image 10 Lyng, George Ray (I12957)
 
20492 The journal and Republican., February 09, 1905, Page 1, Image 1
Mrs. Elizabeth Austin died at her home in Pine Grove Friday evening, after a long and painful illness. She came from Lowville the early part of November, not feeling well, and kept feeling worse, until Thanksgiving day her son, Augustus Austin, of East Martinsburg, came to take her home with him, but not being able to ride so far, stopped at the house of E. J. Baldwin on the J. L. Beach farm, where she was cared for until last week Tuesday, when, at her request, she was taken home, where she died Friday evening. Mrs. Austin was 72 years old and spent most of her life in Watson. She is survived by four sons and two daughters, Augustus Austin, of East Martinsburg; Kent Austin, of Glenfield; Jedadiah Austin, of Watertown; J. M. Austin, of Watson; Mrs. William Lewis and Mrs. William Kiesinger, of Glenfield. The deceased was a sister of L. G. Seaver, of Lowville. Funeral services were held Sunday at the Pine Grove church, Rev. T. F. Alexander officiating; interment at Watson.
 		Seaver, Elizabeth (I30529)
 
20493 The journal and Republican., January 12, 1933, Page 6, Image 6 Hill, Ida Frances (I12850)
 
20494 The journal and Republican., Lowville, N.Y. August 05, 1987, Page 10, Image 10
Rites held for Verda Austin
Verda P. Austin, 81, R.D.1, Castorland, widow of Leon A. Austin, died Tuesday, July 28, at Lewis County General Hospital, Lowville, where she had been a patient since June 25.
The funeral was Friday, July 31, at the Beaver Falls United Methodist Church, with Rev. Elizabeth Mowry, pastor, officiating. Burial was in Beach's Bridge Cemetery.
Contributions were made to the Beaver Falls Fire Department Ambulance Fund or to the Glenfield or Beaver Falls Methoist Church Sunday schools.
Surviving are three sons, Bert and Kenneth, both of Beaver Falls, and David, Naumburg; three daughters, Mrs Ceylon (Pauline) Merry, Lowvill, Mrs. Edward (Norma) Yousey, Boonville, and June Austin, Glenfield; 24 grandchildren and 31 great grandchildren; a sister, Mrs. Mildres Mealus, Glenfield; nieces and nephews. A son, Leonard E., and two sisters, Mrs. Olive Clark and Mrs. Ruth Archer, died before her.
Born at Chases Lake Sept. 1, 1905, a daughter of Bert and Lena Harrington Waldron, she attended local schools.
She married Leon A. Austin Nov. 7, 1924, in the Town of Watson.
Mrs. Austin had worked as a housewife all of her life in the Town of Watson. Mr. Austin, a night watchman for the Beaverite Products Co., Glenfield, died March 23, 1953, at age 50.
She later became employed as a domestic in the Old Forge area for several years following the death of her husband.
 		Waldron, Verda Pauline (I66635)
 
20495 The journal and Republican., March 26, 1953 - Lowville, New York - Leon A. Austin, 50, of Pine Grove, died at 1 a. m. Monday at the Lewis County General hospital as a result of a heart attack. The attack occured at his home at 7 p. m. Sunday.
Dr. John Brooks was called and took Mr. Austin to the hospital where he died.
Mr. Austin had been a night watchman for the Beaverite Products company of Glenfield for two
years. He had worked until noon Sunday. The family has lived in the present home at Pine Grove for nine years.
Mr. Austin was born at Glenfield May 22, 1902, son of Augustus and Fidila Palmer Austin. He married Verda Waldron Nov. 7, 1923.
Mr. Austin is survived by his wife, seven children; Mrs. Ceylon (Pauline) Merry, of Watson; Leonard E. Austin and Bert A. Austin, both of Lowville; Pvt. Kenneth C. Austin, at Fort Jackson, N. C, and Norman 12, David, 9, and June 7, at home; four grandchildren, three sisters, Mrs. Pearl Brown, of Lowville; Mrs. Leon (Ethel) Miller, of Beaver Falls; and Mrs. James (Maude) Burger, of Boonville.
The funeral took place Wednesday afternoon with prayer services at 1:30 at the Virkler Funeral home, followed by funeral services at the Methodist church at Beaches Bridge. Rev. Roger F. Williams officiated and burial was at Beaches Bridge cemetery.
 		Austin, Leon A. (I66760)
 
20496 The journal and Republican., October 03, 1929, Page 1, Image 1
Black River Democrat., October 10, 1929, Page 1, Image 1
The journal and Republican., October 10, 1929, Page 10, Image 10 		Klebs, Charles H. (I35462)
 
20497 The journal., April 28, 1986, Page 6, Image 6 Odgensburg, N.Y.
 		Young, Clarence G. (I35404)
 
20498 The Long-Islander., January 10, 1946, Page 1, Image 1 - Body of Greenlawn Man Found In Home - The body of Elmer Wood, 37, of Beatty Ave., Greenlawn, was found hanging from a beam in the cellar of his home by his wife, Hanna, Sunday afternoon at 5:45 when Mrs. Wood returned home after paying a short call on relatives. Wood was pronounced dead by Dr. Anton Pospisil of East Northport. Coroner Grover A. Silliman was notified and at the request of the family directed the body removed to the Fasbender Funeral Home in Huntington. Police said Wood had been in ill health for some time. He is survived by his wife and a son, William, 16.

Burial: Melville Cemetery, Suffolk Co, NY
Occupation: Carpenter
 		Wood, Elmer (I55605)
 
20499 At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. Wood, William Elmer (I55892)
 
20500 The Malone farmer., August 08, 1934, Page 1, Image 1 Russell, Danford (I62588)
 

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