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- October 22, 1887 ~ Henry Mathewson, age 55 years, Married, Boarding house keeper, born in Pulaski, Son of Jeremiah Mathewson, died in Pulaski of heart failure.
Newspaper Obituary - Thursday, October 27, 1887 Pulaski Democrat - Pulaski, New York - Death of Henry Mathewson - Deaf Mute - There was a large attendance of sympathizing relatives and friends at the residence of Mr. A. J. Mathewson, one of our oldest citizens, on the mournful occasion of the funeral of his son, Mr. Henry Mathewson, on Monday afternoon. Mr. Henry Mathewson was a deaf-mute, and died suddenly on the 22nd, inst. He was apparently in his usual good health on Thursday of last week, and died about noon on Saturday. The Rev. Robert Paul read the burial service of the Episcopal Church, of which Mr. Mathewson was a member, having been baptized at Mexico, New York, on the 26th of July, 1874, and confirmed by Bishop Huntington, in St. James’s Church, Pulaski, on the 12th of December, 1875. Mr. Mathewson was born in Pulaski on the 20th of June, 1832, and was brought up to his father’s business as a miller, but subsequently availed himself of the assistance of a private tutor and afterward of distinguished literary advantages, and graduated at the New York Institute for deaf-mutes on the 12th of July, 1854. He was married to Miss Margaret Eacker, also a deaf-mute, at Fultonville, on the 29th of September, 1858, and their frequent attendance together at the Table of the Lord indicated at once their devotion to God and to each other. After a married life of upwards of twenty-nine years he has left an afflicted widow, together with a son and daughter, and aged father, now in his 83rd year to mourn his loss, but be comforted, he has only gone from sight.
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1832 - 1887 (55 years)