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- Newspaper Obituary - Thursday, January 1, 1925 Sandy Creek News - Sandy Creek, New York - John Barclay - John Barclay, 91, one of the oldest residents of the town of Richland, died Saturday night at the residence of his son, William Barclay, five miles west of Pulaski, following an illness due to infirmities of old age. He was born in Scotland, coming to Canada when a young man and had been a resident of that locality for more than four decades. All these years he had been engaged in farming which he followed until last fall, being unusually active for one of his years. Surviving are five sons; William Barclay, Sanford Barclay of Mexico; James Barclay of Pittsburgh, Pa.; Andrew Barclay of Port Ontario and George Barclay of Mannsville. One son, John W. Barclay, is deceased. Rev. William MacLeod, pastor First Congregational church officiated at the funeral, which was held in the Barclay home at 11 o'clock Tuesday morning with burial at Woodlawn cemetery, Sandy Creek. Forty years ago, Mr. Barclay worked the Stewart farm now the property of William V. Whitford. This is the last farm in the township of Sandy Creek, south of the state road leading to Pulaski. Mr. Barclay married Alice Carl, daughter of John and Margaret Carl, who came to Sandy Creek from Hartfort, Ct., in 1863, and settled on the shore of Renshaw bay. This property was subsequently owned by Smith Parsons, F.A. Monanye and is now known as the Elms, owned by R. T. Chipman. This shore has for a generation been known as the Carl shore, taking its name from the Carl family. John Barclay and Alice Carl were married in 1876. The Carl and Barclay families lie side by side in Woodlawn cemetery in Sandy Creek. Other members of the family were Mary, wife of George Chrisman of Sandy Creek; Isabel Weldon of Lacona, who died March 15, 1924, and James Carl who resides in Fernwood.
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