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- Don Caleb Halsey - July 3, 1842 - February 7, 1934. Son of Caleb and Philena Tyler Halsey. Husband of Hannah M. Giles.
Newspaper Obituary - Thursday, February 15, 1934 Mexico Independent - Mexico, New York - Don Caleb Halsey, aged 91, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Helen Orton, 137 W. Mohawk Street, Oswego, Wednesday morning, February 7, 1934. He was born July 3, 1842 in the town of Richland, the youngest son of Caleb and Philania Tyler Halsey. His early days were spent in a log house situated on the town line road between Richland and Mexico, mid-way between the farms now owned by Wales Halsey and Addison Cates. Later a frame house was erected nearby. He attended Mexico Academy and also a business college at Oswego. During the Civil war he worked at Little Rock, Arkansas, measuring lumber for a firm that held a government contract. Also a year was spent at Illinois and the past five years with his daughter at Oswego. Aside from that his entire life was spent at farming in the vicinity where he was born. On January 22, 1868 he was united in marriage to Hannah Giles, daughter of George Giles, a Baptist minister. Mrs. Halsey died eighteen years ago. He is survived by his daughter, Mrs. Helen Orton, of Oswego; two granddaughters, Miss Hazel Orton of New York City and Mrs. Charles Mowry of Mexico; five great-grandchildren, Kenneth, Richard, William and Ella Mowry of Mexico, and Don Mowry of East Orange, New Jersey; also a niece, Mrs. George Rogers of Texas. Prayer service was held at 10:30 at the home of Mrs. Orton, Friday morning, with the Rev. Winchester officiating and at North Mexico church at 2 o'clock, the Rev. B. L. Waters officiating. Burial in the family lot at Willis cemetery. Bearers were Glen and Wales Halsey, Herbert Parks, Almon DuBois, Clifford Lodge and Curtis McFee.
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d. 8 Feb 1894 (Age 86 years)