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- Newspaper Obituary - Thursday, May 1, 1952 Perry Harold - Perry, New York - Francis Hocking, 82, passed away in Community Hospital, Warsaw, on Sunday, April 27th. He had been a patient in the hospital one day. A resident of 10 Buffalo St., Castile for the past several years, he was born in Michigan on April 8, 1870. He was a painter by trade. He is survived by his wife, the former Kosie Dodge of Castile, a son Frank Hocking of Perry, and two grandsons, Searle and Whitney Hocking, both of Perry. Funeral services were held from the Eaton Funeral Parolor on Tuesday, April 29th at 2 o'clock. Rev. Raymond Peters of Castile officiated and interment was in Glenwood Cemetery.
Newspaper Article - Saturday, March 2, 1901 New York Times - Priest Charges Bigamy - Tells A Bride Her Husband Has Three Other Wives - Frank Hocking of Mount Vernon, the Accused Man, Admits Two Marriages - Mount Vernon, N. Y. , March 1 - Frank Hocking, thirty six years old, a house painter of this city, was arrested tonight upon allegations that he has living three more wives than the law allows. The arrest was due to an investigation made by the Rev. Edwin Flynn, pastor of the Catholic Church here. Wife No. 4 was Miss Elizabeth Maycock, who was employed in the family of Judge Bennett. She is said to be possessed of a considerable bank account. She is a member of the Rev. Father Flynn’s congregation. The marriage occurred a few days ago, and was performed by the Rev. Mr. Graham, an Episcopal minister. When Father Flynn heard of the marriage he took the bride to task for disobeying the orders of the Church in being married by a minister other than one of her own faith. She explained that her husband had refused to be married by a Catholic priest, and they had compromised. Father Flynn then startled the bride by saying that he knew the reason her husband had not wanted to be married by him - that Hocking knew that the marriage would have to be announced in church and that an old woman who was a regular attendant would have made an objection. Father Flynn alleged that in 1884 Hocking was married to a Miss Archer of Mount Vernon, that four years later he was married to a Miss Tucker of Pleasantville, N.J., and that subsequently he married a cousin. Father Flynn further alleges that the first wife, who is nearly sixty years old, is still alive, and a member of his congregation. Miss Tucker is dead, according to Father Flynn, and Wife No 3, he says is in Europe. Hocking when arrested admitted his marriage to Wife No. 1 and also to No. 4, but would say nothing about the marriages which are alleged to have intervened between these two.
BigotryDaily Argus - Frank Hocking Alleged Bigamist, Held - Must Face Grand Jury - Marriage Certificates and Witness Desired - The Defendant Loves Change - A minister an Important Witness - A Deaf Dialogue -
Newspaper Article - Friday, March 1, 1901 Daily Argus - Mount Vernon, New York - Is Hocking A Much Married Man? - Police Think Him Bigamist - Three Women Claim Him As Husband - Frank Hocking Now in Cell Biding Time to Prove His Innocence. If the police are right Frank Hocking is a bigamist of the deepest dye, and has three wives now living; if Hocking himself is to be believed, he is a much abused man. He was arrested at 2:05 o’clock this morning at his mother’s home, 4 West Sixth street, by Officer Marz, and locked up in the station house. He was arraigned before Judge Bennett this morning on a technical charge of intoxication, and was remanded in the custody of police until Monday. It is a well-known fact however, that the real charge against Hocking is not intoxication but the much more serious charge of bigamy, thrice repeated. Hocking was arrested at the instigation of Father Flynn, of the Church of the Sacred Heart, who has been investigating his record lately. Father Flynn was seen this morning by an ARGUS reporter, but was very reticent about the matter, and said he preferred to say nothing until the case comes up in the courts. He died say, however, that he has in his possession certificates of three marriages in which Hocking was one of the contracting parties. He said, moreover, that Hocking’s lawful wife is now living on Franklin avenue, Mount Vernon; that her maiden name was Mary Archer, and that she and Hocking were married in the northern part of New York State in 1884. Of the three other women whom Hocking married one is dead, one is, or was, at Middletown, N.Y., and the third resides in Mount Vernon. Father Flynn stated that he had no proof of Hocking’s marriage to the woman in Middletown, but that of the other marriages there could be no doubt. From other sources than Father Flynn it was learned that Hocking’s last marriage was to Elizabeth Maycock. The ceremony was performed January 28, 1901, by the Rev. S. F. Graham, at the rectory of Trinity church on South Third Avenue. The girl has for many years been employed as housekeeper at the home of ex Judge Charles W. Sinnott, and bore an excellent reputation. She is a member of the Church of the Sacred Heart, while Hocking is a Protestant. Father Flynn had heard rumors that Hocking was not all straight, and warned the girl, but she let herself be persuaded by Hocking’s ardent wooing, before her pastor could make investigations. She and her supposed husband, however, have never lived together; she is still at Sinnott’s while he has been living with his mother on Sixth street. Hocking was seen by an ARGUS reporter, and denied that he was a bigamist. He said Father Flynn was trying to persecute him because he had married Miss Maycock out of the Catholic church. He said he had been married but twice. His first wife was Jennie Tucker, who he married in Pleasantville about 14 years ago. One son, Frank, was born to them, who is now 10 years old. His wife died about 9 years ago and is buried in Eastchester. He said he never married the woman on Franklin avenue who claims to be his lawful wife; she was his housekeeper after the death of his first wife. He also denies the allegation that he was married in Middletown. He says he was there about five years ago visiting relatives, and that after his departure his cousin, a girl about 19 years old, whose name he refused to give, disappeared from home and her parents thought she married him. She subsequently returned to her home, however, and shortly afterwards moved with her parents to England. Hocking says that when his case is tried he will be able to prove all his statements. He says that the woman who claims to be his lawful wife is now the wife of Andrew Quinn, of 214 Franklin avenue. Chief Foley, however, claims to have incontrovertible proof that the Franklin avenue woman is Hocking’s lawful wife and that her record is straight. The preliminary examination will be held in City Court Monday morning.
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