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| 4851 | from "The New Orleans Times-Democrat", 16 Mar 1871 (newspapers.com) An inquest, held in the city of New Orleans, in the parish of Orleans, on the seventh day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sevety-one, before me, P. Creagh, Coroner for the said parish of Orleans, on the view of the dead body of Francis W. Perkins, aged 31 years, nativity Massachusetts, then and thee lying dead at No. 26 Carondelet street. The jurors, whose names are hereunto subscribed, having been duly sworn and charged diligently to inquire, on behalf of the State of Louisiana, how, when and after what the said Francis W. Perkins came to, death and upon their oaths do say - that this day the body of said F.W. Perkins was found dead at the above described place; and after viewing the body of the said F.W. Perkins, and after a disinterment of the body, and a careful postmortem of the body by Drs. Avery, White, Russeli, Berthelot and Hurd, we,t he jurors find that the deceased came to his death from a pistol shot wound, as certified by the surgeons. Three of the jurors are of the opinion that the pistol was in the hands of the deceased, and two of the opinion that the pistol was in the hands of some person unknown to the jury. ... As to the first jury empanelled, three were in favor of the verdict that the deceased was murdered, while two were in favor of declaring it as their opinion that he came to his death by his own hand. | Perkins, Francis William (I17034)
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| 4852 | from "The New Orleans Times-Picayune", 18 Jan 1876 (newspapers.com) PERKINS - On Monday, January 17, at 1 o'clock, P.M., Major WM. F. PERKINS, aged thirty-six years, a native of Boston, Mass., and a resident of this city since 1865. His funeral will take place This (Tuesday) Evening, a 1 o'clock, from this late residence, Napoleon Avenue, corner Perrier street, Sixth District. His friends and those of his bothers-in-law, Wm. M. and Herbert Evans, and the members of Lin Wood Lodge, are invited to attend. New York and Boston papers please copy. | Perkins, William Francis (I17035)
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| 4853 | from "The New Orleans Times-Picayune", 19 Oct 1968 (genealogybank.com) Mrs. Ethel Perkins, 97, a New Orleans educator, died Friday at 2:15 p.m. at the St. Anna's Rest Home after a brief illness. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday at 11 a.m. at Tharp-Sontheimer-Tharp Funeral Home, 4127 S. Claiborne ave. The Rev. Albert D'Orlando of the First Unitarian Church will officiate. Interment will be at Cypress Grove Cemetery. Miss Perkins taught for nearly 50 years at Wright High School. She was a chemistry teacher. Miss Perkins was honored with teacher of the year in 1948. She attended Newcomb College, graduating in 1893. According to the funeral home, Miss Perkins has no living relatives. | Perkins, Ethel Willia (I20408)
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| 4854 | from "The New York Daily News", 22 Oct 1949 (newspapers.com) A Requiem Mass for Deaconess Kate Sibley Show, 69, of the Protestant Episcopal Church, will be offered at 11 A.M. today at the Episcopal Church of the St. Mary the Virgin, 139 W. 46th St. Deaconess Show, who was a missionary in the Philippines from 1925 to 1945, died Thursday at the House of the Holy Comforter, 196th St. and the Grand Concourse, Bronx. Her health was impaired by four years' imprisonment in the Philippines during the war. She was liberated by American forces in 1945. | Sibley, Kate (I794)
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| 4855 | from "The New York Evening World", 7 May 1902 (newspapers.com) ORANGE MAN ENDS LIFE Edwin W. Perkins, thirty years old, committed suicide at his home, No. 91 Chestnut street, East Orange, N.J. by shooting himself in the head. No cause is known for the act. | Perkins, Edward William (I16922)
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| 4856 | from "The New York Herald", 26 Dec 1922 (newspapers.com) Mr. and Mrs. Henry Grover Perkins of Brookline, Mass., at a luncheon at their home to-day will announce the engagement of their daughter, Miss M. Therese Perkins, to Mr. Palmer Cosslett Putnam, son of Major George Haven Putnam, publisher and author, and Mrs. Putnam of 335 West Eighty-sixth street. As part of the engagement celebrations Dr. Bertrand Russell of Keene, N.H. and Boston has loaned Mr. Putnam his country house at Fitzwilliam, N.H., where Mr. Putnam will give a house party from December 29 to January 1 for his fiancee chaperoned by Mr. and Mrs. Merritt Harrison Taylor of Philadelphia. The engagement is of wide interest. Miss Perkins is a member of a well known family of Boston and Brookline. She attended Miss Winsor's School and now is a senor at Vassar. No arrangements have been made for the wedding. Mr. Putnam passed Christmas with his parents and sisters, the Misses Ethel G. and Bertha H. Putnam. He is a nephew of Mr. Herbert Putnam, who has been Librarian of Congress since 1899, and of Miss Ruth Putnam, authoress, of Washington, and is a cousin of Mr. George Palmer Putnam of Rye, who is a son of the late John Bishop Putnam. At present Mr. Putnam is a student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and is a member of the Number Six Club and the Beaver Club. During the war he served with the Royal Air Force. He also is a member of the Explorers Club of New York and in connection with a post-graduate course for a doctor's degree at Technology he is preparing a theses based on exploratory work among the volcanoes of Central America. He was in that little known part of the Americas from February until May of this year and was the first explorer, so far as is known, to reach the summit of Rincon del la Vieja in the western province of Costa Rica. | Family: Palmer Cosslett Putnam / Maria Therese Perkins (F6562)
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| 4857 | from "The New York Herald", 3 June 1873 (fultonhistory.com) TURNER - At Grand Hotel, very suddenly, Mrs. E.P. Turner, daughter of Mr. William Baker, of Houston, Texas. Notice of funeral hereafter. | Baker, Lucy (I1665)
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| 4858 | from "The New York Press", 20 Dec 1907 (fultonhistory.com) Suicide Club Story in Turner Case "He and I once belonged to a suicide club, but I got out of it," was one part Frederick Bishop's story yesterday to Coroner Shrady in clearing up the death of Dr. William B. Turner in his home, in No. 170 Eighth avenue, on Wednesday night, Part of Turner's correspondence was examined, and the Coroner said he believe Turner had died by his own hand. Therefore the Coroner permitted Bishop to remain free on parole. Though it may have had no deep significance to Turner, the police yesterday commented on the fact they had found on the piano in his apartment a souvenir of the November dinner of the Thirteen Club, a figure of thin, tired looking woman gazing down a skull and bones. | Turner, William Baker (I1667)
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| 4859 | from "The New York Times" ELY - Caroline Page, of Old Lyme, Connecticut. August 10, 1993. Age 72. Founder of Theatre in Education. Sister of Anna Ely Smith. Daughter of the late G. Page Ely and Caroline Weir Ely. Memorial Service Saturday, August 14, 11 AM, First Congregational Church, Old Lyme, Connecticut. In lieu of flowers contributions may be sent to Joslin Diabetes Center, 1 Joslin Place, Boston, MA 02215. | Ely, Caroline Page (I13617)
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| 4860 | from "The New York Times", PERKINS - Georgette (nee Panel), widow of Russell Perkins of Pomfret, Connecticut. Died September 7th, at the age of 94, after a long illness. Beloved mother of Mrs. Lawrence W. Miller of New York, Commander Claude Guy of Paris, four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Private interment, Christ Church Cemetery, at Pomfret, on September 10th. | Penel, Georgette (I19930)
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| 4861 | from "The New York Times", 1 Mar 1937 (nytimes.com) The work of missionaries in the Philippine Islands was described yesterday by Deaconess Kate Sibley Shaw, on furlough after twelve years in the Philippines. She spoke before the congregation of St. Bartholomew's Church, Park Avenue and Fifty-first Street. "I wish we might get rid of the idea that it is too bad to disturb the complacency of their primitive people happy in their belief or disbelief," Deaconess Shaw said. "They are not happy, Their lives are a constant nightmare, lived in constant fear of incurring the displeasure of the evil spirits. It is the church alone that brings to the these people any peace and happiness, in contrast to their barren lives lived in the squalor and degradation of their miserable little huts." | Sibley, Kate (I794)
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| 4862 | from "The New York Times", 1 Sep 1848 (nytimes.com) Agar Ludlow Perkins, real estate dealer, long prominent in civic affairs in Brooklyn, died yesterday in his home at 108 Hancock Street in that borough. His age was 81. Born in Morrisburg, Ont., Mr Perkins was a descendant of John Perkins, who emigrated to this country from England in 1630. Mr. Perkins came ot Brooklyn in 1894 with a letter of introduction to the Talbot family of the Bedford section. On Sept. 5, 1895, he married Miss Rebecca Clarendon Talbot. Afterwards he entered the real estate business, which she had inherited. One of the founders of the Franklin Board of Trade, he was a charter member and past president of the the Central Brooklyn Midday Club. He helped his wife to organize the Rebecca C. Talbot-Perkins Adoption Society for children. His widow and a sister, Mrs. Clara Bush, survive. | Perkins, Agar Ludlow (I21029)
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| 4863 | from "The New York Times", 11 Oct 1904 Benjamin Perkins died yesterday at his residence, 47 East Sixtieth Street. He was born in Boston, Mass, April 30, 1831, and in 1864 married Josephine Evans Welsh, daughter of the late Samuel Welsh of Philadelphia. He became a partner in the firm of S. & W. Welsh, sugar growers, of that city, and in 1877 took charge of a branch house in New York. In 1884 the firm of Perkins & Welsh was formed, and continued until 1896. Mr. Perkins was for many years an active Director in the Continental National Bank of this city, and was elected its President in 1897, serving until its consolidation with the Hanover National Bank. He was also a Director of the Hanover National Bank, Manhattan Savings Institution, Iowa and Illinois Fuel Company, Manhattan Live Insurance Company, and for twenty-five years was a Director in the Home Fire Insurance Company. Mr. Perkins was a member of the Union, Metropolitan, and Century Clubs, and of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. He was a Trustee of the Samaritan Home for the Aged, and of the Deaf and Dumb Institution, and for many years, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the General Memorial Hospital. His first wife died in 1877, and in 1886 he married Mrs. Frances Jerome Hildt, who survives him, together with three of his children by his first wife - G. Lawrence Perkins, Russell Perkins, and Mrs. M. M. Kimball of Boston, Mass. | Perkins, Benjamin (I19894)
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| 4864 | from "The New York Times", 14 Dec 1982 Pennington Haile, a lecturer on international relations and former assistant director of the League of Nations Association, died of a heart attack Saturday at the Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital in Hanover, N.H. He was 79 years old and lived in Norwich, Vt. In World War II, Mr. Haile lectured at military posts for the War Department's orientation course. He was the author of ''The Eagle and the Bear: A Primer of Political Philosophy.'' The book, published in 1950, was a study of the differing political philosophies of the United States and the Soviet Union. Mr. Haile was a graduate of Dartmouth College and received a doctorate from Harvard University in 1935. He was a music patron and a benefactor of Dartmouth. He was instrumental in making possible Dartmouth's purchase and preservation of much of the 4,500 acres the college owns on the south slope of Moosilauke Mountain in Hanover, one of the few privately owned watershed areas in New England with public access. Mr. Haile had no immediate survivors. | Haile, Henry Pennington (I2382)
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| 4865 | from "The New York Times", 1956 (nytimes.com) PERKINS - Rebecca C. Talbot, on Nov. 1, of 447 Clinton Ave., Brooklyn, dear sister of Minnie Talbot Swain of Hotel Granada, wife of the late A. Ludlow Perkins, daughter of Joseph Talbot and Eliza Clarendon Talbot. Service at the Fairchild Chapel, 931 Atlantic Ave., Brooklyn, Monday, 2 P.M. In lieu flowers, contributions to the Talbot Perkins Adoption Service of 108 Willow St., Brooklyn, would be appreciated. | Talbot, Rebecca Clarendon (I21057)
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| 4866 | from "The New York Times", 21 Jul 1960 (Proquest Historical Newspapers) NORMAN ROBERTSON, INSURANCE EXPERT WHITE PLAINS, July 20 - Norman T. Robertson of 126 Walworth Avenue, former president of the American Eagle Fire Insurance and Continental Insurance Companies, died yesterday at White Plains Hospital. His age was 78. Since 1949 Mr. Robertson had been with the stock exchange brokerage house of Shelby, Cullom, Davis & Co., as a specialist in insurance shares. He was a native of Calvert, Texas, and he joined Cravens & Kelly, general insurance agents, in Houston in 1903. In the ensuing years he held many positions with various companies. He became president of America Eagle in 1921 and president of Continental in 1924. The former company, no longer active, was a member of the America Fore-Loyalty Group, of which Continental is now the parent company. He leave his wife, Lilla; two daughters, Mrs. Marvin T. Young and Mrs. Mary Hyde; two brothers Alfred and Admiral Marion C. Robertson, U.S.N., retired; two sisters, Mrs. Carl Spainhour and Mrs. Alfred Taylor; three grandchildren and a great-grandchild. | Robertson, Norman Taylor (I796)
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| 4867 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Family: Living / Living (F6103)
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| 4868 | from "The New York Times", 6 Jan 1974 MRS. GEORGE PAGE ELY Mrs. Caroline Weir Ely, daughter of the American artist J. Alden Weir and herself an etcher, a pastel artist and bookbinder, died Friday at her home in Old Lyme, Conn. Her age was 89. She was the widow of George Page Ely, a real estate and insurance man. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. E. Gregory Smith and Miss Caroline Page Ely, and three grandchildren | Weir, Caroline (I13616)
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| 4869 | from "The New York Times", 8 Jan 1955 MRS. AARON SCHWARTZ Mrs. Edith Ogulnik Schwartz, wife of Aaron Schwartz, a director of the Celanese Corporation of Canada, died yesterday in her home, 730 Park Avenue. She had been active in the work of the Play Schools Association, the Councel of Jewish Women and other civic groups. A daughter, Mrs. Edward R. Schwartz, and a granddaughter also survive. | Ogulnik, Edith (I1014)
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| 4870 | from "The New-England Repertory", 3 Aug 1803 (genealogybank.com) DIED. At Boston, Mrs. Ann Baker, the Governess of the Boston Female Asylum, aged 56. The death of this amiable and useful woman, will not only be severely felt by her own immediate connexions; but, especially by the by the Children of the Asylum; whom she always treated with the care and affection of a Mother; she descended from a respectable Family, was a friend to real Religion, and possessed a most accommodation disposition; hence, in her place, gave universal satisfaction. | Dix, Anna (I2467)
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| 4871 | from "The New-Hampshire Sentinel" 18 Jul 1828 (genealogybank.com) DIED In Chesterfield, Jue 26, much lamented, Lydia, wife of Arza Walker, aged 30 - [Printers in N.Y. and Vt. are requested, &c.] | Baker, Lydia (I122)
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| 4872 | from "The New-Hampshire Sentinel" 5 Jun 1828 (genealogybank.com) DIED In Chesterfield, May 17, Mr. Arza Walker, aged 45 years. [Printers in Vt and N.Y. are requested , &c.] | Walker, Arza (I1504)
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| 4873 | from "The New-Hampshire Statesman", 8 Mar 1828 (genealogybank.com) In Lancaster, on the 15 ult. of a paralytic shock, Jonas Baker, Esq, aged 74. He had been a Justice of the Peace and Quorum for the counties of Grafton and Coss, for more than 30 years. | Baker, Jonas (I14429)
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| 4874 | from "The Neward (OH) Advocate", 16 Jul 1965 Robert W. Perkins Services for Mr. Robert W. Perkins, 80, of Lakeshore Dr., Harbor Hills, will be 2 p.m. Sunday in the Chapel of the Ross Henderson Funeral Home. Mr. Perkins died at 7:10 p.m. Thursday in St. Anthony's Hospital, Columbus He was born Aug. 19, 1884, in Louisville, Ky., the son of the late Charles F. and Emily Egnor Perkins. He came the Buckeye Lake area in 1940 from Cleveland. He was a retired member of the Ohio National Guard and a veteran of World War I, in which he served as first lieutenant. He was a retired midwestern states general manager of the Garlock Corp. Active in the Masons, Mr. Perkins was a member of Aladdin Temple of the Shrine, Scottish Rite, Knights Templar of Columbus and F&AM of Thornville. He was a member of the Hebron Methodist Church and the Hebron post of the American Legion. Surviving are his wife, Garnette, whom he married in April of 1924; two daughters, Mrs. Phillip Morrison of Williamsport, Pa., and Mrs. Neal Monger of Albuquerque, N.M. and four grandchildren. Friends may call at the funeral home from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday. Burial will be in the Glen Rest Memorial Estates, Reynoldsburg. The Rev. William C. Stewart will officiate. | Perkins, Robert W (I17174)
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| 4875 | from "The Newark (OH) Advocate", 15 Apr 1986 (newspapers.com) Garnette M. Perkins Services for Garnette M. Perkins, 88, of Reynoldsburg, will be 10:30 a.m. Thursday at the Reynoldsburg United Methodist Church, 1636 Graham Rd., with the Rev. Bob E. Kober, officiating. Burial well be in the Glen Rest Cemetery. Mrs. Perkins died Sunday at Mr. Carmel East Hospital. She was born July 8, 1897 in Licking County to the last Edward M. and Cora Brill (Ruth) Morrison. She was a graduate of Ohio University; a member of Thea Court Ladies Oriental Shrine of North America Eastern Star Chapter 6, Thornville; Republican Women's Club; and Reynoldsburg United Methodist Church. Her husband, Robert W. Perkins, died in 1965. She is survived by two daughters, Cora E Monger of Albuquerque, N.M. and Mrs. Phillip (Jean) Morrison of Sewickley, Pa; four grandchildren; two sisters Esta Louise (Birdie) Dove and Helen M Morrison, both of Newark. Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday in the Schoedinger East Chapel, 5360 E. Livingston Ave., Columbus. | Morrison, Garnette (I17180)
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| 4876 | from "The Newburyport Herald", 10 Oct 1815 (genealogybank.com) Melancholy. We hear from Ipswich that Captain Joseph Perkins, formerly of this town, put a period to his existence last Saturday, by shooting himself with a pistol; he was a bachelor and supposed to be independent in his circumstances. | Perkins, Joseph (I20841)
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| 4877 | from "The Newburyport Political Gazette", 21 Jul 1796 (genealogybank.com) On Saturday evening, the second of July, at Alstead, in this vacinity, Joel Baker, a youth of eighteen, died; not in the course of nature, but by his own hand. Enamoured of a young woman in the vicinity, he addressed, and was rejected by her. Desperate at the disappointment of the wishes of a heart, unfortunately too susceptible, he communicated to the object of his affections, and to a few of his companions, his intention to abridge a life, no longer gladsome. Their unbelief gave him an opportunity to execute the work of death. He loaded a musket - and perished prematurely. | Baker, Joel (I14531)
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| 4878 | from "The Newport Mercury", 17 Jan 1936 (newspapers.com) Earle Putnam Perkins of Providence, who is known here through frequent business visits as an investment salesman, married Miss Margaret E. Doyle of Arlington, Mass., Saturday, in St. Patrick's Cathedral rectory, New York City. The Rev. Father Graham officiated. | Family: Earle Putnam Perkins / Margaret Evelyn Doyle (F8065)
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| 4879 | from "The Newport Mercury", 4 Apr 1941 (newspapers.com) G. Lawrence Perkins, of "Little Slocum", Portsmouth, who also had residences in Pomfret, Conn., and New York city, died Sunday in Boca Grand, Fla., after a long illness. A funeral service was held in St. Thomas Church, New York, Wednesday morning. Burial was in the Laurel Hill cemetery, Philadelphia. Born in Philadelphia, Mr. Perkins was the son of the late Benjamin and Josephine Welsh Perkins. He spent much time in traveling and was a connoisseur of the arts. In the World war, he served in France with the Y.M.C.A. He was a member of the Union, Brock and the Racquet Clubs. He left here last fall for Florida after a prolonged illness, during which specialists were brought here. Surviving are a brother, Russell Perkins of Pomfret and New York; a nephew and an niece, Robert and Constance Sherwin of New York, and two nephews in England, Day and Laurence Kimball, who are serving with the British army. | Perkins, George Lawrence (I19921)
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| 4880 | from "The Niagara County News", 26 Sep 1884 (nyshistoricnewspapers.org) Mr. Omar Baker is very ill with heart disease. | Baker, Omar (I57)
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| 4881 | from "The Niagara Falls Gazette" , Nov 29, 1927 (fultonhistory.org) The death of Mrs. Maria Baker of Erie, Pa., occurred Saturday evening, Nov. 26, after a short illness at the age of 81 years. Death was attributed to paralysis. She was the widow of the late Fred Baker who passed away at their home at Eden, N.Y., about seven years ago. She is survived by a son Arthur of Cambria, and a daughter, Mrs. Bert Swick of Erie, Pa., with whom she had been living for the past few years, and five grandchildren. Funeral services will be held in the Cambria Center church at 2:30 o'clock on Tuesday, November 29. Burial will be in Cambria Center cemetery. | Longshore, Maria (I1134)
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| 4882 | from "The Niagara Falls Gazette", 1 Aug 1944 (fultonhistory.com) William M Emerson, 70, of 8726 Frontier avenue, died at the Buffalo General hospital early today. Born in Riga, N.Y. he had resided here 28 years and was formerly employed as an electrician by the Carborundum company. Mr. Emerson was a member of Hesperus Lodge. No. 837, F. and A.M., of Bergen, N.Y., which he joined in the same class as the late Dr. Frank J. Tone, who died here last week. He is survived by his wife, Mrs.Lillian Emerson; three sons. James, in the U.S. Navy on the Pacific, George, with the U.S. Air Force in England, and Carl, with the U.S. Army in England: a daughter, Mrs. Evelyn. Litchard, of this city, and two grandchildren. Services will be held at the Cornell and Daggett funeral chapel at 3 p.m. Thursday, with the Rev. Elton C. Schwinger officiating. Interment will be made in Memorial Park cemetery. | Emerson, William Mosier (I4791)
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| 4883 | from "The Niagara Falls Gazette", 11 Mar 1937 (fultonhistory.com) BURT SWICK DIES Member of Old Niagara County Family Passes at Home in Erie, Pa. Burt A. Swick, brother of Ira and John L Swick of Niagara avenue, this city, and member of a pioneer Niagara county family, died yesterday afternoon at his home in Erie. Pa. Funeral services will be held at North Ridge at 2 p. m Saturday. Born near Wilson, Mr. Swick had lived in Erie most of his life. Besides his brothers here, he is survived by his wife, Mrs. Grace Swick, and a daughter, Hilda, of Erie; two other brothers, Homer E., of Kane, Pa., and Eugene, of Jackson, Mich., and two sisters, Mrs. Eva Brace, of Detroit, and Mrs. Emma Lafler, of North Ridge. | Swick, Burt H (I6835)
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| 4884 | From "The Niagara Falls Gazette", 15 Jan 1941 (fultonhistory.com) WILLARD BOBST DIES 73-year-old City Employee Passes After Several Weeks Illness. Willard Bobst, 73-year-old city employee, of 335 Eighth street, died in Mount St. Mary's hospital yesterday afternoon, after an illness of several weeks. Mr. Bobst, who came to Niagara Falls from Sanborn 41 years ago, had been employed by the city for 35 years. During recent years he was in charge of the city's gasoline pumps. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Matilda Bobst; two daughters, Mrs. Frank Flynn, of Dunkirk, and Mrs. George Hollway, of Sanborn; two sons, George A. and Alfred J. Bobst, of this city, and a stepson, William T. Kennedy, all of this city. Funeral services will be held at Memorial Park chapel at 3:30 pm, Friday, with the Rev. Dr. Arthur H. Schmoyer officiating. | Bobst, Willard (I1845)
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| 4885 | from "The Niagara Falls Gazette", 18 Dec 1945 (fultonhistory.org) EMERSON - In this city Sunday, December 16. Lillian I. Emerson of 8726 Frontier Ave., beloved mother of James M. and George W., both of this city; Mrs Evelyn R. Litchard also of this city; and Cpl. Carl E. Emerson, U.S.A. Pacific theatre. She is also survived by three grandchildren. Funeral services from her late residence, 8726 Frontier Ave., Wednesday, Dec. 19, at 3:30 p.m., Rev Wesley Baker officiating. Interment in Memorial Park cemetery. | Lord, Lillian Ida (I13156)
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| 4886 | from "The Niagara Falls Gazette", 19 Oct 1912 (fultonhistory.com) The remains of Mr. E. Crosier were brought to Pekin for burial Oct. 13. His home being in Buffalo last years. He leaves to mourn his loss one son, Howard Crosier, of Buffalo. | Crosier, Ely Playter (I2453)
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| 4887 | from "The Niagara Falls Gazette", 22 Jul 1969 (fultonhistory.com) L.D. Croxson Dies; Ex-Town Justice Leslie D. Croxson, 71, of 6767 Akron Road, a former town justice in the Town of Lockport, died Monday (July 21, 1969) at Lockport Memorial Hospital after a long illness. Born here Feb. 12, 1898, in the family homestead in Akron Road, he was the son of Eugene F. and Cora Day Croxson and was graduated from Lockport High School in 1912, the president of his class. A veteran of World War I, he served with the. U.S. Army overseas. For many years he was employed by the Badger Gummed Tape Co. of Racine, Wis., with headquarters in Lakeland, Fla. He retired in 1957 from the Harrison Radiator Division ,_of General Motors Corp. here, where he had been employer for 18 years as a regional sales engineer A Republican, he served two years as a town justice for the Town of Lockport and was a Republican town committeeman for 25 years. He also served as a member of the Niagara Count Republican executive committee for 14 years. He was a member of Lockport Lodge. 73, F&AM, the John Hodge Lodge of Perfection , the Buffalo Consistory, and the American Legion, B. Leo Dolan Post 410. He was a charter member and more recently an exempt member of the South Lockport Fire Co. Hs was also a member of the. First English Lutheran Church here. He is survived by his wife, Edith Emerson Croxson; a daughter, Mrs. William (Jean) Demler of Williamsville; a son, Denson D. Croxson of Rochester and three grandchildren. He was also the father of the late Robert L. Croxson. Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. today and Wednesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at the Prudden and Kandt Funeral Home where services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday. The Rev. Ivan L. Lange, pastor emeritus of the First English Lutheran Church, will officiate. Burial will be in Acacia Park Cemetery. Memorials may be, made tothe abiding memorial fund ofthe First English Lutheran Church. | Croxson, Leslie Day (I13152)
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| 4888 | from "The Niagara Falls Gazette", 24 Aug 1893 (fultonhistory.com) AN ELOPEMENT Youngstown Social Circles Receive a Surpise in the Marriage of a Belle on Sunday Evening. WEDDED IN NIAGARA FALLS, ONT. YOUNGSTOWN, Aug. 24.-[Special.]-An elopement has caused considerable gossip among the inhabitants of this burg. Miss Nellie Cadaback, daughter of Capt. Harvey Cudaback and wife, was married on Sunday evening, August 20, to William R. McClelland, of Niagara, Ont. The young couple left this village Sunday eveniug and drove to Niagara. Falls, Ont., where the ceremony was performed in Christ church by the Rev. Richard Harrison, rector of St. Mathias church in Toronto. The young lady in question is a society belle and it is understood was engaged to a young gentleman in New York city. Tbe marriage was to have occurred next month, but it now appears that Canada will receive the handsome young lady. Mr. McClelland is a popular young man in Niagara, where he conducts a large grocery store. The happy couple willmake their home in that town. | Family: William Robert McClelland / Nellie Lebar Cudaback (F486)
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| 4889 | from "The Niagara Falls Gazette", 25 Aug 1970 (fultonhistory.com) MIDDLEPORT - Mrs. Mabel LaBar, 88, of 10234 Johnson Road, died Saturday (Aug. 22, 1970) at Medina Memorial Hospital after a long illness. The widow of the late Burt C. LaBar, who died in 1945, she was born Feb. 8, 1882 in the Town of Fayette, N.Y., the daughter of George and Sophronia (Stahl) Long Jr. She was a member of the Wesleyan Methodist Church on Chestnut Ridge Road, Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Winifred Fry of this village, four grandchildren, two great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Friends may call today from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at the Bream Funeral Home, Gasport, where services will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. with the Rev. Donald Wilson officiating . Burial will be in the Hartland Central Cemetery. | Long, Mabel Perletta (I8887)
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| 4890 | from "The Niagara Falls Gazette", 25 Jul 1952 H.C. Ketcham, Former Middleport Man, Dies MIDDLEPORT, July 25 - Word was received here today of the death of Herbert C. Ketcham, 81, a former resident of Middleport, who died Monday at his home in Salisbury, Md. Mr. Ketcham is survived by his wife, Nettie Le Bar Ketcham; one son, Jon C. Ketcham, Sr., and two grandchildren, Charlotte and John C. Ketcham, Jr., of New York City. Mr. Ketcham was a resident of Middleport for several years, and was a member of the Jackson-Ketcham company, which cleared and brought under cultivation, the muck land in Peet street, south of Middleport, now known as the Royalton Farms Co., Inc. | Ketcham, Herbert C (I3492)
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| 4891 | from "The Niagara Falls Gazette", 27 Nov 1948 (fultonhistory.com) Mrs. Carrie Mabon, 94, of 159 Sixty-seventh street, died today In Memorial hospital. In declining health for the last few months, she fell and sustained a hip Injury three weeks ago. Born In Cambria Center, she had lived In Niagara Falls and vicinity all her life. She was a member of First Methodist church at the time of her death. Surviving are two sons, Carl R., this city, and Roy. W., Niagara Falls, Ont.; one daughter, Mrs. Grace Landy, this city; six grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. The Rev. John A. Redmond will officiate at funeral services at 1:30 p. m. Monday at the Bell Funeral chapel, 635 Main street. Interment will be in Mount View cemetery, Pekin. | Baker, Carrie (I1844)
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| 4892 | from "The Niagara Falls Gazette", 3 July 1933 (fultonhistory.com) DR. DEWHIRST IS CALLED BY DEATH MIDDLEPORT, July 3. - Dr. Almon Dewhirst died at his home in State street late Saturday afternoon after a brief Illness of two days. He leaves his widow, Mrs. Mary Dewhirst, one daughter. Elisabeth, and one son, Winthrop, both at home. Dr. Dewhirst was born In North Hartland and had lived In this vicinity his entire life of 69 years. Had he lived 10 more days he would have been 70 years old. He had practiced medicine In this village for the past 47 years. Funeral services were held this afternoon from the family home at 2:30 o'clock and at the Unlversalist church at 3 o'clock. The Rev. Mr. Evans officiated. Interment was in Hartland Central cemetery. Cararact lodge. F. and A. M., No. 295, had charge of the services at the grave. | Dewhirst, Almon (I846)
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| 4893 | from "The Niagara Falls Gazette", 6 Jan 1931 (fultonhistory.com) The funeral of Mrs. Nora Richardson who, after having suffered a stroke, died at her home in North Collins Tuesday evening, held from the family home Friday afternoon. The deceased was a sister of Messrs. Edward and Walter Baker of this village. Those attending from Pekin were Mr. and Mrs. Edward Baker. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Baker, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Baker, Mr. and Mrs. George Hollaway, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Mayer, and Mrs. Albert Hutzel. Mrs. Richardson was well known in this community, having been born at the Baker home on the Mountain Road. | Baker, Lenora “Nora” (I1129)
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| 4894 | from "The Niagara Falls Gazette", 9 Apr 1921 (fultonhistory.com) Lockport, April 9 - Mrs. Emma La Barre Sprague, 77 years old, former Lockport resident, died on Wednesday at her home in Canandaigua. She left here twenty years ago. from "The Lockport Union-Sun and Journal" 8 Apr 1921 (fultonhistory.com) Passed Away Suddenly at Canandaigua Home Mrs. Emma L Barre Sprague, aged 77, a former resident of East avenue, this city died suddenly at her late residence at Canandaigua, Wednesday night last, from heart trouble. She left Lockport about 20 years ago, following the death of her husband, George Sprague, who also passed away suddenly. Mrs. Sprague is survived by two brothers Charles Wesley La Barre, of the Swift Road, town of Cambria, and John W La Barre, of the town of Royalton. Funeral services were held at the late home of the deceased at Canandaigua this afternoon, and the body will be brought here tomorrow for burial at the Glenwood cemetery. | Labar, Emma (I1115)
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| 4895 | from "The Niagara Falls Gazette", 9 Feb 1957 (fultonhistory.com) SANBORN - Word has been received by Mrs. Edward Baker, Pine St., of the death of her sister-in-law, Mrs. William Waters, Detroit. Mrs. Waters was the former Miss Sada Baker, who was born on the Upper Mountain Rd., near Baker Hill, and resided there until she was married. Mrs. Baker and her son, Sterling Baker, attended the funeral service at Buffalo. Internment was in Forest Lawn Cemetery. | Baker, Sadie M (I1132)
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| 4896 | from "The Oakland Tribune", 10 Aug 1914 (newspapers.com) DEATH SUMMONS PROMINENT WOMAN Mrs. Lydia Baker Dies After Short Illness In Alameda ALAMEDA, Aug 10. - Death yesterday summoned Mrs. Lydia Baker, widow of Rev. E.P. Baker, a former prominent Congregational minister. Mrs. Baker had been ill at the local sanatorium for about a week, having suffered a stroke of paralysis. Mrs. Baker was a native of Vermont, and 85 years of age. She came to California in 1871, and had resided in this state since that time, with the exception of the years her husband was pastor of the Congregational church in Hilo, Hawaii. Rev. E.P. Baker passed away about fifteen years ago. Mrs. Baker was the mother of Mrs. Foster P. Cole of 2938 Avalon avenue, Berkeley, sister of Rev. T.K. Noble, who was pastor of the Plymouth Congregational church in San Francisco. The funeral will take place tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock from Mrs. Cole's home in Berkeley. | Noble, Lydia Maria (I14611)
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| 4897 | from "The Oakland Tribune", 10 Jan 1944 (newspapers.com) ARMSTRONG - In Oakland, January 9, 1944, Richard Bibb, beloved husband of the late Mary Louisa Armstrong of Oakland, loving uncle of Mrs. Lois Marvin of Martinez; a native of California, aged 82 years. Friends are respectfully invited to attend the funeral services, Tuesday, January 11, at 10:30 a.m., at the Fruitvale Chapel of the Clarence N. Cooper Mortuary, 1580 Fruitvale Avenue. | Armstrong, Richard Bibb (I25519)
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| 4898 | from "The Oakland Tribune", 11 Feb 1892 (newspapers.com) The death of Louis F. Baker occurred yesterday at his residence on Versailles avenue. The deceased was a memeber of the Society of California Pioneers and resided in Alameda four years. He was 68 years of age and a native of Boston and leaves a widow and two sons. | Baker, Louis Frederick (I14219)
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| 4899 | from "The Oakland Tribune", 13 Apr 1950 (newspapers.com) Pardons for two Alameda County residents who have served terms in San Quentin Prison have been issued by Gov. Earl Warren, the Associated Press reported from Sacramento today. The pardons were issued to William B. Turner, 52, who in 1947 was a patient at the county hospital at Arroyo del Valle, and Frank Nordhoff, 47, who in the same year made his home at 916 Blossom Way, Hayward. Turner, who pleaded guilty to passing bad checks while on parole in Sacramento from a previous conviction for the same offense in 1938, was ordered to serve the unexpired portion of the term. He was released from San Quentin in 1941. Nordhoff was convicted in Los Angeles County in 1922 for robbery and was imprisoned at San Quentin until 1934. | Turner, William Baker (I10163)
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| 4900 | from "The Oakland Tribune", 17 Jan 1922 (newspapers.com) BURTCHAELL - In this city, Jan. 17, 1922, Dora A. Burthaell, dearly beloved wife of George C. Burthaell and mother of Harry W. Gayson and sister of a Mrs. C.J. Stratton of Vallejo, Cal., and Mrs. J.J. Cunningham of Charleston, Washington. A native of California, aged 61 years. A member of Oakland Circle No. 3, Companions of the Forest of America. Vallejo papers please copy. Friends are invited to attend the funeral services a Thursday, Jan. 19, 1922, at 2p.m., at the residence Chapel of the Truman Undertaking Co., Telegraph ave. at 30th Street, under the auspices of Oakland Circle No. 3, Companions of the Forest of America. | Watson, Dorothy A “Dora” (I607)
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